Re: [MLUG] Linux *really* hits the big-time

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Mike Miller wrote:

> Thanks for sending that announcement.  It's very impressive.  I'm
> going to make sure our supercomputing people know about it.  Those new
> 1.3 GHz Power4s sound great (we're using 375 MHz Power3s).

Um, if your supercomputing center is an IBM shop, I think it's safe to
say they would have some knowledge of this. :-)  More seriously, this
particular system is a server rather than a drop in replacement for your
SP system; supercomputers using this technology are already on order at
other sites.

> I knew Linux was really going places when IBM decided to adopt it a
> few years ago.  Another reason to expect to see it really take off is
> that people like the people on this list -- mostly young students --
> are becoming real Linux experts.

And that's as good a reason as any I've heard for why IBM really adopted
it, other than "it's not Microsoft".

jking


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