Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Monday 19 November 2007 03:21 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Germany Police Union Wants GNU/Linux
>>
>> 'Until now, the German police was one of Microsoft?s "reference customers"'
>>
>> Not any more.
>>
>> Oh well.
>
> I saw that text too and it rang a bell.
>
> Two weeks (ish) ago:
>
> London Stock Exchange blames outage on Infolect
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| She said the problem appeared to lie with Infolect?s three interactive
>| gateways, which send out about 10 million separate pieces of market
>| information daily, including share prices, to about 100,000 terminals.
>|
>| Infolect was launched two years ago in place of the exchange?s London Market
>| Information Link platform. It uses Microsoft .net technology and a SQL Server
>| database, and runs on more than 100 Intel-based 32-bit Proliant servers.
> `----
>
> http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/security/news/index.cfm?articleid=2248&pagtype=allchantopdate
>
> Remember those "Get the Facts" ads which brag about the London Stock Exchange?
>
> *LMAO*
>
LSE's Infolect - Get the facts
... err, when it's up and running, anyway...
Otherwise, well, get on the phone to your broker mates...
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