World Cup USA 1994 means even less to the average American than the tiny squib of cricket test match scores that the New York Times regularly prints, so the privilege of being named the exclusive computer supplier for the 1994 World Cup is a decidedly doubtful one for Sun Microsystems Inc. The thing isn’t even […]
World Cup USA 1994 means even less to the average American than the tiny squib of cricket test match scores that the New York Times regularly prints, so the privilege of being named the exclusive computer supplier for the 1994 World Cup is a decidedly doubtful one for Sun Microsystems Inc. The thing isn’t even going out on the terrestrial television networks in the US – and the average American will have read this far without having a clue that the sport we are rabbiting on about is soccer – but then you realise that Sun is not being quite so stupid as might first appear with its sponsorship money, because the event will be followed with avid attention all around the globe outside the US, and there are plenty of countries where the name Sun Microsystems, presently well-nigh unknown, will be burned into the retinas of a vast army of avid soccer fans by the time the tournament is over. World Cup USA 1994 will implement its information systems by using a client-server model in order to reach its goal of making the games the most technologically advanced ever. Sun will provide World Cup ’94 with its top-end servers, the Sparccenter 2000, as well as Sparcserver 10s and some 1,000 workstations made up of Sparcclassics and Sparcstation LXs, all running Solaris Unix. The systems will be used to manage accreditation, results, security, logistics and media systems at all nine match sites as well as all applications used at World Cup offices. World Cup USA 1994 is the non-profit legal entity charged with staging the event under the directions of FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association. The championship for the Jules Rimet Trophy will take up a whole month next summer, from June 17 to July 17, and the cities chosen to host matches are Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Detroit; Los Angeles; New York and New Jersey; Orlando; San Francisco and Washington.
