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Yahoo! Orders Wikipedia Hardware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the big-whoop dept.

Edit This Page writes "Jimmy Wales announced today that Yahoo! has ordered 23 HP servers for the Wikimedia Foundation. The three database servers are model DL 385, and will come with dual Athlons, 8GB of RAM, and 6x 146GB 15K RPM drives each. They will also provide rackspace and bandwidth. The announcement comes four months after Google's announcement of support, and two months after Yahoo's own. Google has not yet made their intentions clear. You can read more about the specifications of what will soon be a 100+ server cluster at the Wikimedia Servers wiki article."

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  1. Not Just Software... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wikipedia Hardware?! I didn't know they make hardware. Does anyone have the Wikipedia link for this? ;)

    1. Re:Not Just Software... by Seindal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Everybody can add their own transistors.

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      René Seindal
    2. Re:Not Just Software... by jrockway · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not if you're Intel. Then you just ship a broken one.

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      My other car is first.
  2. Some companies are just too cool for words by Council · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it seems now that Wikipedia has more street cred than either Yahoo OR Google, since they're both clammering to be seen as being in support.

    And with Google at aproximately 211 street cred units as of the last survey, Wikipedia is definitely doing well.

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  3. wikihardware by mz001b · · Score: 4, Funny

    The trouble of course with wiki-hardware is that the system adminstration is left to the community.

  4. Re:This sounds like by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Theres nothing wrong with hand-waving.
    Obi-wan did ok by it.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  5. All over little ol' me! by stimpleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is sort of like those school yard spats over a girl.

    Wiki is the girl. Google and Yahoo are the two guys.

    My mother's advice surely applies to this situation(that I got many years back):

    "Stay away from that little trollop! Anyone that causes a fight is not worth it."

    Of course, I did hang round that girl. Pretty wee thing. It was all fruitles of course.

    Bitch! You whore Wiki!

    *begins to cry*

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    In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
    1. Re:All over little ol' me! by zobier · · Score: 2, Funny
      Interesting, the analogy between trollop and wiki is fitting:

      Everyone puts their bit in.

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      Me lost me cookie at the disco.
  6. Re:South Korea? by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because only old people will administer the servers.

  7. Re:Yahoo/Google war by kihjin · · Score: 2, Funny
    In other news...
    • Microsoft announced today the Windows platform source code will be released onto the SourceForge under a OSI-compatible license...
    • Duke Nukem Forever date was moved forward, and not back. According to developers, the game is complete, they are "just trying to beat it first"...
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