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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. Who's distro? by ralf1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thats what I want to know.

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  2. Since 1999 ? by Gopal.V · · Score: 2, Interesting

    DB2 since 1999 on Linux ... :)

    I wonder if that might qualify as a better AD for IBM . (a eminesque boy watching Wimbledon , "The future is Open" )

    But Wimbledon is not an "Open" technically is it ?.
    (though I bet IBM never though about advertising on the French Open)

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  3. Another Fine Example by shawn_f · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Here is another example of why linux/unix is the system of choice for these types of sites. I never hear about a windowsOS with SQL2000 running on IIS making a site like this work...reliably...it would never happen. If you need to scale, do it with minimal fuss and get RESULTS, then Linux/Unix is your choice. I am sure it is there own distro, as they use alot of their own software, and not the Open Source packages that come with most distros... Linux is just...coool!

  4. Re:I remember when ... by Brian+the+Bold · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I remember that too.

    Let's hope IBM sticks with Linux and doesn't follow their OS/2 path.

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  5. Re:Good. by matt_wilts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >BBC seems to be very in favor of Linux, lately.

    The superb BBC News website has used Linux for some time now. Netcraft stats here. It's just a shame that all their online multimedia content seems to be based around Real Audio :-(

    Matt