[General] GAP Inc (gapinc.com / gap.com) moves from windows to linux

[Burhan Khalid]

KFH runs their entire systems on approx. 650 blades running vmware, so 1500
blades isn't all that much.

PWC has around 500 blades, NBK has close to 1000 blades.

All IBM by the way.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1500 BLADE SERVERS!!!! :O
>
> At first I thought: Why would they change their Point of Sale (PoS)
> systems to Linux? That's extra support contracts. But now that it is
> about servers, it makes sense.
>
> So all those Windows and Unix admins are gonna be sacked? I can see a
> lot of internal grudge going on and lots of admins refusing to give
> access to the systems, if not sabotage them...
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi
> <bashar at kuwaitnet.net> wrote:
> >
> > Arabic: http://itwadi.com/node/1148
> > English:
> http://customers.redhat.com/2009/07/29/retail-giant-gap-inc-direct-utilizes-red-hat-enterprise-linux-and-likewise-enterprise-for-security-and-compliance-of-e-commerce-sites-and-back-end-production/
> >
> > and saving thousands of dollars per year :)
> >
> >
> >
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