[Info-vax] ASX ClickXT and VMS Epic Fail

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 2/28/2011 1:33 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 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:
>
> +------------------------+
> |                        |
> | [Abort] [Retry] [Fail] |
> |                        |
> +------------------------+
>

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