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In The Works: Windows For Supercomputers

Posted by timothy on from the tough-row-to-hoe dept.

Robert Accettura writes "According to ZDNet, Microsoft may be feeling threatened by Linux gaining ground in the High Performance Computing (HPC) arena. As a result, they have formed a HPC group to bring windows to these systems. It makes a mention of how clustered computing may be a target. I guess the only thing better than crashing 1 computer at a time is crashing an entire room full at once."

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  1. Re:Proof by GeckoX · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Once again too little too late?
    Whom controls the desktop market?
    And does it matter if it was their idea in the first place?

    I'm going to get CREAMED for saying this but, what the hell is original in Linux?

    You're being brutally near-sighted and hypocritical.

    And just in case you can't figure it out, this is in no way an anti-linux post...if I were to require building a cluster I would choose nothing other than Linux...lets just cut the FUD please.

    It's the lying and stretching of the truth that does Linux damage, which is pointless because it can stand on it's own merits without relying on FUD about the competition...which is even worse because it's sinking to the level of the competition.

    Be better than that, Linux is.

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  2. Re:Crashing by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    First off the plural of anecdote is not 'data'.

    Secondly, there is far more Windows-compatible hardware out there, far more manufacturers trying to sell Windows PC's, etc. Most crashing issues nowadays are related to hardware problems. And most of the time these do not lead to BSOD, but are caught within Windows and you can keep going.

    Third, you're comparing your anecdotes of Linux users to anecdotes of Windows users. Windows has 95% of the market, of course there will be more people crashing than with Linux. But show me the percentage of people running Linux that have crashing issues, and compare that to the percentage of modern Windows users that have crashing problems.

    I think Linux advocates need to drop the "Windows crashes way more than Linux" point and move on, because it doesn't.

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