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Ask HN: Software from the 90's that was ahead of its time?

2 pointsby philippnagelalmost 9 years ago

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chollida1almost 9 years ago
Well you didn&#x27;t really add any context here.<p>Do you want to see open source software or just software in general?<p>If its the latter then I&#x27;d put a vote in for the Island ECN. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Island_ECN" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Island_ECN</a><p>The Nasdaq bought them in 2002 and they became the basis for their technology stack. It&#x27;s where we got lovable names for apis like ITCH and OUCH. They were doing things like distributed computing back before it was cool.
ljsocalalmost 9 years ago
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