That's not how government procurements work in my line of business. Actually, the contractors for the most part suggest and make the purchases. That's really because we simply have our finger on technology more so than the civil servants.
It's nice to see that governments are starting to see the viability for linux. On my contract, we have been using Linux for clustering for several years - and that's simply not going to go away. And of course now that SGI and CRAY have linux offerings, it will only get better for us linux geeks in the HPC arena.
The thing that most people don't understand, especially when they talk about the parts of a high end cluster being expensive, is the cost of the alternative. I admin a cluster which comes in at.9 Tflops, and cost ~3/4 of a mil. There's a X1 which comes in considerably lower, and cost considerably more. So yes, cluster is still commodity when compared to CRAY or SGI, even if you buy high end components.
Speaking from a HPC Cluster admin's opinion, I would have to agree with this post. SuSE, for the most part, does an excellent job of keeping the patches rolling out, and the patches are usually tested well. In our environment, I wouldn't want to use anything else. And now that they're part of Novell it's even better - SuSE has a multi-billion dollar company backing it.
Well, the total lack of a fruitful discussion about politics goes much further than just slashdot. You have your right wing / left wing nutbags (depending on which side of the fence you sit on) who will use any forum possible to bash the other side without admitting the faults of their own side. It's crazy, really.
I've had to pretty much stop watching the network news channels as of late, because it would seem that every time I turn to them, there's a liberal and conservative trying to talk over each other. It's just a nuisance!
I for one just can't wait for this election to be over. Of course I feel this way during every election. It seems that the politicians here just make the entire elections process a complete pain in the ass for the average American - just the entire thing of having to listen to others spout off at the mouth - often not even having a clue about what they're saying - is enough to make a normal person want to puke!
I say vote if you have conviction. Don't vote just because some moron media whore tells you to. Vote because YOU think you're doing the right thing.
Voting for the lesser of the two evils is a standard here in the US - I think that's due to the inherent evilness in the political system. Maybe if we were to get smart and have a voting system which allows us to rank candidates, something like:
1 - Yeah!!!
2 - I guess so
3 - ok
4 - damn.. better than nothing
5 - I'd rather eat the oppositions solid waste
that would make things a little better. Then you cast your ballot ranking the rank candidates in the order in which they least make you want to puke. Hell, maybe a third party candidate would have a chance this way. Who knows.
Why yes. Yes we do.
When you consider how long we've been the underdogs - plagued by FUD spewed forth from that "other" OS vendor, we need all of the attention we can get, especially when a government decides to do their own studies and prove the value of Linux. Then when they decide that Linux IS viable, it's very nice to see announcements as it shows the truth behind the FUD.
Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Thu Aug 26 12:58:05 2004):
In the latest news... SCO says linux does not exist... what the heck are we doing here?
Broadcast message from root (pts/3) (Thu Aug 26 12:58:45 2004):
Can you say 'legal mumbo jumbo'?
Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Thu Aug 26 12:59:31 2004):
hehe... can you say 'Buh-bye SCO-luserzz'?
Broadcast message from root (pts/3) (Thu Aug 26 13:00:06 2004):
I already say that almost every day!
Slashdot Mirror
That's not how government procurements work in my line of business. Actually, the contractors for the most part suggest and make the purchases. That's really because we simply have our finger on technology more so than the civil servants. It's nice to see that governments are starting to see the viability for linux. On my contract, we have been using Linux for clustering for several years - and that's simply not going to go away. And of course now that SGI and CRAY have linux offerings, it will only get better for us linux geeks in the HPC arena.
I think they may be hosting on the air cooled system - slashdotted
The thing that most people don't understand, especially when they talk about the parts of a high end cluster being expensive, is the cost of the alternative. I admin a cluster which comes in at .9 Tflops, and cost ~3/4 of a mil. There's a X1 which comes in considerably lower, and cost considerably more. So yes, cluster is still commodity when compared to CRAY or SGI, even if you buy high end components.
Speaking from a HPC Cluster admin's opinion, I would have to agree with this post. SuSE, for the most part, does an excellent job of keeping the patches rolling out, and the patches are usually tested well. In our environment, I wouldn't want to use anything else. And now that they're part of Novell it's even better - SuSE has a multi-billion dollar company backing it.
And the chances that NASA's NEO server will be slashdotted has been confirmed at 100% :)
I for one welcome our rebel flag waiving overlords. BTW: there is nothing civil about war ;)
So tell us what you really think man!
I personally think non-smoking weenies who want to banish cigarette smokers to a closet or whatever are pricks. Just my opinion, though.
Well, the total lack of a fruitful discussion about politics goes much further than just slashdot. You have your right wing / left wing nutbags (depending on which side of the fence you sit on) who will use any forum possible to bash the other side without admitting the faults of their own side. It's crazy, really.
I've had to pretty much stop watching the network news channels as of late, because it would seem that every time I turn to them, there's a liberal and conservative trying to talk over each other. It's just a nuisance!
I for one just can't wait for this election to be over. Of course I feel this way during every election. It seems that the politicians here just make the entire elections process a complete pain in the ass for the average American - just the entire thing of having to listen to others spout off at the mouth - often not even having a clue about what they're saying - is enough to make a normal person want to puke!
I say vote if you have conviction. Don't vote just because some moron media whore tells you to. Vote because YOU think you're doing the right thing.
Voting for the lesser of the two evils is a standard here in the US - I think that's due to the inherent evilness in the political system. Maybe if we were to get smart and have a voting system which allows us to rank candidates, something like:
1 - Yeah!!!
2 - I guess so
3 - ok
4 - damn.. better than nothing
5 - I'd rather eat the oppositions solid waste
that would make things a little better. Then you cast your ballot ranking the rank candidates in the order in which they least make you want to puke. Hell, maybe a third party candidate would have a chance this way. Who knows.
Why yes. Yes we do. When you consider how long we've been the underdogs - plagued by FUD spewed forth from that "other" OS vendor, we need all of the attention we can get, especially when a government decides to do their own studies and prove the value of Linux. Then when they decide that Linux IS viable, it's very nice to see announcements as it shows the truth behind the FUD.
> Does anyone know of a site that lists all the > ranges by country? blackholes.us
TTSIA
Guess I'll unpack my bags then :(
Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Thu Aug 26 12:58:05 2004): In the latest news... SCO says linux does not exist... what the heck are we doing here? Broadcast message from root (pts/3) (Thu Aug 26 12:58:45 2004): Can you say 'legal mumbo jumbo'? Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Thu Aug 26 12:59:31 2004): hehe... can you say 'Buh-bye SCO-luserzz'? Broadcast message from root (pts/3) (Thu Aug 26 13:00:06 2004): I already say that almost every day!