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Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray

Posted by timothy on from the sick-of-so-called-supercomputers-running-linux dept.

fetusbear writes with a ZDNet story that says "'Microsoft and Cray are set to unveil on September 16 the Cray CX1, a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008. The pair is expected to tout the new offering as "the most affordable supercomputer Cray has ever offered," with pricing starting at $25,000.' Although this would be the lowest cost hardware ever offered by Cray, it would also be the most expensive desktop ever offered by Microsoft."

3 of 358 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gee, I'm so glad four other people didn't already make that "joke". Oh wait...

  2. Re:I came here just for the Vista jokes... by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Don't you mean the Vista joke? I've only seen one so far, over and over.

  3. Re:What's the frame rate and resolution? by janrinok · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It would be if you'd upgraded your machine. ...what?! But that would reset his uptime!

    This comment has been given '4 Informative' - do mods not have a sense of humour any more?

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