Re: [PLUG] Too Funny

[Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com>]

how I read it..

"Microsoft says a Windows-based supercomputer has broken the petaflop speed barrier, but the achievement is not being recognized by the group that tracks the world's fastest supercomputers, *because the machine blue screened before a successful test could be completed.* "

"Sean M. Collins" <sean@coreitpro.com> wrote:

>Some good red meat for us F/OSS fans on a Sunday afternoon.
>
>http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1923240/Windows-Cluster-Hits-a-Petaflop-But-Linux-Retains-Top-5-Spot
>
>"Microsoft says a Windows-based supercomputer has broken the petaflop
>speed barrier, but the achievement is not being recognized by the group
>that tracks the world's fastest supercomputers, *because the same
>machine was able to achieve higher speeds using Linux.* "
>
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