"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1411245.iTzIHBLmm8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Olympic computers crash at second hurdle
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | ONLY THIRTY minutes into the start of second-round ticket sales, the
> Olympic
> | Games' computer system crashed.
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>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/01/olympic-computers-crash-second
>
> Guess who is the special partner for this system? It's all Microsoft.
Once again Roy Schestowitz proves his stupidity. Microsoft may be a
"partner" for the Olympics but this does NOT mean they are the ones selling
the tickets. Let's see what the article in the link says:
<quote>
ONLY THIRTY minutes into the start of second-round ticket sales, the
Olympic Games' computer system crashed.
Many people were unable to submit their applications for tickets, the
committee said.
</quote>
So it's the ticket sales site that crashed. Hmmm.... what would that be:
http://en.olympic.cn/08beijing/bocog/2007-04-16/1115831.html
<quote>
Official Site of the Chinese Olympic Committee
Orders can be processed on the website (www.tickets.beijing2008.cn) and at
1,000 designated Bank of China branches, but tickets will not be delivered
until June 2008.
</quote>
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.tickets.beijing2008.cn
Netblock Owner IP address OS Web Server Last changed
Beijing Gehua Ticketmaster Ticketing Ltd,Co 202.106.146.141 Linux Apache
11-Sep-2007
Beijing Gehua Ticketmaster Ticketing Ltd,Co 202.106.146.141 Linux Apache
15-Apr-2007
That's right. Those CRASHING LINUX boxes sure are stinking up the Olympics.
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