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In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNqPTOb31S8

I like Windows on my desktop but for the back end...
no thanks. The reasons aren't worth getting into but
for particular services, identity management
(ActiveDirectory) and RDBMS (SQL Server), going with
MS is fine.

Here's some food for thought, the telephone networks
by and large *NIX... when was the last time you
couldn't place a phone call because your telephony
provider was rebooting systems (or whatever).

-M
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In light of this news, look at this old Sun commercial  betelgeuse68 | 09/09/08
lol.. they may use *nix for some things but doesnt mean they run off it.  Been_Done_Before | 09/09/08
Yes, but...  betelgeuse68 | 09/09/08
!!!Bang!!!  NetArch. | 09/09/08
Did you know where Unix came from?  devlin_X | 09/09/08
The Sun? is shining on Wall Street  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  Loverock Davidson | 09/09/08
hahaha  reverseswing | 09/09/08
Microsoft's new strategy to strangle the financial markets  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
3.3 - - - Just a Mike Cox Wannabe  Basic Logic | 09/09/08
lol.. that's good  TedKraan | 09/10/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  MarkLR | 09/09/08
which reporters/journalists always do  code_Warrior | 09/09/08
After all of the bragging, MS has nowhere to hide here. Any major vender  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
Maybe they're not allowed to say?  Pliny the Elder | 09/09/08
And, if journalists did not hold their feet to the fire, they just might  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
She is doing what good journalists do. This was an extremely high profile  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
microsoft's response  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 09/09/08
MJ, here's why they can't tell you...  BFD | 09/09/08
Oh yes, how convenient!!! As part of the contract, you make it all  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
And, if there was such a confidentiality agreement, why would MS not tell  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
I'm under such an NDA.  deedeedubya | 09/10/08
They'd outright lie anyway  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
LSE forgot to read their EULA  Ole Man | 09/09/08
of course  rtk | 09/09/08
One bank lost millions  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
Servers shouldn't have nor need screensavers. *sigh* [nt]  deedeedubya | 09/10/08
re: ...This was an extremely high profile  n0neXn0ne | 09/10/08
Just wait for their findings  fakher@... | 09/09/08
She gave MS a chance to stop the speculating, but, they chose to let the  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
It is probable that they don't know  mdemuth | 09/09/08
Come on, she gave them 24 hours for crying out loud. And then they told her  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
.NET doesn't work, and is only understood by numpty developers  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
Since MS uses consumers as test bed  TedKraan | 09/10/08
Simple explaination  zwhittaker ZDNet Moderator | 09/09/08
And, what do the Londeners think about having so many eggs in a basket with  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
You mean like this?  Pliny the Elder | 09/09/08
Another very good example of ZDNet holding a major vendors feet to the fire  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
Oh Capitalism you mean  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
You idiot!!  techboy_z | 09/09/08
As currently implemented  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
Depending where in the world you choose to live  timpin1@... | 09/11/08
Never happens overseas either?  TripleII | 09/09/08
Tax incentives  Anton Philidor | 09/09/08
Who are the idiots????  Upsdrvr | 09/10/08
No that's Socialism ...  MisterMiester | 09/09/08
The stock crash was caused by...  olePigeon | 09/09/08
Quick, everyone into the TARDIS!!!  MisterMiester | 09/09/08
In that case...  zkiwi | 09/09/08
The Exchange worked many years up to this, right?  Roque Mocan | 09/09/08
That would be the new software from MS, recently installed.  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
That's correct ...  MisterMiester | 09/09/08
I mean, it worked for many years with MS software  Roque Mocan | 09/13/08
Usually a failure of this size in a clustered environment is not related to  Been_Done_Before | 09/09/08
Quick, send your resume to the MS spin masters department. They could use  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
But nobody spins and lies as well as you DonnieBoy  GuidingLight | 09/09/08
You do GL, x 1000  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
Quick!! Change the subject!! If you have no argumets thow insults!!  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
It's 007  BALTHOR | 09/09/08
Yes sure seems like  morrigen | 09/10/08
I've noticed a pattern regarding Financial Exchange "failures"  stevey_d | 09/09/08
The problem is with making money from money  fr0thy2 | 09/09/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  dgerard | 09/09/08
Well, Google giving bus tours won't help then when something like Grand  DonnieBoy | 09/09/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  devlin_X | 09/09/08
EXTRA: London Stock Exchange: blame Microsoft?  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
So many disturbed (Donnieboy), ignorant (fr0thy2) troll boys on here  OMGDonnieBoyisanIdiot | 09/09/08
I think you missed the irony ...  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
You missed the point...  OMGDonnieBoyisanIdiot | 09/09/08
Hit or missed the point  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
mostly correct  eyrieowl | 09/10/08
Well, they can't help it..  TedKraan | 09/10/08
Ignorance is exactly it ...  dippleydokus | 09/16/08
The LSE IT crash: Did journalists jump to conclusions?  Gruffydd | 09/09/08
RE: The LSE IT crash: ... conclusions?  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
Notice the "?" ?  Gruffydd | 09/09/08
Jumped to conclusions regarding the culprit(s)  Gruffydd | 09/09/08
It's a new system ...  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
It would be inappropriate to say ...  n0neXn0ne | 09/09/08
Mary, you're trying to hard...  Narg | 09/10/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  craig.walker@... | 09/10/08
I don't think so  morrigen | 09/10/08
Did anything else play a part in the article and title?  Boot_Agnostic | 09/10/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  JoeNemo | 09/10/08
RE: Did Microsoft tech play a part in London Stock Exchange meltdown?  dinosaur_z | 09/10/08
If there was even a HINT of fault  Crestview | 09/10/08
The posse may have been out to lunch  Ole Man | 09/14/08

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