Raiden's Realm: News Post: London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform

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London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform
Posted By: HE PingPing on Jul 03, 2009 at 03:31am
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) turned down open source when it came to choosing the platform for its trading system. Well, they've now payed the price:
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Meanwhile the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the New York Stock Exhange continue on without a blip, showing that open source is more stable than proprietary systems.

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