Brian Rustwas an English jazz discographer... (wikipedia)
We took it down. It was our machine, our node, and our network. Because it wasn't vetted with our security and network groups, it could have potentially caused harm to our users.
We're pretty sure that because of the upgrade, this quirky, little-used option didn't work.
We're not actually sure how many ballots were affected.
Dave was well-meaning, but he did the test pretty much on his own.
The Mac OS X 'challenge' was not an activity authorized by the UW-Madison. Once the test came to the attention of our CIO, she ended it...Our primary concern is for security and network access for UW services.
If Dave wants to continue this test, he has to do that privately, not using university systems.