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NASA Installs Linux Supercomputer

Posted by Cliff on from the penguins-exploring-the-ocean dept.

unassimilatible writes: "Federal Computer Week reports that NASA plans to study the ocean's future with the help of the world's first supercomputer of its kind to run on the Linux operating system. The new supercomputer -- an SGI AltixT 3000 single-system image supercomputer -- has been installed at the space agency's Ames Research Center in California."

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  1. NASA gets sued by SCO by XavierXeon · · Score: -1, Redundant

    no comment

  2. SCO has a new target to worry about! by qewl · · Score: -1, Redundant

    SCO: "NASA's supercomputer Linux license can be purchased before December 31 for only $50,000. After December 31, the license will cost $100,000! Buy now NASA!"

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  3. Re:In other news..... by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shouldn't that be Daryl McBribe?

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  4. Wait...are they all mostly one of a kind? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "World's first supercomputer of its kind to run on the Linux operating system" Many supercomputers are running Linux. Many, of not most of them are one of a kind. This statement has no real meaning.

  5. They should've waited... by Equis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It'll be obsolete by next Wednesday, especially the way prices have been falling on supercomputers lately...

  6. Well thats totally unexpected news, NOT! by PalmKiller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Like nasa scientists invented the beowulf cluster, doh!