Windows XP Crash Steals 2008 Olympics Opening Ceromony Spotlight

It looks like our dear friends at Microsoft are making headlines again.  This time at the 2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing China.  While Bill Gates was in attendance, it was his XP operating system that stole the spotlight.  During the four hour ceremony, a BSOD(Blue Screen of Death) was projected onto the roof the National Stadium.

Several photos of the Beijing Olympic’s XP Crash being projected onto roof of Nation Stadium, also know as the Bird’s nest, have surfaced on the various blogs and websites.  Ironically, Lenova chairman Yang Yuanqing stated that Windows XP was choosen over Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista, because the complexity of the the IT function required a stable operating system.

The most notable photo was taken during the exhilirating climax of the Torch Lighting Ceromony.  As Li Ning flew threw the air, rounding the lip of the Bird’s nest, someone snapped this photo of the BSOD being projected.

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