[Fwd: Linux on HP & SGI - FYI]
FYI
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---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7 Eric Kimminau [email protected] Field Technical Support SGI 39001 W. 12 Mile Rd. Farmington, MI 48331-2903 Vox:(248)848-4455 Fax:(248)848-5600 VNET:6-327-4455 "I speak my mind and no one else's." "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try to keep up..." http://support.sgi.com
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558217910-d0b
04:16 AM ET 01/27/99
Linux gets boost from H-P and SGI - WSJ
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Two major computer makers,
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Silicon Graphics Inc. ,
are to support the free software product Linux operating system got a boost from, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.
The companies said they will begin providing Linux as an
option on some of their computers built with chips from Intel Corp. , the Journal reported. H-P also said it will create a version of Linux to run on its "Merced" chip, which it is jointly developing with Intel.
In addition, H-P and SGI said they will make Linux one of
their core operating-system offerings, the paper said.
Linux was created by Linus Torvalds, a 29-year old,
Finnish-born programmer now working in Silicon Valley. He wrote the first version of Linux in 1991 and distributed it for free on the Internet.
H-P is offering Linux on its Intel-based "server" computers
through an arrangement with Red Hat Software Inc., which is trying to commercialize the language, the paper said. SGI told the Journal it will provide support for Linux itself.
Microsoft Corp. is watching Linux with concern
because of the threat it poses to its Windows NT software.
The paper said Linux is somewhat taxing for non-technical
users. However, programmers are working on friendlier versions of the language that have a Window-like interface.
((--New York Newsdesk (212) 859-1700))
There is more press today on www.news.com.
So when will we do Linux/Cray ;-)
Ralf
Quoted 1 line · On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 [email protected] wrote:
So when will we do Linux/Cray ;-)
Ariel,
Could you kindly fedex me a Cray so I can start churning out rpms? I'm sure if you sent one to Ralf he'd finish the kernel.
Thanks!
- Alex
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:> So when will we do Linux/Cray ;-)
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:Ariel,
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:Could you kindly fedex me a Cray so I can start churning out rpms? I'm :sure if you sent one to Ralf he'd finish the kernel.
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:Thanks!
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Sure, no problem,
What was that snail mail address again :-)
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Peace, Ariel
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:On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 [email protected] wrote:
:> So when will we do Linux/Cray ;-)
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:Ariel,
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:Could you kindly fedex me a Cray so I can start churning out rpms? I'm :sure if you sent one to Ralf he'd finish the kernel.
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:Thanks!
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Sure, no problem,
What was that snail mail address again :-)
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Peace, Ariel
Be sure to get that 13k volt power supply and water cooling tower installed ASAP.
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---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7 Eric Kimminau [email protected] Field Technical Support SGI 39001 W. 12 Mile Rd. Farmington, MI 48331-2903 Vox:(248)848-4455 Fax:(248)848-5600 VNET:6-327-4455 "I speak my mind and no one else's." "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running, try to keep up..." http://support.sgi.com
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:Could you kindly fedex me a Cray so I can start churning out rpms? I'm :sure if you sent one to Ralf he'd finish the kernel.
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What was that snail mail address again :-)Be sure to get that 13k volt power supply and water cooling tower installed ASAP.
I thought the Cray ELC could run single processor off a conventional wall socket ?