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:LXer: Report on Banks Choosing Windows Over Linux Twists the Facts
LXer: Report on Banks Choosing Windows Over Linux Twists the Facts
Nov 23, 2005, 02 :30 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8349 reads)

(Other stories by Tom Adelstein)

[ Thanks to Tom Adelstein for this link. ]

"Rodney Gedda and Howard Dahdah might consider taking a Continuing Education course in Journalism at a local college after the butchery job they did for ComputerWorld on Monday. The story headline 'Banks Choose Windows over Linux' also needed a top edit from the Editor in Chief. So let's set the record straight.

"The authors used a single source vendor out of Sydney, Financial Network Services (FNS), to say what banks do globally. Sorry, but FNS represents one voice of thousands of ISVs in that industry. Statistically, FNS's experience does not mirror the current deployment of Windows or any other platform. The authors presented a flawed report from this aspect alone..."

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Related Stories:
Computerworld: Banks Choose Windows over Linux(Nov 21, 2005)
ZDNet UK: UK Financial Organisations Offer Firefox Support(Nov 17, 2005)


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Sorry, but this type of limited knowledg ...   Banks choose Windows   
paul
Nov 23, 2005, 07:07:52
 
Although it's been there for months, ...   Irony   
Benjamin Smith
Nov 24, 2005, 22:11:01
 
Many general computer magazines rely on  ...   Conflicts   
Stomfi
Nov 25, 2005, 06:44:33
 
I clicked a couple of the links, found a ...   Irony...   
Wonderbird
Nov 28, 2005, 06:52:09
 
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