Re: [SLUG] FW: NYSE switching security-sensitive stock transaction system to Linux

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 19:57:24 EDT


LOL! I recall reading their win2000 full page ads where they bragged that
the NYSE ran 2000. Perhaps, Steve Ballmer can give us another chorus of,
"developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, ............"
Smitty

On Tuesday 28 August 2001 13:51, you wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> >
> > Big news in the linux world that I thought everyone would be interested
> > in.
> >
> > The New York Stock Exchange is switching it's stock transaction systems
> > over to Linux due to mainstream security concerns on the NT platform.
> >
> > You can read the article here :
> > http://www.investors.com/editorial/tech.asp?v=8/28
> >
> > This is big news for mainstream linux adoption as this system handles
> > nearly 5 billion transactions a day. Server requirements don't get
> > anymore high-end than that!



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