Ubuntu Stability For Trading

[Ric Moore]

On 02/03/2012 09:35 AM, John Law wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am setting up some trading desks for a newly set up fund. Our
> trading platform runs entirely on Java in web browsers. I am
> considering if Ubuntu is stable enough for such a task or would other
> distros, BSDs be a better choice.
>
> The desk would be used by traders to place trades and not for
> algorithmic trading. It would based on Intel i5, 8G RAM and 2
> monitors.
>
I've been running Oracle Java 7 without a hitch. It seems to have better 
support for multicores as well. Ric