FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

[Chuck Swiger]

Javier Henderson wrote:
> Wilko Bulte wrote:
[ ... ]
>> Yes.  Go and visit the London City and check their computer rooms.  
>> You will be surprised about the number of UNIX boxes.  You don't
>> think IBM, HP, Sun etc sell their UNIX machines just to ISPs or..?
> 
> But are those Unix servers actually processing bank transactions and 
> holding customer accounts?

Some of 'em, sure.  They tended to use a lot of Sun Exxxx or HP Apollo 9000 
boxen.  They also used Unix boxes a lot for trading system/forecasting, often 
using inhouse software development and a bit of outside  consulting.  At one 
point, SBC had over 3000 NeXT systems there.

[ I worked at a company which developed and deployed NEXTSTEP software for the 
various big banks in Chicago, FNBC, SBC, UBS, and the CBX (commodity exchange). 
  ITS, run by a guy called Ted Shelton. ]

-- 
-Chuck

PS: You'd be surprised at how many ATMs and POS machines are running IBM's OS/2....