Computer glitch hits London Stock Exchange

[Sealbhach]

Big computer problems at the London Stock Exchange today.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYXA1Lg0PuIeL2rHoCTlSoI3ojPw

No details on what's been causing the problem.



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[newbie2]

No details on what's been causing the problem.
wincrap...if you search a bit :
http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/redirected/582/Default.aspx

[Sealbhach]

Thank you. I was trying to find out....:)



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[Sealbhach]

More details on this:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_suffers_net_crash



The programmers and serious database administrators in the audience can already see where this is going. Sorry, Microsoft, .NET Framework is simply incapable of performing this kind of work, and SQL Server 2000, or any version of SQL Server really, can't possibly handle the world's number three stock exchange's transaction load on a consistent basis.

I'd been hearing from friends who trade on the LSE for ages about how slow the system could get. Now, I know why.

[smoker]

hmm, wonder if ms will be hit by a bill to compensate all those frustrated traders?

[aktiwers]

Please watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSM55bsCrM

Then read this:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abandon_failed_windows_pl atform
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/59A7846C896BEA95CC2575E5007D8F33

Haha

[dragos240]

Big computer problems at the London Stock Exchange today.

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYXA1Lg0PuIeL2rHoCTlSoI3ojPw

No details on what's been causing the problem.



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I see the problem:



The article requested is no longer available.

[Sealbhach]

Here's some reports from the time it happened:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article4703130.ece

They've never come clean and admitted what happened.

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[aktiwers]

Sorry for thread necromancy - but the news I posted are about the same thing, and are new ;)

[Sealbhach]

For the lulz

http://tipotheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/reliabletimes.jpg