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Mission Critical Linux in Trouble

Posted by michael on from the need-a-big-red-hat dept.

Dynedain writes: "ZDNet reports that Mission Critical Linux who specialized in server clustering, is laying off 90% of their work force of 60 after failing to secure a buyer of the company. :("

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  1. Maybe... by cOdEgUru · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mission Critical just went critical..

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  2. Now they have to worry about paying their BW bills by king_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    . Great, now that their site is /. into oblivion they have an awesome chance of attracting buyers, on top of that they wont have to worry about their bandwith bills either .

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  3. Mission Critical? by klieber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else get nervous when a company that purports to offer mission critical systems has their own web site succumb to the /. effect?

    No wonder they're laying of 90%...

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  4. Mission Critical Linux gone! by streetlawyer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bloody hell! Now what's going to happen to the mission?!

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  5. Failed to Flollow Their Own Advice by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have clustered themselves - that way if one of their business nodes went bankrupt or was sued, then the other business nodes could take up the slack.

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  6. Re:RIP by harvardian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey man, Be still has 9 days left before dissolving, and I'm still holding out hope.

  7. hehe. it happens again. by Jonny+290 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Once again, the patented DotCom Business Strategy (tm) fails.

    1: Get cool-sounding name.
    2: ??????
    3: Profit!

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  8. Re:/. and it's funnies... by QuimKnuckle · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>(lets see how quickly my "against the flow thinking" gets me modded down)

    Impossible. You mentioned that you WOULD be modded down in your post, therefore you will be modded up +1 Insightful.

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