That's an interesting article, but tying a system's failure to the platform, rather than to the developer, is a bit of a stretch I think.

>>The TradElect software itself is a custom blend of C# and .NET programs, which was created by Microsoft and Accenture,

One of these days, someone will go back and look at the track record of systems developed by Accenture and other high revenue generating "experts" whose primary mission is to generate revenue.
Accenture, let's not forget, is the spawn of the late accounting giant, Arthur Andersen, who also set revenue generation as its primarhy mission.