WRONG...The actual Anvil front end is not built from Hammer..not even close.
Also..Hammer was actually built from Blackwood...long long time ago.
Anvil and Hammer were just two softwares used by Andover and then Assent at the same time back in the day.
I highly doubt somebody told him to upgrade his CPU if he already had a core duo. Dont believe everything you read on a public message board...thats freakin umbelievable.
Go trade somewhere else piker. In case you didnt know EDGX book was bad for the whole street...Only their top of book was accurate. They had to update their whole facility. Go back and look at the history on http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=MarketSystemStatus
see when they declare...