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Plan 9 Running on Blue Gene

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the buttonfly-or-zipper dept.

gholmer writes "Eric Van Hensbergen reports that Plan 9 has been successfully booted on IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer. A live demo will be attempted during a poster session at this year's Usenix. There is also the obligatory Space Glenda picture."

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  1. Re:Yeah but... by niceone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously it can - it is a supercomputer! (as long as you turn the Aero interface off of course).

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  2. No sale by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not buying a Blue Gene until they port AmigaOS to it, like God intended.

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  3. Re:About the plan by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    You laugh about such things. But I was the beta tester for Preparation G. Stuff was awful. But boy could I whistle really well after that.

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  4. Re:Pretty cool by C0y0t3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Also I was beginning to think Slashdot was dying since I hardly come here anymore...

    ... but I see your comments ALL OVER Slashdot, Anonymous Coward. In fact you're probably THE most prolific user, certainly the most outspoken.