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IBM (Offically) Launches Linux Box Clustering

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-official-story dept.

Neumsy writes " IBM has offically announced that it is releasing Linux-Based Server, Software Packages. Yahoo! News has the story . According to IBM, this will expand the use of Linux. It's a good overview article. Not too much in depth, but still nice to see Linux getting out there more and more."

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  1. The commercials weren't lying? by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Funny

    The commercials weren't lying about IBM selling Linux servers?!?!?!?!

    Maybe I outta start believing marketing people? Nahh.... ;-)

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  2. Price and performance less than Unix... by Skater · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Linux is appealing because of its price and performance, which can be less than with a comparable Unix-based system, Quandt said."

    Sounds great...oh, wait, no it doesn't.

  3. And the obligatory comment... by jht · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boy, I'd really like to see a Beowulf cluster of those!

    What? Oh, okay - never mind...

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