Maybe they should have moved to the mainframe in 2005 instead of building on the Microsoft .NET Framework. I found this on a blog and just had to add it here... Sorcerers apprentice Sir, my need is sore. Spirits that I've cited My commands ignore .... that is how the London Stock Exchange must feel after they were crippled by a system outage for seven (7) hours! See here
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