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Why Reuters is bullish on Linux: Peter Lankford looks at how Linux will add value for customers of Reuters'' upcoming market data system. (Special Supplement: Linux).

Publication: The Banker
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03
Format: Online - approximately 667 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Why Reuters is bullish on Linux: Peter Lankford looks at how Linux will add value for customers of Reuters'' upcoming market data system. (Special Supplement: Linux).(Reuters Group PLC will offer Reuters Market Data System based on Linux operating system)

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It usually takes a bull or a bear to get Wall Street to change course. But these days, it is a smiling penguin that is causing a big shift in the financial services industry. Linux, the upstart Unix variant that runs on an array of hardware platforms -- including low-cost PCs -- is taking the...

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...financial services industry by storm.

A decade ago, the platform's champions were pretty much limited to students, a few techies and the system's own penguin mascot. During that time, Linux's use in financial institutions was primarily relegated to networking, software development and web applications....

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