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InfiniBand Drivers Released for Xserve G5 Clusters
A user writes, "A company called Small Tree just announced the release of InfiniBand drivers for the Mac, for more supercomputing speed. People have already been making supercomputer clusters for the Mac, including Virginia Tech's third-fastest supercomputer in the world, but InfiniBand is supposed to make the latency drop. A lot. Voltaire also makes some sort of Apple InfiniBand products, though it's not clear whether they make the drivers or hardware."
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I don't get this. Apple advocates constantly feel the need to point out in every other discussion about how much better Macintosh does everything. For example, pretty much like clockwork, Macintosh advocates will post to any discussion of Linux UIs some claim or other that the Macintosh is "the" system to use if you want to have a high quality UI on a UNIX-like system.
Slashdot is, after all, not a site where every group of people can retreat into their little corner, it's a site where people from different communities talk to each other.
OK, the "proprietary crap" discussed here is for: #1 XServes runing (wait for it....) Mac OS X. #2 Supercomputers This is not your linux box you're using for a NAT server, or a Beowolf running SETI
So what is your point? There are lots of 64-bit Linux clusters with high-speed interconnects. Much of the software used on those clusters was created in non-proprietary environments. It certainly makes sense to ask the question of what those proprietary systems bring to the table. I'm sorry if you are offended when people start asking hard questions.