____/ William Poaster on Tuesday 18 December 2007 18:42 : \____
> On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 3:46 pm, Mark Kent wrote in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>
>> William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> On Monday 17 Dec 2007 12:31 pm, Roy Schestowitz wrote in
>>> comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>>>
>>>> German Climate Computing Centre invests in new super computer
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | The new computer uses IBM Power6 processors and is to achieve a maximum
>>>> | performance of 140 TFlop/s.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/100672/from/rss09
>>>
>>> The Met Office weather centre's supercomputer runs linux, & all the
>>> graphics the BBC shows on its forecasts. It's been used for over 3 years.
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2124661/met-office-readies-27m-weather-forecast
>>>
>>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2124725/weather-forecasters-deploy-linux
>>>
>>>
>>><snip>
>>
>> Indeed. It's quite surprising that Ashley Highfield and friends didn't
>> seem to see where this was going.
Ashley Highfield estimates that only hundreds of people use GNU/Linux. Someone
should really check if the water coolers in the BBC (London) are still
connected to a water supply rather than Kool-Aid tanks.
> Because M$ can't run highspeed good quality supercomputers?
Believe me, people here in ISBE tried it. It. Was. A. Disaster!
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