Re: [Beowulf] Supercomputing Companies in the United Kingdom

2008-05-20 Thread Mehmet Suzen
Hi Joe, Thanks for the pointer. Specifically, I am interested in companies doing HPC software development, both for systems management and applications, not restricted to generic cluster builders. Seemingly, there are only handful. Greetings, Mehmet Suzen On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:02 PM

[Beowulf] Supercomputing Companies in the United Kingdom

2008-05-20 Thread Mehmet Suzen
Hello There, I'm looking for a list of supercomputing companies in the United Kingdom, doing significant software development for beowulf-type systems. Any names? Greetings, Mehmet Suzen ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change

Re: [Beowulf] How Can Microsoft's HPC Server Succeed?

2008-04-04 Thread Mehmet Suzen
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is VERY important to be clear about one point. This argument must > > NOT imply that using proprietary software to built a cluster does not > > require any > > work-force (someone) or no training needed to operate it. At the

Re: [Beowulf] How Can Microsoft's HPC Server Succeed?

2008-04-03 Thread Mehmet Suzen
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Greg Byshenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:04:28PM -0700, Jon Forrest wrote: > > > But, the question remains. How can Microsoft compete with free? > > How much better will they have to be than standard Linux > > clusters before they get

Re: [Beowulf] How Can Microsoft's HPC Server Succeed?

2008-04-03 Thread Mehmet Suzen
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Scott Atchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 3, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Kyle Spaans wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Chris Dagdigian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > spew out a terabyte per day of raw data and many times that stuff needs > to > > > be

Re: [Beowulf] How Can Microsoft's HPC Server Succeed?

2008-04-03 Thread Mehmet Suzen
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Greg Byshenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:04:28PM -0700, Jon Forrest wrote: > > > But, the question remains. How can Microsoft compete with free? > > How much better will they have to be than standard Linux > > clusters before they get