Linux: It doesn't get any faster

[MyWorld]

http://blogs.computerworld.com/linux_it_doesnt_get_any_faster

The Windows' fan club likes to point out that Windows is far more popular than Linux. The reason for that has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with monopoly. Nothing shows that better than the semi-annual TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. In the latest ranking, where performance is everything and nothing else matters, Windows is stalled out at the starting line, and Linux is lapping the field.

Specifically, Linux has increased its already substantial supercomputer market share to 88.6%. Linux is followed by hybrid Unix/Linux systems with 5.8%; Unix, mostly IBM's AIX, with 4.4%; and running close to last, Windows HPC (high-performance computing) with 1%. Only BSD, with a single representative on the list, trails Windows.

 

[orin76]

I'll remember that next time I need an OS for my supercomputer

 

[adrianx]

I'll remember that next time I need an OS for my supercomputer

"Nobody will ever need more than 640K of RAM" - Bill Gates, 1981

 

[Bismuth]

"Nobody will ever need more than 640K of RAM" - Bill Gates, 1981

LOL, it's just a pity they don't design their OSes to run on 640k RAM.

B

 

[sn3rd]

Actually, the article is wrong.

The number 10 spot is held by a Windows HPC system.

Edit: Oops, that was from the November 2008 list. From June 2009, there are no more HPCs in the top 10. The Magic Cube is now ranked at number 15.

 

[werner]

..and bill gates never said that famous "quote" either.

 

[Bismuth]

..and bill gates never said that famous "quote" either.

wasn't it someone from IBM?

B

 

[bwana]

..and bill gates never said that famous "quote" either.

If Bill Gates didnt say "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer." back in the 70/80's who did?

 

[chiskop]

I'm not sure that anyone actually said it.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Misattributed