On 18 Jan 2012 17:12, "Igor Mozolevsky" <i...@hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote: > On 18 January 2012 17:06, Devin Teske <devin.te...@fisglobal.com> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-hack...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > >> hack...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Julian Elischer > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:56 AM > >> To: Mark Felder > >> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and > >> lifecycle > >> > > [snip] > > > >> Where I used to work (Devin Teske is now there) we used to use the > >> 'stable' > >> branch and rolll our own releases. > >> the criticality of those systems was hard to over-emphasize. In 2005 we > >> worked > >> out we processed 1.5 trillion dollars of transactions on those systems. > >> > > > > Got new stats. In 2011 we ran $1.61T USD through FreeBSD. > > > > Separately, we ran another $0.05T USD through Linux in the same year. > > > > Kinda says something about, doesn't it? > > Sorry to burst your bubble but this is utterly meaningless statistic. > You show nothing but correlation and in no way a causation. Back in > the days when the UK banks ran ATMs, &c on Windows NT (I have no idea > what they are running now) they went through a lot more "value" than > that---means absolutely nothing... >
Well.... I've not seen any BSOD'd cashpoints around for a while, so I'd like to suggest they may have switched. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
