[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 31 May 2012 15:13:14 +0200, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:

> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2012-05-31 14:42:
> 
>> In article<slrnjseja2.ul.jkb at rayleigh.systella.fr>, JKB
>> <jkb at koenigsberg.invalid>  writes:
>>> 	Ten years ago, I have started with some other VMS addicts this 
kind
>>> 	of project.
>>
>> But doesn't this illustrate the problem?  10 years is a long time in
>> IT, and there is no usable VMS clone to come out of this.
> 
> And would that "VMS clone" be something Deutsche Börse would run their
> system on ?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-london-stock-exchange-moves-to-
novell-linux/8285

"A short, incomplete list of Linux-powered stock exchanges includes: The 
New York Stock Exchange and the Deutsche Borse Group’s family of Linux-
based Xetra stock exchange platform exchanges. Xetra powers the 
International Securities Exchange, and the Eurex. The Xetra stack is also 
used by the Irish Stock Exchange, the European Energy Exchange, and the 
Shanghai Stock Exchange among others."

Also from that article:

"So it was that September 8th 2008 was a black letter day for both the
LSE [London Stock Exchange] and Windows. But, as it turned out, it would 
be a red letter day for Linux as Windows’ very public failure impelled 
the LSE, and other exchanges, to finally move to Linux."

-- 
Paul Sture