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HP Embraces Linux for its Toughest Servers

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-in-high-places dept.

Colmao writes "Investor's Business Daily wrote up an article interviewing Martin Fink, the head of HP's NonStop Unit. From the article'In a move that suggests Linux is finally ready for prime time, Hewlett-Packard is giving the free software a bigger role on some of its toughest servers.' NonStop servers are HP's most costly machines. They are designed to be always on, mission critical appliances. They are used to run some of the world's stock markets. Linux is making big moves in the datacenter and getting some much needed exposure."

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  1. But of course... by eno2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux is the OS most suited to big iron.

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    -"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
    1. Re:But of course... by cmstremi · · Score: 4, Funny

      Site #32 is "www.kimberlykupps.com", #37 is "www.adults-online.com" and #50 is "www.wendywhoppers.com"?

      I guess I'm not quite sure why I should be surprised that adult sites are up there on the list, but I am.

      Perhaps netcraft factors boyancy into the ol' uptime equation?

  2. IT on the night-shift by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Linux is making big moves in the datacenter and getting some much needed exposure."

    Not as much as CowboyNeal.

  3. Always on servers? by jrockway · · Score: 3, Funny

    What will they think of next!? Personally, I shut all of my servers down at 5PM so that people working late are inconvenienced and all incoming mail delivery fails! Take that, SPAM!

    Oh wait.

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    My other car is first.
  4. Re:hp double faced? by heeeraldo · · Score: 3, Funny
    you bought a car?!

    I built my own from parts I ordered from newegg.com! Saved me a fortune, although I still can't find a distro of RedHat optimized for a small-block Chevy...