The Goverment's Top Ten SuperComputers

[Susan Cragin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10187248.stm
I like this graphic, too.
Click on "By OS" to see the prevalence of Linux. 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon 'maddog' Hall <maddog at li.org>
>Sent: Jun 3, 2010 7:59 AM
>To: GNHLUG <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
>Subject: The Goverment's Top Ten SuperComputers
>
>Hi,
>
>There was a very nice InformationWeek Daily "Image Gallery" article
>about the Government's 10 Most Powerful Supercomputers:
>
>http://links.techwebnewsletters.com/ctt?kn=53&m=34942607&r=MTQwMDgyMDE0OQS2&b=2&j=NzQ5NTQzMTES1&mt=1&rt=0
>
>Highlights to the article mention our favorite operating system for the
>third most powerful, NASA Ames Research Center's Pleiades:
>
>"Like many of its peers, it runs on a version of enterprise Linux."
>
>although I know the top two also run Linux.
>
>For the sixth most powerful, Sandia National Laboratory's Red Sky:
>
>http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/government/enterprise-apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700271&pgno=6&isPrev=
>
>they have a really cool time lapse video that shows it being installed
>and also talks about some of the heating, cooling and environmental
>issues around it.  If you watch the video, make sure you stop at 4:16
>and take a look at the software list for it.
>
>Warmest regards,
>
>maddog
>
>P.S. Ironically, as I was about to send this out, I saw through the
>gnhlug-jobs list a solicitation for a "Sr Linux & Unix Research
>Administrator-Cambridge, MA"  If you are inspired after looking at these
>pictures and video, the archives have the job listing.
>
>
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