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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."

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  1. De Icaza Responds by H4x0r+Jim+Duggan · · Score: 4, Funny

    De Icaza Responds:

    Nooo, wait, come back. I found a way for people ditching Windows to keep using Microsoft technologies..

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    1. Re:De Icaza Responds by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...you cannot polish a turd.

      Actually you can polish a turd, it was a surprising result from a Mythbusters episode a while back. Denser turds turn out especially shiny.

      Otherwise your post was spot on. I think the concept behind .Net can be very useful in the Enterprise environment, primarily in areas where efficient memory/processor management of apps from multiple vendors is required. This particular case seems more suited to the pure process effeciency you get with C and C++. The only thing that seems strange is the cost disparity. .NET apps are usually much cheaper to develop, and the hardware costs would have to be astronomical to make up the difference were that the case. Obviously something about the structure of .Net did not fit the application and had to be worked around in a big way. Of course I've also seen projects whose primary costs have nothing to do with actually engineering or delivering the system.

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  2. How fast by overshoot · · Score: 4, Funny

    did Microsoft take down their triumphant "case report" on the original design-in?

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  3. Re:Awesome. by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now how about my desktop?

    Might I suggest teak? I suppose you could go with faux finished MDF if you are on a budget, but teak is beautiful and will last forever. Then if you have any money left over, nothing says "I have arrived" like a porcelain fountain.

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  4. Time to reevaluate by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think Microsoft needs to make sure they... Get The Facts. .... oh right

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  5. Windows7 Launch Party Convo Killer by MightyMait · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess this would be a bad topic to bring up at a Windows7 launch party.

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  6. Re:Still there by schon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, in retrospect, I supposed they *are* being truthful there..

    It says 100% reliable on high-volume trading days... so any day where it doesn't work won't be a high-volume day (because it doesn't work, there won't *be* any volume)

    In other words, this is marketspeak for the redundant phrase "when it doesn't work, you won't be able to use it".