[Gllug] Fastest computer in the world - runs Linux

[Robert McKay]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:07 PM, John Hearns <hearnsj at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 20 June 2011 12:27, Robert McKay <robert at mckay.com> wrote:
> > I don't think it would be inaccurate to describe the Top500 as "niche" ;)
> >
>
> I respectfully disagree.
>
A couple of years ago there were several Top500 entries with 'UK
> finance institution' -
> if I'm not wrong these were HP Superdome systems.
> The Top 500 itself has moved into the petaflop era - and to get an
> entry even in the 400's requires
> a pretty special system these days. However, there are whole heap of
> companies using high performance
> Linux systems which are below Top500 class. I'm not expressing myself
> well here - what I'm saying is
> that lots of places are using lots of Linux systems its just not
> publicised.
>

Everything is a niche and a niche of 500 is a relatively small niche as
niches go. Linux occupies many niches including several very mainstream ones
(such as android).

Rob
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