____/ Doug Mentohl on Sunday 11 November 2007 18:43 : \____
> "The outage hit shortly before close of trading and forced the exchange
> to extend its closing auction by a hour and a half, from 4.30pm until
> 6pm. Even so it was reported that that some traders left for the day
> with trades unexecuted"
>
> "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"
>
>
http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/security/news/index.cfm?articleid=2248&pagtype=allchantopdate
>
> I figure it's cause too many people are pressing the SELL key to quickly
> in sucession ..
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3146474.ece
>
> "Working with Microsoft and Accenture, the London Stock Exchange
> replaced its London Market Information Link (LMIL®) system with
> Infolect®. It used the Microsoft® .NET Framework, the Microsoft Visual
> C#® .NET development tool, and the Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 database"
>
> http://download.mic...E_WinServ03_Final.doc
^^^
Doug, I want to "Get the Facts" (yes, I hear that the London Stock Exchange is
like the 'model deployment' and Microsoft's pride), but is the file above safe
to open? I mean, you know, will I not become part of a botnet that harvests my
documents and then steals my identity and empties my bank account?
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