[lbo-talk] Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Sun Jun 15 12:29:18 PDT 2008


Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061208-linux-wall-street.html?hpg1=bn
>
> Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold
> Though open source licensing still a concern for some
> By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 06/12/2008


> But even as the Wall Street crowd increasingly puts its money on Linux
> — market watcher Tabb Group estimates that Linux adoption among the 14
> biggest investment firms this year will reach more than 72% of the
> installed operating server base vs. 60% in 2006 — it's clear concerns
> linger about the licensing model. That model requires users return
> changes to the open source community under certain circumstances, a
> touchy subject for companies that are battling to accelerate their
> business processes.

I love it: Wall Street, welcome to the joys of socialism! This reminds me of Lenin's quip about capitalists selling us the rope with which we'll hang them. In my more optimistic moments, I see this sort of "backdoor" infiltration of socialism into corporate culture as a viable path to a socialist future. (Analogy: weeds push up through cracks in concrete and eventually undermine the integrity of the concrete structure.)

Miles



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