[SLUG] FW: NYSE switching security-sensitive stock transaction system to Linux

From: James Martinez (James_Martinez@jabil.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 13:51:51 EDT


> Hey Guys,
>
> Big news in the linux world that I thought everyone would be interested
> in.
>
> The New York Stock Exchange is switching it's stock transaction systems
> over to Linux due to mainstream security concerns on the NT platform.
>
> You can read the article here :
> http://www.investors.com/editorial/tech.asp?v=8/28
>
> This is big news for mainstream linux adoption as this system handles
> nearly 5 billion transactions a day. Server requirements don't get
> anymore high-end than that!
>



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