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Windows Breaks Into Supercomputer Top 10

Posted by timothy on from the adversity-breeds-strength-in-redmond-too dept.

yanx0016 writes "Wow, that's some news this week at SuperComputing 08. Apparently Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008, with a Chinese hardware OEM (Dawning), made #10 on the Top500 list, edging out #11 by only 600 Gflops. Folks were shocked to see Microsoft getting so serious around HPC; I think we are only beginning to see a glimpse of Microsoft in the HPC field."

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  1. Penis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very tasty.

  2. Good Riddance To Chrysler, Ford, and GM: +1 True by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Watch this clip and enjoy the LAST question at the end.

    Your
    Federal Tax Dollars At Work

      These fucking pirates have been robbing the system for the last 40 years and now they are at the Cashierâ(TM)s window grovelling

    For bucks . I enjoyed Ron Paulâ(TM)s monologue about returning to a gold standard. Ron Paul needs to cut some brush with BushCo

    back in TexASS. The Libertarian philosophy is flawed: LESS government intervention? Right Ron. Pass the peace pipe !!!!

    Nardelli from Chrysler ( privately held) is asking for money. Fuck you Nardelli.

    Fuck Chrysler. Fuck GM. Fuck Ford.

    Fuck you you fucking fuck-up automotive companies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sincerely,

    Kilgore Trout

  3. Say, this chocolate frosting tastes like.... by Marko+DeBeeste · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WAIT!! It is!!

    --
    Faith: n. -- That human impulse that drives them to steal appliances when the power goes out
  4. Re:Obligatory by node+3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Also, if I were setting up a botnet, I'd avoid infecting computers that belonged to a government that was known to apply the death penalty frequently, both officially and privately.

    Then you'd do well to avoid China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the USA.