Linux To Power NWS's Storm Prediction System

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.

Comments

Let's laugh at the sheep

[t0ny]

I love how the idiots make fun of things they dont understand.

First, as I repeatedly say, this isnt an organization choosing "Linux". This is an org choosing IBM, who is intelligently exploiting a free product in order to sell their product. Im shocked more companies arent jumping on the OSS bandwagon for the same reason- having people make your programs for you, for FREE? Amazing!

Second, when you have a huge system like weather prediction, nobody is going to use Windows for that. Nor is Windows even going after the mainframe market- Data Center Server is not what most people think it is.

Finally, Windows NT/2000/2003 servers, if set up by somebody who actually knows what they are doing, are highly stable. The problem is most people dont know what they are doing, and just blame MS for their mistakes.