German Climate Computing Centre invests in new super computer
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| The new computer uses IBM Power6 processors and is to achieve a maximum
| performance of 140 TFlop/s.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/100672/from/rss09
Related:
BOM goes shopping for two supercomputers
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| Specifically, compatibility with POSIX and the Linux Standards Base is also a
| requirement.
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| Additionally, the batch job service needs to accept job requests from remote
| batch queues on HP-UX, AIX, and Linux-based systems.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1803465154&rid=-50
Blue Skies for Open Source
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| Chief Technology Officer Dan Agronow doesn’t say whether his staff broke a
| bottle of bubbly over the new MySQL app server that replaced an Oracle
| system, but you can tell he’s happy.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=305118&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_feat
OSS is a clear winner at The Weather Channel
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| TWC is continuously moving more toward open source software, Shield
| says. "We continue to look at new ways to manage our infrastructure,
| and more effectively optimize monitoring of key systems storage solutions,
| and we've been looking at some security and network tools as well. We
| pretty much have moved to open source predominantly for all our systems,
| though we are Microsoft in some areas."
|
| Shield says that if CIOs are not considering open source, "they're
| doing their company a disservice. I continue to be surprised when
| large companies don't take more full advantage of the benefits that
| open source products can offer. It doesn't require someone to
| transition the entire organization, but take a look at the total
| cost of ownership and use where appropriate. I frequently hear
| companies claim that the TCO figures for open source are exaggerated.
| I totally disagree. You hear about the learning curve. Frankly, for
| us, we see open source as a competitive advantage. Not only does it
| provide TCO benefits, but it is an incentive for our internal
| resources because they get the opportunity to work on leading
| edge technology."
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http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/feature/21464
Linux reports the weather to truckers, travellers
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| A company specializing in weather reporting has used Linux to build
| an inexpensive digital sign capable of delivering custom weather
| channels to truckstops, private airports, marinas, and golf courses.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3199690426.html
Linux is the road to success
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| Linux is the way of the future and we need to accept it. Linux runs all of
| the big atmospheric computer models, it is so much easier and cheaper to run
| multiple processors on. It runs the bigger programs and databases better and
| faster, and the best reason for me to learn it is: if I want a better job I
| need to know how to use it.
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http://www.upperweather.com/bblog/archives/22
Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers
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| Other operating systems, such as AIX (4.8%), Solaris (0.4%) and Mac OS X
| (0.4%) make the list, but Linux is alone at the top, where it is used in 459
| systems or 91.8% of the top supercomputer systems.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/11/15/linux-in-more-than-90-of-top-supercomputers/
http://tinyurl.com/2rponk
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| "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more]
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
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