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

From: Kevin Fogleman (snotr0cket@home.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 23:01:01 EDT


Hey, remember a while ago when they had software problems allegedly related to "software upgrades" that ended up taking down the exchange
for something like 4 hours? I recall that no one wanted to talk about exactly what software was causing the problem. Well, its been a
while since I remember hearing that Win2k ran the NYSE, and you kinda refreshed my memory. I put 2 and 2 together ;)

--Kevin

Smitty wrote:
>
> 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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