This week at LWN: Linux at NASDAQ OMX

One tends to think of "the NASDAQ" as a single exchange based in the US, but, in fact, NASDAQ OMX operates exchanges all over the world – and they run on Linux. In the US for instance, that includes markets like the NASDAQ Stock Market, The NASDAQ Options Market, and NASDAQ OMX PSX, its newest market that launched on October 8. At a brief presentation at the Linux Foundation’s invitation-only End User Summit in Jersey City, NASDAQ OMX vice president Bob Evans talked about the ups and downs of using Linux in a seriously mission-critical environment.