American Express adopts Linux
27th October, 2003
www.americanexpress.com migrated from AIX to Linux last week, mirroring a similar move by another financial giant, Schwab.com earlier in the year.
IBM has a significant presence with both organisations, and it has probably had a role in encouraging both organisations transititions to Linux.
Posted by Mike Prettejohn in Dogfood
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