Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 20:17:20 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in finance sector Message-ID: <20120907201720.d77ef994.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <504A3525.3030208@gmail.com> References: <504A3525.3030208@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:55:49 +0100, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know of any financial firms or banks that run FreeBSD? > > I have been instructed to research this for the firm I work at as I am > trying to get the senior management to switch over from Linux as our > current network is in shambles. There is a good chance that networking equipment they use (e. g. firewalls, routers, gateways, encryption appliances) run FreeBSD internally, or a system derived from it and turned into closed source (which the BSD license explicitely allows). Probably you won't have a chance to verify this. For running actual services (not sure _what_ you are running), FreeBSD might be as good as Linux, maybe even better. It can also serve as storage solution or networking subsystem for various kinds of "client OSes". Probably banks won't tell you what they run. Some run IBM mainframe systems (which you can "recognize" when looking at screens you're not supposed to look at). Any information more precise than just my assumptions can only be provided by insiders or service contractors who know the actual infrastructures. Banks and financial firms tend to _not_ publish what they run. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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