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SGIs Linux Future

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ain't-that-spiffy dept.

james outlaw wrote in to send us a story at news.com that talks about SGIs Linux Plans. We know about their Intel based Linux servers, but according to this article, they plan to lead with Linux, and only offer NT as an add-on. When they start shipping those Visual Workstations with Linux default, I'll definitely start desiring one.

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  1. ccNUMA! by merentha · · Score: 4

    Did anyone else notice, or has it already been discussed, that in this article Belluzo says they'll be bringing ccNUMA support into Linux?
    ccNUMA is definitely drool material - even better than Beowulf, and this would suggest that they are planning to have Linux running on machines in the 'Blue Mountain' (~6000 processor?) class ...

    Seems to me that SGI may turn out to be the best thing to happen to Linux since usenet. After all, what have the three biggest (technical) problems with Linux been since it started getting mainstream acceptance?

    1. Lack of a solid jfs
    2. Lack of high-end graphics
    3. Lack of support for *really* big, high-throughput hardware

    All three of which SGI looks to be contributing.

    I agree with the previous poster - you gotta love these guys.

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