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IT Cutbacks For 2012 London Olympics
Slatterz writes "The IT backbone for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be cut. According to the Games' chief integrator, Michele Hyron of Atos Origin, each section of the computing infrastructure will be made more efficient in order to minimise redundant equipment and hopefully reduce energy consumption. Unlike the Beijing Games, the results will be relayed via the public wireless network which will be available in the Olympic Park — this means cutting out the 2,500 results terminals. The team of workers will deliver more than 1,000 servers, 10,000 PCs and 4,000 printers."
I have to agree with that comment (except for schools; until such time as they concentrate on knowledge rather than stripping the individuality and ability to think from our children and forcing them to all look the same, they can take their own chances). That, and the bloody "Arts Council" which has leeched the lottery fund dry, yet we still have homeless people on the streets and people living in poverty. One "Angel of the North" (which looks like a rusty satellite has crashed near Newcastle, doing £500,000 worth of improvements) could have funded 10 or 12 drop-in centres or a few hostels (numbers from my arse, but you get the general idea).
This country is screwed up. As long as the top 5% can keep going to the bank with all the money nobody cares, it seems.
Resistance is futile. Reactance buggers it up.
Excellent news, hopefully this is another step towards getting the whole thing cancelled. What were New Labour thinking when they decided that demolishing half of East London for this project was a good idea? Ideally any costs arising from the cancellation can be recovered by personal surcharges on the most prominent Olympic collaborators.