worlds most powerful computer runs linux, based on wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Roadrunner) i like this example because it shows how nicely linux scales from a cellphone or a modem to 12K CPU supercomputer
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 07:56, Vadim Eisenberg <vadim.eisenb...@gmail.com>wrote: > Eli, > > Will you teach anything specific to Linux or general Unix development tools > ? If you will teach the general Unix, it is not really relevant to the > students of the lecture the difference between Linux and Unix, so you > probably can provide general Unix usage statistics to "sell" the students > Unix development tools. > > Regards, > Vadim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: haifux-boun...@haifux.org [mailto:haifux-boun...@haifux.org] On > > Behalf Of guy keren > > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:52 AM > > To: Eli Billauer > > Cc: Haifa Linux Club > > Subject: Re: [Haifux] [HELP HELP] Uses of Linux in the "real world" > > > > > > tivo (the first wide-spread digital video recording appliance) is a > > linux-based machine. > > > > linksys wireless routers are linux-based machines. > > > > google's android operating system is actually based on linux. > > > > many (most?) cable modems and adsl modems run linux as their base > > operating system. > > > > in fact, a lot of embedded products developed in israel (And of-course > > abroad) are based on linux. > > > > google's search appliances and data-centers all run linux - so when you > > search via google, you're using linux > > (http://www.google.com/support/gsa/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=15898) > > > > --guy > > > > Eli Billauer wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > I'm working on the short talk I'm going to give on Wednesday on the > > > W2L opening event. > > > > > > > > > I'd like to give some examples of well-known uses of GNU/Linux. Does > > > anyone have information, or even better, pointers to credible sources > > > of such information? > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any credible number of Linux penetration in servers, > > > business and government desktops? > > > > > > > > > For example, some of Edimax wireless routers are actually Linux > > > machines. How do I know? Because they give a link to the source. (See > > > > > http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=268&pl1_id=3&pl2_id= > > > 18 ) > > > > > > > > > I need more like these. Or articles. > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Eli > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Haifux mailing list > > Haifux@haifux.org > > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > -- Charles de Gaulle<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_de_gaulle.html> - "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
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