marco@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (the wharf rat) (07/25/86)
>check out the article in "unix review" july issue on page 50. >it's an interview with richard searle, a vp at citibank/tti, the >technical arm of citibank. they have decided to do their transaction >processing ALL ON UNIX! >[...] >read it, and weep vms fans! I can't wait for the day some clerk types : "mv old/accounts/* new/accounts/* ". Or for the day they start up the check sorter and get "/dev/checksorter : not a typewriter" :-) B.T.W, I have a friend at Citibank, and I thought they were commited to Burroughs for this sort of thing. Good luck, Citibank, W.rat
billr@ism780c.UUCP (Bill Rizzi) (07/28/86)
In article <477@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU> marco@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (the wharf rat) writes: > >>check out the article in "unix review" july issue on page 50. >>it's an interview with richard searle, a vp at citibank/tti, the >>technical arm of citibank. they have decided to do their transaction >>processing ALL ON UNIX! >>[...] >>read it, and weep vms fans! > > I can't wait for the day some clerk types : >"mv old/accounts/* new/accounts/* ". Or for the day they start up the >check sorter and get "/dev/checksorter : not a typewriter" :-) B.T.W, >I have a friend at Citibank, and I thought they were commited to Burroughs >for this sort of thing. > > Good luck, Citibank, > W.rat It appears that Mr. Searle has perhaps reconsidered his decision to use UNIX-based transaction processing as I am told that he is no longer involved with the project or Citibank/TTI. You may draw your own conclusions. Dry-eyed and smiling :-)