Comments on: ‘Scientific’ Red Hat to crunch numbers of Hadron Collider http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/scientific-red-hat-to-crunch-numbers-of-hadron-collider/ A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: FOSS for Life » Blog Archive » Enterprise Linux 2008: The year in review http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/scientific-red-hat-to-crunch-numbers-of-hadron-collider/#comment-1664 FOSS for Life » Blog Archive » Enterprise Linux 2008: The year in review Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:22:41 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/scientific-red-hat-to-crunch-numbers-of-hadron-collider/#comment-1664 [...] October. The month started with more news on the Linux-vs.-Windows front lines. Just a week after Microsoft launched Windows HPC server, Red Hat released its own HPC technology. The company essentially democratized the HPC world, making cluster computing a reality for mere mortals. Red Hat also revealed that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider could run on a customized version of RHEL. [...] [...] October. The month started with more news on the Linux-vs.-Windows front lines. Just a week after Microsoft launched Windows HPC server, Red Hat released its own HPC technology. The company essentially democratized the HPC world, making cluster computing a reality for mere mortals. Red Hat also revealed that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider could run on a customized version of RHEL. [...]

]]> By: Schmidtw http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/scientific-red-hat-to-crunch-numbers-of-hadron-collider/#comment-1630 Schmidtw Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:09:25 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/scientific-red-hat-to-crunch-numbers-of-hadron-collider/#comment-1630 I am a fan of linux (I run several distros), but I can guarenteee you that the linux running on that unit is no open-source code. Customized RHEL means consumers will never have it. Linux ready for mission-critical projects when funded and altered specifically for the purpose? Yes. Otherwise...has yet to prove itself. -Schmidtw I am a fan of linux (I run several distros), but I can guarenteee you that the linux running on that unit is no open-source code. Customized RHEL means consumers will never have it. Linux ready for mission-critical projects when funded and altered specifically for the purpose? Yes. Otherwise…has yet to prove itself.

-Schmidtw

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