SearchEnterpriseLinux: Greater Support Wins Linux Customers

“The strict regulations of the banking industry means that COCC,
an Avon, Conn., online financial services firm, did not even
consider Linux when it installed four AIX servers about five years
ago.

“Brent H. Biernat, assistant vice president of network services
for COCC, said FDIC regulations suggest that financial companies
use open source software only when it is supported by large, stable
companies. That means a Linux vendor wasn’t on the list when COCC
installed its Unix-based AIX boxes five years ago. It wasn’t until
recently that Biernat thought large enough companies supported
Linux…”

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