Chris Samuel wrote:
----- "Greg Byshenk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A former co-worker of mine now works elsewhere, at a company where
they are looking to build a cluster for some research he will be
doing, and it will almost certainly run Windows. And this is not
because there is something "better" about Windows, but because they
are a Windows shop, and thus the cost of hiring or training staff
would more than outweigh any savings on licenses.
This will also be a big factor for University ITS departments
too which often seem to have (at least here in Australia) become
MS only shops.
Interesting ... in the commercial space, I am seeing something
different. Noticed it starting in earnest sometime last year. Some of
the larger shops (and many of the smaller ones) have been shifting to
Linux desktops. They use their laptops for office things, though an
increasing number of them are using linux on their laptops.
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