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		elzbardico on Jan 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helios: A distribution of Illumos powering the Oxi... Large financial institutions surprisingly are good customers for new, still-untested computing technology. I would not get surprised if Oxide next customers were a few giant banks and funds.

__d on Jan 29, 2024 [–]

In my experience, some financial institutions have a very good understanding of risk.

They are able to identify, and most importantly, quantify risk in a way that many businesses cannot.

Consequently, they're able to take risks with new hardware/software that other companies shy away from.

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