eWeek: Linux Comes to Wall Street

“Long relegated to menial file and print server duties in most
enterprises, Linux is now playing a mission-critical role in
financial trading and other highly sensitive networks on Wall
Street. The traction in the financial sector is part of broader
Linux adoption growth, which is expected to continue through this
year and next, according to Deborah Williams, an analyst at IDC, in
Framingham, Mass.

“‘On Wall Street, time is money, and for 2005 the buzzword is
going to be latency. If you can speed things up and address that
latency, you can make more money,’ Williams said…”

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