[Info-vax] ASX ClickXT and VMS Epic Fail

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 2/28/2011 6:05 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
> "JF Mezei"<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca>  wrote in message
> news:4d6c053c$0$12963$c3e8da3$9deca2c3 at news.astraweb.com...
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>>> I believe this Ian:  http://preview.tinyurl.com/ASX-VMS
>>>
>>
>> They mention the current system has been in place since last november,
>> and that he previous ITS system had 100% uptime.
>>
>> I have to wonder if they converted from VMS to something else, or if
>> they stuck with VMS in that conversion to a new system.
>
> The joke (that appears to be on us/me) is that it was VMS but is now Linux
> :-(
>
> How much has this one outage cost in real dollars and even more so in
> reputation/prestige? Why doesn't someone at OMX let alone the ASK get their
> arse well and truly kicked?
>
> I thought that if the Singapore exchange take-over of ASX (won't happen
> anyway) went through then it might go back to VMS but I just read an article
> that says they wen to "GENIUM in 2009 :-(
>
> So the VMS solution has 100% up-time but that's not important to these
> wankers that just lost billions in trades and failed closing positions?
>
> Nah, Nasdaq/OMX is the joke but ASX and SGX don't seem to be laughing.
>
> Why isn't this fodder for The Register or ComputerWeekly et al?
>
> Cheers Richard Maher
>
>

When the chips are down, "political correctness" buys you very little!

I will be interested to know the outcome of this and particularly the 
fate of those who chose political correctness over VMS.