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Forbes: Linux Loyalists Leery

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 1, 2004

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“Two years ago, when Rick Carey was chief technology architect
at Merrill Lynch, he was crazy about Linux and especially about Red
Hat, the leading Linux distributor. At the time, he was leading the
charge to migrate all of the computer systems at Merrill to
Linux.

“But these days, things have changed. Carey, who is now chief
technology architect at Bank One, says that although he still likes
Linux, he’s not rushing into any deployments of the open-source
operating system. Chicago-based Bank One has run some Linux pilot
programs, but it is not planning any big roll-outs, Carey
says…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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