Vista - Supercomputer OS's

For the entire top 500 they are running a Unix variant or a linux variant.
Linux "owns" the list with Unix claiming just 92 out of the 500 machines,
Mac OS X on three of them and not a single one running any M$ OS. This
includes Japan's earth simulator, a vector machine (now ranked 14). IBM
and HP are the top hardware vendors. Some interesting surprises for me.

http://www.top500.org/stats/28/os/


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JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â*
--Schiller

Why would a super computer run Windows? Most, if not all, are scientific
based that don't require much of an OS. Linux/Unix is great for that. It's
faster, more efficient, you can make a custom kernel for your specific
use... Even Microsoft knows that Linux has it's place: not on the desktop...
I've used Linux a bit, but for the average user, it's not a good OS, not
even close. I've had to support people running Linux that barely knew how to
turn a computer on... Not fun.


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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"joseph2k" <quiettechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xj6Bh.10741$gj4.7501@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...
> For the entire top 500 they are running a Unix variant or a linux variant.
> Linux "owns" the list with Unix claiming just 92 out of the 500 machines,
> Mac OS X on three of them and not a single one running any M$ OS. This
> includes Japan's earth simulator, a vector machine (now ranked 14). IBM
> and HP are the top hardware vendors. Some interesting surprises for me.
>
> http://www.top500.org/stats/28/os/
>
>
> --
> JosephKK
> Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
> --Schiller

Why not post this in the Vista general group? It's not a setup question.

CH

"joseph2k" <quiettechblue@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:xj6Bh.10741$gj4.7501@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net...
> For the entire top 500 they are running a Unix variant or a linux variant.
> Linux "owns" the list with Unix claiming just 92 out of the 500 machines,
> Mac OS X on three of them and not a single one running any M$ OS. This
> includes Japan's earth simulator, a vector machine (now ranked 14). IBM
> and HP are the top hardware vendors. Some interesting surprises for me.
>
> http://www.top500.org/stats/28/os/
>
>
> --
> JosephKK
> Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
> --Schiller