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Is this the same system that replaced the failed Microsoft platform? http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abandon_failed_windows_platform htt

Is this the same system that replaced the failed Microsoft platform? http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abandon_failed_windows_platform http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_aban... Microsoft had run huge ads on how LSE was using .NET and Windows in critical financial applications. Within a year LSE had suffered crashes in the same critical areas.

JoachimSchipper 16y ago
I believe so, yes. In fairness, though, it may not have been MS' fault - crappy programming is crappy, no matter the underlying OS. And Linux fanboys should wait to see if the new system has roll-out issues...
- nodata 16y ago
  If I remember correctly, the LSE brought in Microsoft themselves to fix the problems. And Microsoft couldn't.
  - dhyasama 16y ago
    Source?
  - recoiledsnake 16y ago
    I doubt they could fix architectural issues that permeated from the very beginning after the fact.
- gaius 16y ago
  Agreed, Accenture code can make any OS slow.
- anarcticpuffin 16y ago
  I agree. At these speeds it has less to with OS and/or language and has more to do with smart programming decisions. PS - Singapore Stock Exchange quotes a faster latency than Nasdaq and LSE: http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/voltaire-powering-fastest-stock-trading-engine-sgx-reach-for-the-singapore-exchange-sgx/ http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/voltaire-powering-fastest...
known 16y ago
Yes. The Linux version is developed at http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php
- munchhausen 16y ago
  > Yes. The Linux version is developed at http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php Can you elaborate on this? Are they developing a fork of the Linux kernel? A new Linux distro? Or could it be that they are developing the trading "platform", using a commodity Linux distro?
konad 16y ago
RTFA it says all that in the second paragraph.

JoachimSchipper 16y ago

I believe so, yes. In fairness, though, it may not have been MS' fault - crappy programming is crappy, no matter the underlying OS. And Linux fanboys should wait to see if the new system has roll-out issues...

nodata 16y ago
If I remember correctly, the LSE brought in Microsoft themselves to fix the problems. And Microsoft couldn't.
- dhyasama 16y ago
  Source?
- recoiledsnake 16y ago
  I doubt they could fix architectural issues that permeated from the very beginning after the fact.
gaius 16y ago
Agreed, Accenture code can make any OS slow.
anarcticpuffin 16y ago
I agree. At these speeds it has less to with OS and/or language and has more to do with smart programming decisions. PS - Singapore Stock Exchange quotes a faster latency than Nasdaq and LSE: http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/voltaire-powering-fastest-stock-trading-engine-sgx-reach-for-the-singapore-exchange-sgx/ http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/voltaire-powering-fastest...

known 16y ago

Yes. The Linux version is developed at http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php

munchhausen 16y ago
> Yes. The Linux version is developed at http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php http://www.milleniumit.com/media_room/gui-press_releases.php Can you elaborate on this? Are they developing a fork of the Linux kernel? A new Linux distro? Or could it be that they are developing the trading "platform", using a commodity Linux distro?

konad 16y ago

RTFA it says all that in the second paragraph.