London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform - Computerworld Blogs
July 1, 2009 - 1:20 P.M.London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform
- IT TOPICS:Enterprise Software & Services, Linux, Management, Operating Systems, Servers & Data Center, Software, Windows & Microsoft
Anyone who was ever fool enough to believe that Microsoft software was good enough to be used for a mission-critical operation had their face slapped this September when the LSE (London Stock Exchange)'s Windows-based TradElect system brought the market to a standstill for almost an entire day. While the LSE denied that the collapse was TradElect's fault, they also refused to explain what the problem really wa. Sources at the LSE tell me to this day that the problem was with TradElect.
Linux looks to be deployed at LSE in the near future...
