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2008 Olympics Aiming For Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-in-sweatbands dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The IOC is considering switching its IT infrastructure to an open source platform for the 2008 Beijng Games, according to an article on silicon.com. The Olympic IT program director says the move will save money on licences but warned that support costs for open source in China could yet derail the plans. There are also some photos of the Olympics IT operation."

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  1. Because by sloths · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they used Windows it would all be illegal copies.

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  2. Microsoft by mikejz84 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would just stick with Microsoft products in China, after the licences costs are....free!

  3. Ironic... by ThatGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's ironic. Really.

    All this time I've been complaining how they don't let real amateur athletes in (they all practice non-stop for years under corporate sponsorship), when I should have been complaining that the Olympics doesn't let real amateur software in instead.

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  4. sure.... the real story by mAIsE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Negotiations are not going well with m$ ;)

  5. Re:I for one by sumday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even if it was the winter olympics being held in beijing in 2008, your post would still be retarded.

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  6. Great... by Universal+Nerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it obvious that they have absolutely no intention of changing from legacy MS-centric software to free software (be it what it may). Free software has oficially become a bargaining chip for corporations that want to bring down the cost of Microsoft solutions.

    I think it's a bad move to REALLY throw the yoke on Microsoft. The IOC being savy business men they are, smell MS's fears in the air and they threaten Microsoft's costs down - just like AOL did with them a little while ago:

    AOL: LOL! M$, lower your prices or we'll use Mozilla, it'z 1337! ROFLMO!!!!1
    Microsoft: O RLY? Here!
    AOL: w00t. U teh r0x0rZ!!!
    Microsoft: WTF?

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  7. color me whaaa? by God'sDuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    wonderful...open-source domain checking to guarantee Americas can only watch short clips of female figure-skating and assorted athlete bios. my heart fluttereth with joy.

  8. Impressive cooling system by DavidV · · Score: 4, Funny

    These guys must be into some serious overclocking by the look of their cooling system.

    http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,391 54787-3,00.htm

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  9. The first steps have been taken years ago. by Jesus_666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Marathon has been open source for some time now.

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  10. Medal Events? by SleepyHappyDoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    "And the gold medal for kernel hacking goes to...."

    I can dream, can't i?

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