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Microsoft Competes In Supercomputer Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the super-vista-gets-a-cape dept.

HoboMaster writes "Microsoft is releasing a public beta of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 in their first attempt to compete in the supercomputer OS market. Gates is planned to speak at the 2005 Supercomputer Conference, which will be Microsoft's first appearance at the conference. Gates, as always, has high hopes for this new version of Windows, even claiming it to be as powerful and easier to use than Linux."

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  1. Little redundant... by HerculesMO · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Windows *is* easier to use than Linux.

    That said, Linux rocks Windows in every other arena.. security, stability, uptime, memory management, etc.

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  2. BSODs and Windows EULA's by einhverfr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of BSOD's and Windows EULA's.

    No thanks. I don't think they will get very far here, certainly not in the main computing nodes (maybe for peripheral nodes, but not in the heart of the cluster).

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