Comments on: It’s About Time http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: laurenceliew http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6706 laurenceliew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6706 <p>Totally agree! </p> <p>Vendors offering cheap HPC cluster hardware to win deals drive away vendors who adds real value with their expertise.... HPC Cluster is not just about hardware, but software, hpc systems and programming expertise... which seldom comes from vendors offering cheap hardware...</p> <p>In the end - the people who suffer are the institutions themselves as niche hpc expertise goes away to do web 2.0, search engines and social networks ventures ;-) </p> Totally agree!

Vendors offering cheap HPC cluster hardware to win deals drive away vendors who adds real value with their expertise…. HPC Cluster is not just about hardware, but software, hpc systems and programming expertise… which seldom comes from vendors offering cheap hardware…

In the end – the people who suffer are the institutions themselves as niche hpc expertise goes away to do web 2.0, search engines and social networks ventures ;-)

]]> By: littlemonkeymojo http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6707 littlemonkeymojo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6707 <p>3rd paragraph from end... \"lose\" instead of \"loose\". Why do people have such a problem with these two words? </p> 3rd paragraph from end… \”lose\” instead of \”loose\”. Why do people have such a problem with these two words?

]]> By: vizworld http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6708 vizworld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6708 <p>It\'s been an interesting story to follow, although SGI is being pretty tight-lipped about it all.</p> <p>We broke the news on VizWorld a week ago ( http://www.vizworld.com/2009/07/sgi-pulls-the-rug-out-from-under-psc/ ), and just now got a vague \'followup\' : http://www.vizworld.com/2009/07/more-on-the-psc-sgi-deal/ </p> It\’s been an interesting story to follow, although SGI is being pretty tight-lipped about it all.

We broke the news on VizWorld a week ago ( http://www.vizworld.com/2009/07/sgi-pulls-the-rug-out-from-under-psc/ ), and just now got a vague \’followup\’ : http://www.vizworld.com/2009/07/more-on-the-psc-sgi-deal/

]]> By: nmeng http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6709 nmeng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7426/#comment-6709 <p>HPC vendors were suffered from the rule in last decade. It\'s time to break it. Great Job, Mark! </p> HPC vendors were suffered from the rule in last decade. It\’s time to break it. Great Job, Mark!

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