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Sounds closer to the power I get with Python whilst still offering me the potential for efficient JIT and arguably better structuring / type-checking at development-time (though I have used tools that help with this issue in Python).

It's a fairly close assessment. Of course, dynamic languages offer a lot of power that no statically typed language could possibly offer (just consider the possibility of defining classes and methods inside "if" in Python); and C# is definitely a static language, even though it will get opt-in duck typing soon, mostly to improve interop with dynamic languages (such as IronPython).

If you want to take a look specifically at the features I've listed (and you're generally proficient with C++/Java language family), here are the links covering them specifically:

• Generics
• RAII / automatic resource management
• First-class functions and lambdas, and some standard framework operations that use them
• Operator overloading
• Raw pointers, direct allocation of memory from the stack, fixed-size non-bounds-checked buffers (effectively C-style arrays), and explicit struct member layout (unions are a special case of that)

Sounds closer to the power I get with Python whilst still offering me the potential for efficient JIT and arguably better structuring / type-checking at development-time (though I have used tools that help with this issue in Python).

It's a fairly close assessment. Of course, dynamic languages offer a lot of power that no statically typed language could possibly offer (just consider the possibility of defining classes and methods inside "if" in Python); and C# is definitely a static language, even though it will get opt-in duck typing soon, mostly to improve interop with dynamic languages (such as IronPython).

If you want to take a look specifically at the features I've listed (and you're generally proficient with C++/Java language family), here are the links covering them specifically:

• Generics
• RAII / automatic resource management
• First-class functions and lambdas, and some standard framework operations that use them
• Operator overloading
• Raw pointers, direct allocation of memory from the stack, fixed-size non-bounds-checked buffers (effectively C-style arrays), and explicit struct member layout (unions are a special case of that)

Sounds closer to the power I get with Python whilst still offering me the potential for efficient JIT and arguably better structuring / type-checking at development-time (though I have used tools that help with this issue in Python).

It's a fairly close assessment. Of course, dynamic languages offer a lot of power that no statically typed language could possibly offer (just consider the possibility of defining classes and methods inside "if" in Python); and C# is definitely a static language, even though it will get opt-in duck typing soon, mostly to improve interop with dynamic languages (such as IronPython).

If you want to take a look specifically at the features I've listed (and you're generally proficient with C++/Java language family), here are the links covering them specifically:

• Generics
• RAII / automatic resource management
• First-class functions and lambdas, and some standard framework operations that use them
• Operator overloading
• Raw pointers, direct allocation of memory from the stack, fixed-size non-bounds-checked buffers (effectively C-style arrays), and explicit struct member layout (unions are a special case of that)

Sounds closer to the power I get with Python whilst still offering me the potential for efficient JIT and arguably better structuring / type-checking at development-time (though I have used tools that help with this issue in Python).

It's a fairly close assessment. Of course, dynamic languages offer a lot of power that no statically typed language could possibly offer (just consider the possibility of defining classes and methods inside "if" in Python); and C# is definitely a static language, even though it will get opt-in duck typing soon, mostly to improve interop with dynamic languages (such as IronPython).

If you want to take a look specifically at the features I've listed (and you're generally proficient with C++/Java language family), here are the links covering them specifically:

• Generics
• RAII / automatic resource management
• First-class functions and lambdas, and some standard framework operations that use them
• Operator overloading
• Raw pointers, direct allocation of memory from the stack, fixed-size non-bounds-checked buffers (effectively C-style arrays), and explicit struct member layout (unions are a special case of that)

Sounds closer to the power I get with Python whilst still offering me the potential for efficient JIT and arguably better structuring / type-checking at development-time (though I have used tools that help with this issue in Python).

It's a fairly close assessment. Of course, dynamic languages offer a lot of power that no statically typed language could possibly offer (just consider the possibility of defining classes and methods inside "if" in Python); and C# is definitely a static language, even though it will get opt-in duck typing soon, mostly to improve interop with dynamic languages (such as IronPython).

If you want to take a look specifically at the features I've listed (and you're generally proficient with C++/Java language family), here are the links covering them specifically:

• Generics
• RAII / automatic resource management
• First-class functions and lambdas, and some standard framework operations that use them
• Operator overloading
• Raw pointers, direct allocation of memory from the stack, fixed-size non-bounds-checked buffers (effectively C-style arrays), and explicit struct member layout (unions are a special case of that)

I would be surprised if a Microsoft-developed technology for improving Windows development experience wasn't popular on Windows, since it really seems to me to be the obvious choice and ought to have first class support.

Support from Microsoft is incidental to the success of C#/.net. If Sun had released a package with similar capabilities, they'd have had similar success.

I still think that a recommendation from the world's most successful software company might have something to do with it but OK... It's obviously made a major impression on at least one person (you) so it must be pretty good in its own right.

Then stop typing long, pointless, Slashdot posts and go make some Mono software. I have no idea what it would take to satisfy you, so you might just have to move your ass and find your own answers at some point.

I think this thread is probably reaching the limits of what we can achieve, so I may as well go do that. It'd be quite nice to know concretely what it offers to me, developing for Linux, over other languages / platforms I could use instead but maybe, as you say, I should just try it and see if I like it. It'd be good to have the experience, I guess...

Java + QT might help with the GUI side? I've heard lots of people say that Java's GUI programming is rubbish, but QT generally seems to be well-regarded. Usually when I need to knock up a GUI I use Python + QT, which works remarkably well though I've never done (or needed to do) a really big program in it.

Yes, I've heard of a million tools and tool-combinations to give Java a native look-and-feel, and still I've yet to see a single actual Java application with native look-and-feel.

Very true! Only case where it is otherwise is on MacOS, which AFAIK used to have a very strong Java implementation but is now falling behind the times. The Mac Java implementation got rid of all those nasty non-native widgets that AWT and Swing tended to give and displayed pretty Aqua widgets instead. It always looked like Java Done Right to me (plus they had a native Cocoa API available for java apps) but I'm not sure it's quite as good as it was back then.

When you say CLI and Java aren't mutually exclusive - is there a means of running Java on CLI yet? That sounds doable and would be cool. CLI really could be a unified backend, then.

There is in Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E3CF70A9-84CA-4FEA-9E7D-7D674D2C7CA1&displaylang=en

I can't speak to Linux. But there's nothing preventing it except putting the man-hours in.

Splendid, thanks for the link! That's good to know about and not something I would have known about otherwise. It'd be good to have this available on Linux but presumably Mono will be able to run the resulting binaries anyhow - I do really like that CLI is quite language agnostic like that.

I guess I'll have to go investigate and see for me self whether Mono is worth the time / effort for Linux work.

Thanks for your time.

What I haven't seen mentioned is very important: even in BCL classes that are covered by ECMA-335, the members you find might not be what you expect. For example, there are no TryParse methods for any of the primitive types, which forces exception handling as flow control. "No one" uses the regular Parse methods in the face of unknown inputs. Honestly, there are a surprising number of items "missing" in the ECMA-335 standard. Originally I wanted to implement it precisely but I found it was hindering my ability to code with good practices. Where do you draw the line.

There are also some errors in the documentation in the standard. Not some large number of them, but certainly enough to make you wonder how flexible the promise is. Errors range from omissions to ambiguities to a couple instances of clearly incorrect/contradictory statements.

I would be surprised if a Microsoft-developed technology for improving Windows development experience wasn't popular on Windows, since it really seems to me to be the obvious choice and ought to have first class support.

Support from Microsoft is incidental to the success of C#/.net. If Sun had released a package with similar capabilities, they'd have had similar success.

If Mono as good or better than the other options for Linux development, then I think it's worth considering. So what I'm wondering is whether Mono itself is desirable for implementing software on non-Windows platforms.

Then stop typing long, pointless, Slashdot posts and go make some Mono software. I have no idea what it would take to satisfy you, so you might just have to move your ass and find your own answers at some point.

Java + QT might help with the GUI side? I've heard lots of people say that Java's GUI programming is rubbish, but QT generally seems to be well-regarded. Usually when I need to knock up a GUI I use Python + QT, which works remarkably well though I've never done (or needed to do) a really big program in it.

Yes, I've heard of a million tools and tool-combinations to give Java a native look-and-feel, and still I've yet to see a single actual Java application with native look-and-feel.

When you say CLI and Java aren't mutually exclusive - is there a means of running Java on CLI yet? That sounds doable and would be cool. CLI really could be a unified backend, then.

There is in Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E3CF70A9-84CA-4FEA-9E7D-7D674D2C7CA1&displaylang=en

I can't speak to Linux. But there's nothing preventing it except putting the man-hours in.

I think the patent infringement needs to be related to a "Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification".

See

http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx

If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you.

Not sure what that means; it sounds quite complicated to me. In particular, can the list of "Covered Specifications" change later?

Stephan

Not a lawyer, but... " As stated in the CP, the only time Microsoft can withdraw its promise against a specific person or company for a specific Covered Specification is if that person or company brings (or voluntarily participates in) a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft regarding Microsoftâ(TM)s implementation of the same Covered Specification. This type of âoesuspensionâ clause is common industry practice." - http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx A more plain English quote from their website. So your situation is: - Microsoft makes a spec - You take Microsoft's spec and add something to it. - Microsoft implements it . So, now is this in the spec? If its not, then sue ahead (actually don't - we don't need more litigation). If it gets added into the specification (remember, these are ECMA standards - yes, Microsoft is a member), then Microsoft will withdraw their promise with you if you sue them over the specification. So, you can look at it a few ways: - Microsoft sees something that would be useful, tries to get it added to the spec so people will have access to it. - Microsoft sees something that would be useful, tries to get it added to the spec so that THEY SCREW YOU OVER. Brilliant. "Microsoft irrevocably promises not to assert any Microsoft Necessary Claims against you for making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing or distributing any implementation, to the extent it conforms to one of the Covered Specifications, and is compliant with all of the required parts of the mandatory provisions of that specification ("Covered Implementation"), subject to the following: This is a personal promise directly from Microsoft to you, and you acknowledge as a condition of benefiting from it that no Microsoft rights are received from suppliers, distributors, or otherwise in connection with this promise. If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you. To clarify, "Microsoft Necessary Claims" are those claims of Microsoft-owned or Microsoft-controlled patents that are necessary to implement the required portions (which also include the required elements of optional portions) of the Covered Specification that are described in detail and not those merely referenced in the Covered Specification. This promise by Microsoft is not an assurance that either (i) any of Microsoft's issued patent claims covers a Covered Implementation or are enforceable, or (ii) a Covered Implementation would not infringe patents or other intellectual property rights of any third party. No other rights except those expressly stated in this promise shall be deemed granted, waived or received by implication, exhaustion, estoppel, or otherwise." is the promise. So, my interpretation is, There (may) exist Microsoft patents that you need to implement a specification. If you need those patents to implement a specification under this promise, go ahead. Microsoft won't sue you. By putting this specification under this promise, you won't sue us for our implementation of the specification lest you want to withdraw this promise. So, okay, go ahead and extend it. Just don't complain if Microsoft extends CLI/C# back so that it includes that functionality. The mono faq says "Our current focus is on inter-operating with the Microsoft SDK, but we will also offer an ECMA compliant subset of the libraries.". Let's see how this plays out. After all, more people using C# doesn't hurt Microsoft. And adding stuff that people want/use to the language isn't going to do anything but help people. Plus, I don't see Mono intending to destroy microsoft or whatever. And the patents that are likely to sprout are things WRITTEN in C#/CLI. If I have something patentable in say a box, I can sue the box company if they copy whats inside the box. But I can't sue th

From the Microsoft Community Promise:

If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you

Is that a patent retaliation clause? Interesting.

Anyhow, the way I read that, you can't sue Microsoft if they make use of one of your patents in their own implementations, albeit limited to the specifications covered in this initiative. That probably wasn't very interesting in the context of what had previously been released under this scheme (HealthVault Service Specification, UI Automation v1.0 , etc.), but .Net/Mono is much more serious technology and therefore more likely to contain or sprout patents.

So, considering that isn't it more likely that it's the indie developer (less likely to take out patents on own work) who wouldn't mind this promise rather than any commercial technology provider (more likely to take out patents on own work)? If that logic holds then one effect of this Microsoft initiative would be to prevent the emergence of any real commercial Mono competition to .Net.

This is more like the GPL vs. LGPL vs. BSD, but for specifications as opposed to source code. Basically, Microsoft is saying that if you take their specs and innovate on top of it, you can't sue MS for copying them without losing your right to the MS patents on the specs.

The goals merely have been upgraded, from its humble beginnings to the juggernaut that it is today.

This is a 2001 interview that was very limited in scope back then:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973826.aspx

those claims of Microsoft-owned or Microsoft-controlled patents that are necessary to implement the required portions (which also include the required elements of optional portions) of the Covered Specification that are described in detail and not those merely referenced in the Covered Specification.

Of course, anyone who thinks they can "design-around" a patent will claim that the patent is not actually "necessary" to the desired function. In order to enjoy this "promise" you have to confess that the only way to achieve the standard is to infringe on a valid MS patent.

Another potentially worrying point is this exception:

If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you.

So..., anyone who even "participates" in a patent suit against MS (including, presumably, a patent suit filed by MS), loses protection for not only their own products, but anything they "use." For example, if FSF got into a dust-up with MS, MS could still claim infringement by FSF (or anyone else) for using Mono, even though MS has chosen not to pursue the authors of Mono or other Mono users. Referring to it as a "personal promise" also calls into question its applicability to businesses/organizations.

I am being overly paranoid, but the fact is, like so many other legal "promises", the value of this one will only be seen in the implementation. As a cynical lawyer, I don't see anything here that absolutely precludes MS from asserting infringement by Mono or any other OSS project. If Microsoft truly wanted to be benevolent they could easily make a much broader promise with less grey area. For example, they could name the patents that they claim to cover the specs in question and offer royalty free licensing, or make a non-assert pledge with some actual teeth. All they are saying here is "we probably, maybe won't sue you unless we do."

here is the fix and no, it isn't "downgrading to Vista." It disables the vulnerable parts of the OS/IE.

I think the language is quite weak, and could be stronger if they wanted. Quoting from http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx:

This is a personal promise directly from Microsoft to you, and you acknowledge as a condition of benefiting from it that no Microsoft rights are received from suppliers, distributors, or otherwise in connection with this promise.

Using you is suspiscious to me. There are lots of legal entities to which you doesn't apply.

Then there is a huge caveat

If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you.

I read this to mean as long as you don't bother us, you can use this-and-that. Notice the word used at the end. The FAQ says

This type of "suspension" clause is common industry practice

However, it never ever appears in "open-source-licenses" that I know of.

Stephan

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

If you file, maintain, or voluntarily participate in a patent infringement lawsuit against a Microsoft implementation of any Covered Specification, then this personal promise does not apply with respect to any Covered Implementation made or used by you

Is that a patent retaliation clause? Interesting.

Anyhow, the way I read that, you can't sue Microsoft if they make use of one of your patents in their own implementations, albeit limited to the specifications covered in this initiative. That probably wasn't very interesting in the context of what had previously been released under this scheme (HealthVault Service Specification, UI Automation v1.0 , etc.), but .Net/Mono is much more serious technology and therefore more likely to contain or sprout patents.

So, considering that isn't it more likely that it's the indie developer (less likely to take out patents on own work) who wouldn't mind this promise rather than any commercial technology provider (more likely to take out patents on own work)? If that logic holds then one effect of this Microsoft initiative would be to prevent the emergence of any real commercial Mono competition to .Net.

From the Microsoft Community Promise, with my emphasis:

Microsoft irrevocably promises not to assert any Microsoft Necessary Claims against you for making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing or distributing any implementation, to the extent it conforms to one of the Covered Specifications, and is compliant with all of the required parts of the mandatory provisions of that specification ("Covered Implementation") [...] The CP applies only if the implementation conforms fully to required portions of the specification. Partial implementations are not covered.

Free software is often distributed to the public while in an incomplete state. This Community Promise appears not to apply to such an implementation that is published before it is completely compliant.

Every blog/news article that I've found about this story links to: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx
And I can't find anything on that page that mentions C#. Perhaps I'm reading it wrong...

Yes:
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dataprotectionmanager/en/us/default.aspx

Witness some proofs/evidences, vs. the "-1 Troll mod-down" I received for posting the truth (vs. the "Pro-*NIX crowd's b.s, they're the TRUE trolls around this website which is sadly INFESTED by them & their false propoganda) especially of companies (with larger "tpm"/transaction-per-minute or per day than NASDAQ even has etc. et al, no less) that are doing GREAT using Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005:

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FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

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XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133 [microsoft.com]

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

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ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789 [cwhonors.org]

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

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MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

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AND, Here is a rating of "does the job PERFECTLY" by Ken Richmond, the guy who RUNS THE SHOW IN IS/IT @ NASDAQ FOR YOUR FURTHER REFERENCE (& perfect? MEANS PERFECT - 99.999% uptime):

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"The move from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers is something of a milestone in the industry. For years, we used large mainframe computers because of their reputation for reliability" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

"The fact that we can move mission-critical applications from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers shows how both Microsoft and Intel are creating enterprise-grade solutions." - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

----

See subject-line above, & this data:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering

Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System (composed of Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005)
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 with database mirroring for high availability

Benefits:

Enterprise availability
Scalability to handle 8 million new rows of data per day
Lower total cost of ownership
Real-time reporting
Developer agility

KEYWORD, LISTED AS A BENEFIT NO LESS, is "Enterprise Availability", by Ken Richmond of NASDAQ no less (who also was quoted as saying Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 did the job for NASDAQ PERFECTLY) here:

WIKIPEDIA "HIGH AVAILABILITY" DEFINITION PAGE (which lists 99.999% no less) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability [wikipedia.org] [wikipedia.org]

Need more?

"ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY"/"HIGH AVAILABILITY" definitions (from various sources):

"for the high availability enterprise servers (99.999% availability)" -> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/omar-gadir/8/162/219

"Device techniques for high availability For years, enterprise network equipment providers strived to deliver 99.999% availability which is the standard major telecommunications companies deliver. This type of reliability is desirable and it s expected when it comes to phone service. If enterprise networks are to support IP phones, they too must deliver similar availability" -> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:kMTHFHnbIpwJ:www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/support/includes/doclink.cfm%3Fid%3D7369+%22Enterprise+Availability%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271 [microsoft.com]

As far as the word "PERFECT"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect [merriam-webster.com] [merriam-webster.com]

perfect

Main Entry:

1perfect

1 a: being entirely without fault or defect

----

The terms PERFECTLY and ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY? They BOTH equate to 99.999% uptime (the "Fabled '5-9's'" , of uptime)... period!

APK

P.S.=> Enjoy... the proof's all here, as well as in my other postings on this subject, & completely legitimate + verifiable... apk

" Reading comprehension obviously isn't your strong suit" - by _Sprocket_ (42527) on Monday July 06, @01:39PM (#28596821)

LMAO, what an ABSOLUTE bullshitter you are, utterly hilarious!

Man - talk about the "pot calling the kettle black", well, then I will get the definitions from the dictionary & wikipedia for the word PERFECTLY & also AVAILABILITY, & post them here below, to make you once more, "Eat your WORDS", troll... here goes:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering
Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 with database mirroring for high availability

Benefits:

Enterprise availability
Scalability to handle 8 million new rows of data per day
Lower total cost of ownership
Real-time reporting
Developer agility

KEYWORD, LISTED AS A BENEFIT NO LESS, is "Enterprise Availability", by Ken Richmond of NASDAQ no less (who also was quoted as saying Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 did the job for NASDAQ PERFECTLY) here:

ON THAT NOTE?

"It doesn't mean what you think it means" - by _Sprocket_ (42527) on Monday July 06, @01:39PM (#28596821)

LOL, well, "yea, ok" (Sarcasm)

Why don't we see what wikipedia says, then:

WIKIPEDIA "HIGH AVAILABILITY" DEFINITION PAGE (which lists 99.999% no less) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability [wikipedia.org] [wikipedia.org]

Need more?

"ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY"/"HIGH AVAILABILITY" definitions (from various sources):

"for the high availability enterprise servers (99.999% availability)" -> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/omar-gadir/8/162/219

"Device techniques for high availability For years, enterprise network equipment providers strived to deliver 99.999% availability which is the standard major telecommunications companies deliver. This type of reliability is desirable and it s expected when it comes to phone service. If enterprise networks are to support IP phones, they too must deliver similar availability" -> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:kMTHFHnbIpwJ:www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/support/includes/doclink.cfm%3Fid%3D7369+%22Enterprise+Availability%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271

As far as the word "PERFECT"?

"It doesn't mean

See subject-line above, & this data:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering
Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 with database mirroring for high availability

Benefits:

Enterprise availability
Scalability to handle 8 million new rows of data per day
Lower total cost of ownership
Real-time reporting
Developer agility

KEYWORD, LISTED AS A BENEFIT NO LESS, is "Enterprise Availability", by Ken Richmond of NASDAQ no less (who also was quoted as saying Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 did the job for NASDAQ PERFECTLY) here:

WIKIPEDIA "HIGH AVAILABILITY" DEFINITION PAGE (which lists 99.999% no less) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability [wikipedia.org]

Need more?

"ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY"/"HIGH AVAILABILITY" definitions (from various sources):

"for the high availability enterprise servers (99.999% availability)" -> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/omar-gadir/8/162/219

"Device techniques for high availability For years, enterprise network equipment providers strived to deliver 99.999% availability which is the standard major telecommunications companies deliver. This type of reliability is desirable and it s expected when it comes to phone service. If enterprise networks are to support IP phones, they too must deliver similar availability" -> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:kMTHFHnbIpwJ:www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/support/includes/doclink.cfm%3Fid%3D7369+%22Enterprise+Availability%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

----

"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271

As far as the word "PERFECT"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect [merriam-webster.com]

perfect

Main Entry:

1perfect

1 a: being entirely without fault or defect

----

The terms PERFECTLY and ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY? They BOTH equate to 99.999% (the "Fabled '5-9's'" , of uptime)... period!

APK

P.S.=> Enoy... the proof's all here, as well as in my other postings on this subject, & completely legitimate + verifiable... apk

See subject-line above, & this data, _Sprocket_, you troll

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering
Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 with database mirroring for high availability

Benefits:

Enterprise availability
Scalability to handle 8 million new rows of data per day
Lower total cost of ownership
Real-time reporting
Developer agility

KEYWORD, LISTED AS A BENEFIT NO LESS, is "Enterprise Availability", by Ken Richmond of NASDAQ no less (who also was quoted as saying Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 did the job for NASDAQ PERFECTLY, which Sprocket your fellow troll REFUSES to define that term for us in this thread as well, vs. what is quoted below in regards to "PERFECTLY") here:

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"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271

----

WIKIPEDIA "HIGH AVAILABILITY" DEFINITION PAGE (which lists 99.999% no less) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability [wikipedia.org]

Need more?

"ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY"/"HIGH AVAILABILITY" definitions (from various sources):

"for the high availability enterprise servers (99.999% availability)" -> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/omar-gadir/8/162/219

"Device techniques for high availability For years, enterprise network equipment providers strived to deliver 99.999% availability which is the standard major telecommunications companies deliver. This type of reliability is desirable and it s expected when it comes to phone service. If enterprise networks are to support IP phones, they too must deliver similar availability" -> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:kMTHFHnbIpwJ:www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/support/includes/doclink.cfm%3Fid%3D7369+%22Enterprise+Availability%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

So please, _Sprocket_:

Would you define the terms PERFECTLY and ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY please?

(They BOTH equate to 99.999% uptime... period!)

APK

P.S.=> Why did you refuse to define the word "PERFECT" or "PERFECTLY" over in that thread -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1290967&cid=28584687 , _Sprocket_? Hmmm?? Maybe because you shot your loud mouth off spouting words you now have to eat? You ran like the troll you are, & it served you right... nicest part is? I do get that "last laugh", on YOU

"NASDAQ does not mention MDDS anywhere on their website that I could find. Please find a page served by nasdaq.com that mentions they even sell MDDS to anyone, I could find no mention of anyone who buys or receives the MDDS service anywhere." - by k10quaint (1344115) on Friday July 03, @05:19PM (#28575205)

Well, then HERE YOU ARE (this is what made your fellow troll, SPROCKET, take off like a scared little girl, because it shows 99.999% uptime/Enterprise Availability levels from MDDS @ NASDAQ):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering
Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 with database mirroring for high availability

Benefits:

Enterprise availability
Scalability to handle 8 million new rows of data per day
Lower total cost of ownership
Real-time reporting
Developer agility

KEYWORD, LISTED AS A BENEFIT NO LESS, is "Enterprise Availability", by Ken Richmond of NASDAQ no less (who also was quoted as saying Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 did the job for NASDAQ PERFECTLY, which Sprocket your fellow troll REFUSES to define that term for us in this thread as well, vs. what is quoted below in regards to "PERFECTLY") here:

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"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271 ----

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WIKIPEDIA "HIGH AVAILABILITY" DEFINITION PAGE (which lists 99.999% no less) -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability [wikipedia.org]

Need more?

"ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY"/"HIGH AVAILABILITY" definitions (from various sources):

"for the high availability enterprise servers (99.999% availability)" -> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/omar-gadir/8/162/219 [linkedin.com]

"Device techniques for high availability For years, enterprise network equipment providers strived to deliver 99.999% availability which is the standard major telecommunications companies deliver. This type of reliability is desirable and it s expected when it comes to phone service. If enterprise networks are to support IP phones, they too must deliver similar availability" -> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:kMTHFHnbIpwJ:www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/support/includes/doclink.cfm%3Fid%3D7369+%22Enterprise+Availability%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

APK

P.S.=> How you were modded up to +5, after all of your mistakes here? Boggles the mind... actually, lol,

Really? Am I the only person that found it interesting that Lucene, the only non C/C++ implementation, gave some pretty impressive stats? I mean, it's written in Java and although it has a slower index time its search time, index size and relevancy are impressive.

Lucene is a great search tool. As TFA pointed out, however, if you're looking for a "search solution" rather than "search engine" then you should check out Solr instead. Lucene is a toolkit that you build on top of, not something you really want to deploy by itself. Solr is that thing built on top of Lucene.

Be aware that while Lucene/Solr has made terrific progress, it is not quite in the "enterprise search" category. For superscale implementations you'll still likely need to look at a high-priced product like FAST.

"The marketing was clever enough to fool anyone who would believe Windows can have that sort of performance and uptime ;)" - by k10quaint (1344115)
on Friday July 03, @01:27PM (#28573263)

Hey, wiseguy: Take a read, especially in regards to your IGNORANT comment I quoted above...

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

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FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

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XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133 [microsoft.com]

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

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ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789 [cwhonors.org]

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

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MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132] [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

As well as Mr. Ken Richmond stating that SQLServer 2005 + Windows Server 2003 doing the job as the OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM (MDDS) operating PERFECTLY for NASDAQ, below, quoted:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7u5zusUtjUIJ:https://thesource.ofallevil.com/presspass/events/novlaunch/events.mspx+%2299.999%22+and+%22NASDAQ%22+and+%22Ken+Richmond%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

NASDAQ

Spokesperson: Ken Richmond, Vice President of Software Engineering
Situation:

Largest U.S. electronic stock market
Replacing aging Tandem systems
Wanted to update system for real-time trade summary, risk management and broker clearing

Solution:

MDDS: Market Data Dissemination System
5K txs/second, 100K queries/day
Running on SQL Server 2005 wit

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called 'alternative sexuality,' which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophilia.

What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:

• Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD 'L,' clearly referring to himself by the first initial.
• Richard M. Stallman, spokespervert for the Gaysex's Not Unusual 'movement' is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad.
• Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves me.

I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.

Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail, which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'

As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.

And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo slut!

Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children. To quote from the article linked:

'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'

Is this why you were touching your penis in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?

We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering

PsTools is XP and above only, but it covers all that stuff.

Read this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/TempRate.mspx

"The marketing was clever enough to fool anyone who would believe Windows can have that sort of performance and uptime ;)" - by k10quaint (1344115)
on Friday July 03, @01:27PM (#28573263)

Hey, wiseguy: Take a read, especially in regards to your IGNORANT comment I quoted above...

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

AND, Here is a rating of "does the job PERFECTLY" by Ken Richmond, the guy who RUNS THE SHOW IN IS/IT @ NASDAQ FOR YOUR FURTHER REFERENCE (& perfect? MEANS PERFECT - 99.999%

I was in a hurry, so, on not posting fully? I admit that, & apologize... but, that "good stuff" I was noting in my subject-line above? Here tis!

Mod me a "troll", all you like boys!

That doesn't DO "too well", vs. some proofs/evidences, especially of companies (with larger "tpm"/transaction-per-minute or per day than NASDAQ even has etc. et al, no less) that are doing GREAT using Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

AND, Here is a rating of "does the job PERFECTLY" by Ken Richmond, the guy who RUNS THE SHOW IN IS/IT @ NASDAQ FOR YOUR FURTHER REFERENCE (& perfect? MEANS PERFECT - 99.999% uptime):

----

"The move from larg

"The marketing was clever enough to fool anyone who would believe Windows can have that sort of performance and uptime ;)" - by k10quaint (1344115)
on Friday July 03, @01:27PM (#28573263)

Hey, wiseguy: Take a read, especially in regards to your IGNORANT comment I quoted above...

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

AND, Here is a rating of "does the job PERFECTLY" by Ken Richmond, the guy who RUNS THE SHOW IN IS/IT @ NASDAQ FOR YOUR FURTHER REFERENCE (& perfect? MEANS PERFECT - 99.999%

"The marketing was clever enough to fool anyone who would believe Windows can have that sort of performance and uptime ;)" - by k10quaint (1344115)
on Friday July 03, @01:27PM (#28573263)

Hey, wiseguy: Take a read, especially in regards to your IGNORANT comment I quoted above...

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

AND, Here is a rating of "does the job PERFECTLY" by Ken Richmond, the guy who RUNS THE SHOW IN IS/IT @ NASDAQ FOR YOUR FURTHER REFERENCE (& perfect? MEANS PERFECT - 99.999%

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type

For Sprocket ( the troll himself ), k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type

For _Sprocket_, k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wise ass dolts:

(And "There YOU are", A/C, next below...)

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance AS

For _Sprocket_, k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", fools:

----

FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

----

XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

----

ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type
Native XML support

For _Sprocket_, k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", wiseguys:

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FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

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XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

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ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

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MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY: = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

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AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type
Native XML suppo

For _Sprocket_, k10quant, cbiltcliffe & the A/C one most of all, time to "eat your words", boys:

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FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require." - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

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XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

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ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

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MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

"MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year",says Catassi. "WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime (for MDDS):

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [74.125.47.132]

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for 30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type
Native XML support in the DB

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Ho

As far as Microsoft SQLServer 2005 & Windows Server 2003 (or other versions) making 99.999% uptime?

HERE WE GO (get ready to "eat your words", per my subject-line above, Sprocket)

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FUJIFILM = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:YsNIT18PBTEJ:download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/6/e561fdf6-0f4b-46c2-bd02-389643cbc53f/Fujifilm_SQLServerCaseStudy.doc+%22SQL+Server+2005%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=64&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

"This is a mission-critical project, which needs to keep running on 99.999 percent availability. Stoppages are just not acceptable. SQL Server 2005 gives us the reliability we require. - Michito Watanabe, President and Managing Director, Fujifilm Computer System Company

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XEROX = 99.999% uptime on SQLServer 2005:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49133

"SQL Server 2005 is mission critical to the Xerox Office Services application. To achieve the 99.999 percent uptime required by the application, we rely on SQL Server 2005 clustering capabilities." - Kirk Pothos Software Development Manager, Xerox Global Services

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ANTHONY MARANO COMPANY

http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy2008.asp?NominationID=789

"By migrating to the Fujitsu platform, Anthony Marano has gone from 95 percent system availability to 99.999 percent availability"

----

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:VgxcewyAjkgJ:download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/5/FD568D9A-F2A1-4CCF-B087-2C88EE7BE917/MSC.pdf+%22SQLServer%22+and+%2299.999%25%22&cd=19&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

MSCLinkis anapplication that must be available without fail24hours-a-day,seven day seachweek, and 365 days a year,says Catassi. WithSQLServer 2005 weve
enjoyed 99.999 percentavailability"

----

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST? NASDAQ EVIDENCE (finally) of 99.999% uptime for MDDS:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:MjTjqPVpm5YJ:https://partner.microsoft.com/download/spain/40059115+%22Trusted+Platform%22+and+%22SQL+Server%22+and+%2299.999%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Trusted Platform Market Data Dissemination System

5K txs / second, 100K queries / day, running on SQL Server 2005

Fixed Income Trade and Positioning

System running on SQL Server 2005
30% performance increase,
capacity to process 1,000 trades / second

5TB of data on SQL Server 2005
99.999% uptime, scalability for
30% annual growth

Web solution managing millions of devices,
7 million txs / day, with 99.999% uptime
Built with Visual Studio 2005,
running on SQL Server 2005

Integrated with Visual Studio and .NET
Integrated development &
debugging experience
Execution location &
programming language choice

SQL Server Service Broker
Asynchronous queuing for
highly available applications
Reliable messaging for scale out

CacheSync
High performance ASP.NET 2.0 apps

XML Data Type
Native XML support in the

"Microsoft warns against free operating systems. "They're so inferior! Look at ours, it runs the London Stock Exchange...oh wait." - by bmo (77928) on Saturday July 04, @09:36AM (#28579671)

Perhaps the folks @ the London Stock Exchange didn't do a great job & had to move away from SQLServer 2000 + Windows Server 2003, but NASDAQ's done pretty well with a major subsystem (reporting for end users &/or customers) called "THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM" (MDDS) which runs on Windows Server 2003, AND, SQLServer 2005... testimonials from the VP of this project are as follows:

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"The move from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers is something of a milestone in the industry. For years, we used large mainframe computers because of their reputation for reliability" - said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

"The fact that we can move mission-critical applications from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers shows how both Microsoft and Intel are creating enterprise-grade solutions." - said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of
trading data. It has worked perfectly for us" - Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

FROM -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271

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MDDS (acronym for this reporting system) doesn't run "the entire show" @ NASDAQ, & in fact, BUT?

Neither does what runs the quote trading data program setup (i.e.-> it does what IT does, but it does not do what the report system here in MDDS does either)...

(However - A Microsoft based software system does play a major part as "THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM" @ NASDAQ, & does well (PERFECT, & ENTERPRISE CLASS/MISSION CRITICAL PERFECT) another stock exchange)...

APK

P.S.=> A lot of people seem to think that "1 program runs the entire array of tasks" @ these places, & that is NOT the case...

(Clearly, based on the above testimonials & article? MS has done a decent job nevertheless)

This "uptime performance" also largely depends on the systems (hardware-wise) these tasks are laid out/distributed across, as well as the coders that wrote them, the architects who planned them, & the network engineering/tech staff, that maintains them... as well as the budgets laid out for all of those! apk

"The move from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers is something of a milestone in the industry. For years, we used large mainframe computers because of their reputation for reliability" says Richmond. "The fact that we can move mission-critical applications from large mainframe computers to SQL Server 2005 and Intel-based servers shows how both Microsoft and Intel are creating enterprise-grade solutions." - said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

I also suggest you see that quote from -> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=49271

in addition to the one I used before:

"We saw an early demonstration of Snapshot Isolation and knew this was the solution we needed to run queries against real-time data without slowing the delivery of trading data. It has worked perfectly for us", said Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ.

QUESTION #1: CAN you PROVE THAT NASDAQ IS NOT EXPERIENCING 99.999% UPTIME USING SQLSERVER 2005 + WINDOWS SERVER 2003 IN THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM @ NASDAQ?

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QUESTION #2: "Does any other system do the job @ NASDAQ that THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM does"

(Could it be because that when NASDAQ was rated as 99.999% uptime by NASDAQTRADER that it performs a major part of that rating in THE OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM @ NASDAQ, which uses Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005?)

I asked you THIS 2nd question before, & you ran from it... why is that?

APK

P.S.=> Answer my questions: Once more - now, the "burden of proof" is on YOU, & my evidences are above straight from Ken Richmond, vice president for software engineering, market information systems at NASDAQ as Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 doing a PERFECT job for them as well as being said to provide ENTERPRISE GRADE SOLUTIONS, indicative of that 99.999% uptime that NASDAQTRADER gave NASDAQ for each of its systems (none of which in the others do the job of the OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 + Microsoft SQLServer 2005)... apk

1.) NASDAQTRADER said NASDAQ has 99.999% uptime.

2.) NASDAQ uses Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 for its OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM.

3.) NASDAQTRADER could not state the 99.999% uptime for NASDAQ if Microsoft products could not maintain it as well, because it is one of their major systems... period!

I only stated that, from an article no less that shows it here -> http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=MarketShare [nasdaqtrader.com]

"NASDAQ is renowned for its high performance technology and has proven reliability with 99.999+% uptime. Whats more, firms count on NASDAQ for unsurpassed speed and tested capacity to execute trades quickly and efficiently."

That Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2005 in combination, power the OFFICIAL TRADE DATA DISSEMINATION SYSTEM, that's all... do you have problems reading? Honestly, if you do, I will understand... AND?

THAT that combination runs @ a 5k - 10k tpm rate 24x7 per this article ->

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/cs-financial-roi.aspx?pf=true [microsoft.com] [microsoft.com] [microsoft.com] [microsoft.com] [microsoft.com]

"NASDAQ Deploys SQL Server 2005 to Support Real-Time Trade Booking and Queries

As the organization prepared to retire its aging large mainframe computers, it deployed Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 on two 4-node clusters to support its Market Data Dissemination System (MDDS). Every trade that is processed in the NASDAQ marketplace goes through the MDDS system, with SQL Server 2005 handling some 5,000 transactions per second at market open. SQL Server 2005 simultaneously handles about 100,000 queries a day, using SQL Server 2005 Snapshot Isolation to support real-time queries against the data without slowing the database. NASDAQ is enjoying a lower total cost of ownership compared to the large mainframe computer system that the SQL Server 2005 deployment has replaced."

and

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/09/17/sqlauthority-news-nasdaq-uses-sql-server-2005-reducing-costs-through-better-data-management/

Every trade processed in the NASDAQ marketplace goes through the system with Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 handling some 5,000 transactions per second at market open.
The system also responds to about 10,000 queries a day and is able to handle real-time queries against data without slowing the database down

APK

P.S.=> NASDAQTRADER is not owned by Microsoft, are they? apk

"It was (entirely?) outsourced to Accenture .. TradElect was/is a project management and technical disaster", Jerky McNaughty

"A prototype .. was first developed with Microsoft and Accenture "

"There was quite a high degree of risk involved on both sides. But Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade were very keen to make sure this would work. They pulled out all the stops"