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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. So... What is New? by $criptah · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I work for a small non-profit and we use Open Source stuff for all of our core production environments. We haven't paid a dime for what we have, well except for hardware. And we are not in hardware business! IBM and Novell will rip themselves second assholes trying to promote Linux because it makes their solutions cheaper! When I worked for IBM, Linux was the word of the year. I bet it still is.

    See, IBM is desperately trying to become the big blue of the 80s. They will explore and do anything to regain their status and Linux is a good answer, because customers can pay the same amount of money for much better systems if they do not have to shell out for the OS and other software.