London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux

[Christofer C. Bell]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Greg Mischel Smith <gregms at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apparently they got tired of the Windows problems.
> -Greg Smith (GregMS)
>
>
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/14876/london_stock_exchange_dumps_windows_for_linux
> By: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

> In the end, the LSE and its traders will profit from this move. As Steve
> George, director of corporate services at Canonical (the company
> behindUbuntu) told me when we talked about the deal. "When performance and
> stability matters, as they do in business, Linux is the positive choice.
> This move will be good both for the LSE and its customers and to the wider
> family of Linux."

I think this is the most interesting comment in the post.  Does this
imply that this new platform is running on Ubuntu or were they just
looking for a Linux "talking head" to comment?

-- 
Chris