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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. I have 5 Gmail accounts to give away... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Very off-topic:

    Google has been very generous with invitations for gmail lately. If you want one, just send me a mail to

    wallclimber33-gmail@yahoo.com

  2. Re:apt-get by jonwil · · Score: 0, Troll

    better yet, apt-get -purge remove boring-british-tennis