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August 13, 2008

There was a little over seventy million viewers watching, a record for non-U.S. Olympic Summer Games viewership, and according to some reports, Windows may have crashed right as the opening ceremonies were about to begin.

Just how many people do you think noticed the massive Blue Screen of Death? It wasn’t easy to see it at first, all high up there, lost in the distraction of fireworks, light shows, and the thousands of performers, but it was there, taunting the whole world that is.

The infamous blue screen with white text was live for more than two hours, unseen by many, at least until the main torch lighting the whole ceremony was at its climax. How could you not have seen it then? Li Ning, the man who finally just lit the main torch, began his descent down from the air and passed right in front of the Blue Terror...

Of course, there is a very good chance you won’t be seeing that Windows flaw of the Opening Ceremonies if it ever comes out to DVD though. It’s not like it won’t be the only part of the Opening Ceremonies to get photoshopped either, as some of the fireworks seen on TV are rumored to be have been digitally added.

Lets be fair though, it was a spectacular show and whenever you are dealing with Windows, there seems to be a chance that the Blue Screen of Death will hit!

A good question is though, why was nothing done about it once it appeared at the very beginning?

It was there for at least two full hours, unchecked and totally unfixed. On a positive note, at least it wasn’t one of the performers who crashed.

The next question is, was it a legitimate copy of Windows? (...)

Seems like it was running off of 120 legit Axon Media Servers loaded with Windows XP Embedded. What caused the crash is yet to be discovered.

There is still some speculation that it’s all fake and the photos are photoshopped by Mac Fanboys...

Source: Tech Blog.

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