Linked by David Adams on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 00:29 UTC
Microsoft just released Windows HPC Server 2008, with support for thousands of processors. A NYTimes article takes a closer look at Microsoft's ambitions in supercomputing, and current trends in the HPC field, where Microsoft has almost no current presence. Microsoft's strategy is probably a recognition that with the price of high-powered hardware decreasing, many new companies and organizations are finding application for high-powered systems, and they hope to be able to take a portion of that new business using people's familiarity with the Windows brand as a foot in the door.
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2007-05-12
With Linux, BSD etc absolutely dominating the HPC area
(and with their robustness, flexibility, performance and
zero cost) - *why on earth* would *anyone* opt for
*Windows* in the HPC area?
It has no track-record behind it. It is expensive. It
is utterly fragile, bloated, and is certainly a lot
less flexible than any of the Unixes.