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Linux To Power NWS's Storm Prediction System

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 9, 2003 @10:41PM from the mind-the-ups-batteries-please dept.

Mr. Plow writes "The National Weather Service is migrating to Linux-based IBM workstations and has purchased 900 IBM computers and 160 servers to do so." He includes links to coverage at Forbes (a Reuters wire service story there), Government Computer News, and Computerworld.

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Re:Of course... by the_flatlander · 2003-12-10 01:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Great. Does this mean that now SCO is going to claim to *own* the weather too?
The stone soup effect by (void*) · 2003-12-10 03:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There is a magical stone which makes soup taste good. You take the stone and add to it carrot, potatoes, onions, and perhaps beef, if you like. Boil them in water, and the stone makes everything taste good.