Peter St. John wrote:
>
> The ad is
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/facts/default.mspx?R=cf
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/facts/default.mspx?R=cf>
>
> The testamonials all seem to be equivalent to "I"m a PhD in Rocket
> Science but setting up a Linux Cluster is too complex, so using
MS saves
Yeah, well ...
> me time to do Rocket Science". None of them mention if their MS
clusters
> were in any way subsidized by MS. Also, I assume that
essentially they
Lets ask CTC, UIUC and others.
Yes yes. That's what I've been trying to drive at. I'd like to see
someone (not necessarily an aeronautical engineer, but generally, a
Rocket Scientist Type) write in (to us) and say, "we had a capital
improvement budget of $X and a operationg budget projection of $Y/yr
to compute simulations of combing the hair on fibre bundles on worm
holes, and we chose Microsoft Cluster Clux, spending Z per node on
licensing and hardware ABC, and we believe this is economical compared
to Linux Flavor Du Jour X.3 on hardware DEF because of ..." etc. As
opposed to someone receiving a kajillion dollars of equipment at their
non-profit lab and understandably responding with a quotable thank-you
note. Not that that is what happened in all the testimonial cases
cited, I wouldn't know.
I think we should make a video (RGB can write the script) with
interviews and demos from a bunch of Rocket Science places, and pitch
it to the History Channel ("Modern Marvels") or the Discovery Channel
or someplace, to raise money for a Refactor Linux Before the Imminent
Singularity project.
Being one of those proverbial "Rocket Scientists" I can give some
evidence. It's
not about Microsoft per say, but about older large HPC vendors. Also, I
can give
some evidence about Linux desktops vs. Microsoft desktops. :)
Jeff
P.S. My kids love to tell their friends that I'm a "Rocket Scientist".
Actually my
wife does as well. Of course I get no respect from anyone in the house :)
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