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by queuebert 48 days ago
There used to be stock exchanges running happily on DOS. Maybe there still are.
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chaps 48 days ago
Worked at an exchange in 2007/2008 and... we had systems still running from the 80s. Mostly tape audit stuff.
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BirAdam 48 days ago
Most use Linux now, and specifically RHEL. I did see some IBM z, but that was specifically for one old DB that handled oil pipeline stuff.
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