On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:36:53 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061708-ibm-supercomputer-dual-
boots-windows-and.html
>
> ,----
> | IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to
> | run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed at the High
> | Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden. |
> |
> | Akka is partly a result of a Microsoft strategy to make more of an |
> impact on the high performance computing (HPC) field, where Linux runs |
> about 85% of the systems and Windows is relegated to less than five |
> percent, according to industry estimates. `----
>
> Realising now that "choice is not good" expect Roy and his "advocates"
> to start boycotting IBM.....
Another "fine" example of "Linux advocacy" from Quark.
--
Rick
|
|
