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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 n

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?

joebo 11y ago
I assume to keep licensing current to support legacy code. I would be surprised if much revenue comes from new installs
- gd1 11y ago
  KDB is the tool of choice on new projects. Also, $12.5k a core these days (last I checked).