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Why the London Stock Exchange went for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 2009

““We’ve had a very good working relationship with
Microsoft. This is not about moving away from Microsoft.NET. For us
this is about getting control over our IT development,” he
explained.

“However, he did say that the system change would save £10
million per year from 2011 and 2012, due to the LSE bringing in
costs in-house rather than from having an external supplier.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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