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“My primary driver here is to deliver the Olympics and that means using proven applications software and by and large that application software does not run on open standards – there are some exceptions to that we are running a little bit of Linux but by and large it is Windows orientated,” he said.
Pennell added that although he had no plans to use significant amounts of open source software, he didn’t believe that servers running Linux would be more efficient than proprietary platforms. “I doubt it drives any huge difference in terms of the number of servers involved,” he said.
Ouch!! Someone needs to have a proper IT team.
May 6th, 2009 at 23:49
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May 7th, 2009 at 0:07
BY-NC isn’t free license?
This site is not being used for commercial purpose. Still?
May 7th, 2009 at 5:52
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I will talk to conley and see if we need to clarify this in the contribution page.