GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:

"Fred A. Miller" wrote:

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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9851

Fred-- I am glad The Inquirer picked up the New York Times story-- (I choose not to read Tme Times)

You're not alone. :)

but the Time's story failed to point out that Gordon Bell (who is a fellow at M$) has given prizes each year (per his website) to recognize outstanding achievement in high-performance computing. http://www.sc2000.org/bell/ Bell further states that "the purpose of the award is to track the progress over time of parallel computing in applications."

So -- it not like M$ didn't know what he is doing-- and he for sure knows the capability of Linux clusters.

That he does! Many find it noteworthy because of all the "dirties" that MickySoft is pulling presently. Bell also is in the position of almost being "untouchable" by Redmond. That is, he knows too much and is so good at what he does, that the fools in Redmond probably won't do anything to him. Fred -- Fred A. Miller Systems Administrator Cornell Univ. Press Services fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org