FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

[Owe André Jørgensen]

Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:12:06PM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote..
> 
>>Wilko Bulte <wb at freebie.xs4all.nl> writes:
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>>>If you give me $5 per Unix system found there I can retire here and now.
>>
>>For financial transaction processing, and the customer's accounts?
> 
> 
> 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..?
> 
> 
>>I hope it's not my bank..
> 
> 
> It might very well be your bank..
> 

 >

I'm sorry to say it, but there is a lot of mainframes a quite few unix 
boxes in the central accounting and transfer departments.

remember that there are a shitload of Cobol Mainframes that are still 
used by a lot of banks..