__/ [ alt ] on Sunday 25 June 2006 20:49 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:1305806.RMuBz5HZ8M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 25 June 2006 15:22 \__
>>
>>> The Royal Bank of Canada invested millions in SCO during their
>>> anti-Linux lawsuit
>>
>>
>> This is a serious accusation. While the BoC may have had SCO UNIX in
>> their possession at the time,
>
> Please don't confuse the "Bank of Canada" with the "Royal Bank of Canada".
> The former is the Canadian equivalent of the US Treasury Department,
> responsible for managing the country's currency; the latter is a Banking
> institution.
Oops. Thanks for the correction; and sorry about my
statement. I can think of the Royal Bank of Scotland as
somewhat of an equivelent. Which reminds me of an on-topic
story:
I am with National Westminster, but the Netcraft toolbar
always reminds me that online banking is hosted by or shared
with the Royal Bank of Scotland. Last week there was a
downtime that lasted 2-3 days! No banking for that long
period of time. National Westminster's main Web site was
down, affecting millions of customers. Their online banking
domain (NWOLB) was down as well. RBoS likewise. Oh, yeah...
and they use Windows servers (with SSL).
Maybe if the RBoC paid less (or none) money to SCO, my bank
would have been more *nix-friendly. Until 4-5 years ago,
online banking was still available only to MSIE, IIRC. A
world where large government-bound corporation antagonise
choice and F/freedom...
Best wishes,
Roy
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