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Linux Scores An Ace At Wimbledon

Posted by michael on from the 40-love dept.

JamesD_UK writes "IBM has a short article with some details of their Linux systems at the Wimbledon tennis championships. Aparantly IBM has been using DB2 on a Linux platform to provide statistics and information on the competition since 1999. VIPs will be offered a chance to use O2's XDA to view match details over wi-fi. Time to apt-get install champagne strawberries kismet?" There's also a BBC article about the system.

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  1. great, another bunch of cult kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    look at those windows server farm running in the universe. reboot? no problem, we can reboot machine in the farm and clients never notice that.

    unstable? we have sql server, web server running for over 1 year without any reboot.

    linux kids are just kidding themselves.