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

From: Carson Wilcox (carson_wilcox@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2001 - 07:25:18 EDT


Does anyone know how to get to this story, the link
now points to today, 8/29 and I don't see a way to get
back to yesterday?

Thanks,
Carson

--- Smitty <76543a@mpinet.net> 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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