New tech? It's 18 months since it's release, but the Oly's won't trust it!

Vista, wireless sidelined from core Olympic IT roster
Olympic Games aren't a place to try new technologies, Chinese officials say

Vista, wireless sidelined from core Olympic IT roster

The Olympic Games require mature, stable technologies, said Yang Yuanqing, chairman of Lenovo, during a briefing in Beijing. The Olympic Games aren't a place to try new technologies because of the size and importance of the event, he said. Everything must work smoothly.

"If it's not stable, it could have some problems," he said.

That's why all the Olympic Games' vital PC-related tasks, including games management systems, results systems, commentator information systems, and staff and scheduling systems, will run on XP.

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