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London Stock Exchange Rejects .NET For Open Source

Posted by kdawson on from the next-stop-world-domination dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "This summer, the London Stock Exchange decided to move away from its Microsoft .Net-based trading platform, TradElect. Instead, they'll be using the GNU/Linux-based MillenniumIT system. The switch is a pretty savage indictment of the costs of a complex .Net system. The GNU/Linux-based software is also faster, and offers several other major benefits. The details provide some fascinating insights into the world of very high performance — and very expensive — enterprise systems. ... [R]ather than being just any old deal that Microsoft happened to lose, this really is something of a total rout, and in an extremely demanding and high-profile sector. Enterprise wins for GNU/Linux don't come much better than this."

4 of 498 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Awesome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Now how about my desktop?

    Buy a Mac.

  2. Sounds good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How come Linux can run the biggest trading systems in the world - yet it still can't handle playing audio with any consistency? Obviously the LSE doesn't need sounds.

  3. Re:How fast by ergo98 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do people still seriously use "M$" on Slashdot? I thought that died out when people grew up.

    And to call me a Microsoft apologist is humorous.

  4. Re:De Icaza Responds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yes indeed, and (from the FA), it also uses Solaris. You know, Slowlaris, that OS that Linux was going to bury eight years ago. The OS that can probably run under a triple digit load. Too bad it didn't have ext2 ...or ext3 ...or ext4 ...or Reiserfs ...or cramfs ...or btrfs. If it did have the linux fs flavor of the month it would be cool. That's what it's about here on wankdot, isn't it?