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Title: Wall Street stares down Linux

Author: Galli, Peter Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: eWeek, v23 n18 p31(1) Publication Date: May 1, 2006
  ISSN: 1530-6283
  Illustrations: Charts
URL of Publication: http://www.eweek.com

The financial services industry on Wall Street is endorsing open-source software, including Linux. There are some issues, however, that still need to be addressed, according to Fidelity Ventures' Stephen Jenvey. One of the main issues is compatibility with existing stack components. Other issues include patch management and licensing implications for open-source software. It is critical that Linux and other open-source applications be able to co-exist within an enterprise's information-technology (IT) infrastructure. Open-source software is currently being developed by many different open-source projects with the goal of being able to help businesses perform data integration on a real-time basis. Many companies within the financial services sector are moving their Sybase-Solaris platforms to Oracle-Linux or Sybase-Linux platforms. More financial organizations are also moving mission-critical software applications and data centers over to the Linux environment. Government agencies and regulators also pose a threat because the open-source developers very sensitive to having standards imposed upon them. According to Egenera's Ike Garrido, creativity and innovation are two things that drive the open-source community. The imposition of government standards tends to limit these qualities.

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