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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. Re:Awesome. by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure, skip the fountain, head down to Mike's Marbleopolis, and pick up a marble column. You could buy this one. Or that one. Or this one. (It's from a recurring series of SNL skits starring Scarlett Johansson.)

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  2. Re:Awesome. by spun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's from the SNL skits featuring Scarlett Johansson. They are a spoof of cheap late night commercials for family run businesses, with Scarlett as the daughter, Lexi, who has a 'deer-in the-headlights, God I hope I get through this without screwing up' look on her face the entire time she's pointing to the pictures of columns or fountains or whatever and saying, woodenly, "You could buy this one. Or that one. Or this one.

    I found them hilarious. I think others must have too, because googling 'marble columns' or 'porcelain fountains' returns the skits as the top hits.

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  3. Re:Awesome. by ciderVisor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Point Percy at the porcelain.

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  4. Re:Awesome. by gbjbaanb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Might I not suggest teak. whilst I agree its a beautiful wood, its also somewhat dodgy to come by. From the Independant:

    TEAK

    ORIGIN: Burma and Africa

    USES: Construction and furniture

    SUSTAINABILITY: Environmentally sound teak is hard to come by. Burma is the only country that still exports teak from natural forests, mostly illegally. Buying anything from Burma provides its brutal military dictatorship with foreign currency. African teak is at risk of becoming endangered

    ALTERNATIVES: For Burmese teak try FSC teak, or Jatoba in some cases. Good substitutes for African teak are FSC Favinha, Guariuba and Tatajuba

  5. Re:C# Can Be Faster than C++ by tjstork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, that is the story then. Visual C++ compiler sucks. Why are we not that surprised?

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