According to an article in ZDNet: 2008 Olympics could go open source

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games could switch to an open-source technology platform under proposals to be considered by the International Olympic Committee.

The open-source move will be recommended by the IOC’s technology partner, Atos Origin, under the guidance of subcontractors including Hewlett-Packard and IBM, according to Claude Philipps, program director at Atos Origin for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

“We have a plan to propose this for Beijing. It will save money on the licences,” he said.

It will be interesting to see how they intend to do this!