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Re:Ruins of forgotten empires: APL Languages (2013) by branchless on Friday June 12, 2015 @09:46PM (#9709536)
Banks have moved to linux from paid o/s yet they continue to shell out for KDB (and the dev are not cheap either).

Why did they move a whole o/s platform but not from kdb?

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Re:Ruins of forgotten empires: APL Languages (2013) by joebo on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:42PM (#9709674)
I assume to keep licensing current to support legacy code. I would be surprised if much revenue comes from new installs
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Re:Ruins of forgotten empires: APL Languages (2013) by gd1 on Saturday June 13, 2015 @12:35AM (#9709878)
KDB is the tool of choice on new projects. Also, $12.5k a core these days (last I checked).
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