Comments on: London Stock Exchange Moving From Windows To Linux

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By: Stock Market Analysis

Stock Market Analysis — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:41:33 +0000

This is real interesting. I prefer windows 7 but I doubt a stock exchange could run on that

Linux doesnt offer much support like Microsoft does so this is an interesting move.

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By: Eva Mccall

Eva Mccall — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:16:27 +0000

Fascinating post, thanks. Can you explain the first part in additional detail please?

By: Michael Barrick

Michael Barrick — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:46:17 +0000

That’s really quite amusing because in late 2006 Microsoft was pushing the fact that the London Stock Exchange was moving to windows in all their advertising and issuing press releases and white papers like this one:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/whitepaper/detail.html?wpid=481

The words “epic fail” come to mind.

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By: cgrymala

cgrymala — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:39:30 +0000

Actually, I’d be willing to bet that they are paying for “the new car,” as most enterprise systems run on commercial versions of Linux. Granted, most of those commercial distros still aren’t nearly as expensive as Windows, but they’re definitely not free.

On top of that, it’s not really a matter of having to hire any extra IT staff (in fact, they could probably afford to downsize their IT department), as it generally takes more people to keep a Windows server environment running than it does to keep a Linux server environment running.

It’s really just a matter of either retraining their current IT staff or cleaning out and starting over.

I agree with you, though, that it’s really surprising that they were running Windows to begin with. It’s especially surprising considering the disagreements that have gone on between Microsoft and the EU.

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