London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed with Linux

Re:London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed wi... by nozepas on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @08:04AM (#1810818)

I'm sure they will notice much more benefits than just improved trading times.

For example: improved infraestructure management, overall performance increase, fast patches for security bugs, and a long etcetera.

Of course, as JoachimSchipper says, if the applications on top of the OS ar crap, a different OS won't solve the problem, but to have a good underlying OS is a good start.

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Re:London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed wi... by _grrr on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @11:46AM (#1811643)

And, due the the lower latency, they become a more attractive source of liquidity generating more incoming orders and more revenue.

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Re:London Stock Exchange smashes world record trade speed wi... by junkbit on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @11:31AM (#1811586)

Also complete control over your own future without being beholden to a 3rd party.

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