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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. O2's Site by zerOnIne · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can't get into O2's website at all. I get bounced saying that my browser is out of date. I'm using Mozilla 1.4.1, and I don't really want to "upgrade" to Netscape 7, as they suggest. Warning users with an odd browser, that's fine. Forcing them out of your webpage is just plain stupid. It's sites like this that make me squicky about browser detection code in general.

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  2. Double Fault! by Marxist+Commentary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Advantage Linux!

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  3. Not much of a win. by mcgroarty · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sure, tennis may love Linux.

    But to a tennis player, love means nothing.

  4. Put on the brakes. by FreeLinux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I never hear about a windowsOS with SQL2000 running on IIS making a site like this work...reliably...it would never happen.

    Hold on a second. I'm a big Linux fan and all but, to make claims like this is just not right. There are many large sites that use just the setup that you describe and they work just fine. Look at Dell or eBay for starters.

  5. apt-get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Never mind the strawberries,..
    apt-get -purge remove cliff-bastard-richard
  6. Did anyone remember how IBM screwed up the FO? by xIcemanx · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the French Open website, someone mis-did the serve speed statistics here

    They gave the correct km/hr speed, but misconverted to mph. 1.6 Kilometer = 1 Mile. However, they accidentally did 1.6 miles = 1 Kilometer, and thus, Andy Roddick managed to hit several blazing 350 mph serves.

    I was laughing all night.

    However, they've changed it now.

    1. Re:Did anyone remember how IBM screwed up the FO? by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

      I always wondered what happened to that NASA programmer.

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  7. AIX by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 5, Insightful

    IBM's website states that it is powered with some servers running linux and other running AIX.
    The combination of Linux and AIX provides managers with the flexibility, reliability and scalability required to meet the challenge of hosting and maintaining the busy site.

    But a Story titled "Linux and AIX Score an ACE at Wibledon" Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

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  8. Now that Linux has hit the lawn... by spoonani · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll be able to see Linux as the ball boy on the #23 court. By the end of the tournament, he will have mastered prepring the PIMMs and lemonade, mowing the lawns, pitching the rain tent over centre court, judging the semi-final match, win the tournament, and establish himself as owner of the facility.

  9. Re:Based on past experience... by Sunspire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, Microsoft can at least claim credit for running the show over at the special olympics. The reboot frequency seems to be hovering around 9 days on average. But please don't call IIS unstable, it's simply uptime challenged.

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  10. I remember when ... by lwriemen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... this sort of news used to be exciting to us OS/2 users, until we found out that it doesn't mean diddly! :-(