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The LSE issue may not have been averted via Linux.
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/100260/the-london-stock-exchange-crash-who-was-to-blame.html

http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_suffers_net_crash

Basically, what caused the crash was a mixture (according to reports linked) of Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2000 and .NET (version unknown). There was a bug in the code (somewhere) or it lacked testing for such a load as was experienced when traders panic. Stock market panics are somewhat hard to predict.
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@markbn - Because I went ...  MisterMiester | 10/09/08
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