[Info-vax] ASX ClickXT and VMS Epic Fail

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <wJxDXMAj9aoM at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <146d1d76-41f6-4cb7-9bec-7e6e3817d5ee at u6g2000vbh.googlegroups.com>, IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> writes:
>> 
>> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/brochures/asx/
>> 
>> "He said it was the first glitch since the ASX Trade system was
>> installed in November and that the ITS system that preceded it had
>> "100 per cent up-time".=94
>
>   I missed that "previous".  Speaks volumes.

On-line traders were presented with:

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| [Abort] [Retry] [Fail] |
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