Dems pick Microsoft for convention
eWeek | at | by Mike
Silverlight to power live, gavel-to-gavel Web video coverage.Democrats may not know who their presidential candidate will be, but they at least have settled on Microsoft as the official software and HD web content provider for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28 in Denver.
As part of the deal, Microsoft software will be used to support delegate tracking, voting and the management of credentials. During the nomination process, Microsoft technology will support a voting system providing up-to-the-minute delegate vote totals electronically to the Office of the Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.