blogs.computerworld.com— When it comes to sheer, blinding speed you can't beat supercomputers, and, once more, the fastest of the fast in the Top 500 Supercomputers, are Linux computers.
Nov 27, 2008View in Crawl 4
I admit, indeed I am recompiling some stuff right now :)Maybe my name does sound biased, and maybe I am biased. But I would argue that I'm less biased than most - I tried both Linux and Windows, and found I prefer Linux. Most people wouldn't even go so far as to try Linux. But that's beside the point.What I was saying before is basically. . . Microsoft makes great keyboards and mice, and they make decent game controllers. Why can't they get their OS straightened out? They are mostly a *software* company - yet their software is the one thing they can't get straight.
"As far as "non-custom O/S" goes, you're kidding? Linux is highly customized for high-performance computing"I don't think that's what he meant. He likely meant that Linux is not custom-made to run on specific supercomputers, like some operating systems are. The IBM Blue Gene, for example, runs Linux on the I/O nodes and a custom-built very light-weight OS on the compute nodes.
perhaps the sysadmins don't want to deal with software that locks them out when they have the nerve to change their hardware. Perhaps they also don't want to repurchase said software just because they installed more RAM. It would be funny to see a super computer crippled due to product activation or the genuine disadvantage. :)
poonakaNov 28, 2008
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linuxpenguinNov 28, 2008
I admit, indeed I am recompiling some stuff right now :)Maybe my name does sound biased, and maybe I am biased. But I would argue that I'm less biased than most - I tried both Linux and Windows, and found I prefer Linux. Most people wouldn't even go so far as to try Linux. But that's beside the point.What I was saying before is basically. . . Microsoft makes great keyboards and mice, and they make decent game controllers. Why can't they get their OS straightened out? They are mostly a *software* company - yet their software is the one thing they can't get straight.
init100Nov 29, 2008
"As far as "non-custom O/S" goes, you're kidding? Linux is highly customized for high-performance computing"I don't think that's what he meant. He likely meant that Linux is not custom-made to run on specific supercomputers, like some operating systems are. The IBM Blue Gene, for example, runs Linux on the I/O nodes and a custom-built very light-weight OS on the compute nodes.
lostsoul83Nov 29, 2008
perhaps the sysadmins don't want to deal with software that locks them out when they have the nerve to change their hardware. Perhaps they also don't want to repurchase said software just because they installed more RAM. It would be funny to see a super computer crippled due to product activation or the genuine disadvantage. :)
scottymcbaggsDec 1, 2008
Been reading a lot I see intern. Now make me a sandwich and read this:<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownership">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownersh ...</a>