The article said :
</quote>
While the company will initially offer support only for Linux superclusters
using IBM Netfinity servers, Gelardi left open the possibility that IBM may
expand the program.
The RS/6000 SP is basically a large-scale server designed to handle massive
parallel workloads across hundreds or thousands of processors. The server
operates using AIX, IBM's version of Unix. But the supercomputing power
comes at a hefty price, with systems often costing millions of dollars.
</quote>
I thought this meant that IBM has currently no support for Linux on RS6000,
but "The server operates using [only] AIX, IBM's version of Unix" (although
it could be supported by others via independent ports) and that the
"possibilty that IBM would expand the program" implied that IBM wa thinking
in terms of including the RS6000 under the Linux umbrage.
The article would probably make more sense if these two para had been
swapped.
I think we had different semantic analysis.
Regards
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Subject: Re: RS6000?
>
> If you read the article carefully, you will see that it says absolutely
> zero about running linux on rs/6000's or sp/2's
>
> The article only states that they support linux beowulf clusters running
> on intel (netfinity) platforms.
>
> fwiw linux should run on f50's and h50's,
> but I don't know if its 'officially supported'.
>
> -- linas
>
> It's been rumoured that Shourya Sarcar said:
> >
> > This link should prove useful for settling all doubts ;-)
>
> like none of them? ;-)
>
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com.au/linux/stories/au0003286.html
> >
> > Regards
> > Shourya Sarcar
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Guido Macchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 5:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: RS6000?
> >
> >
> > > It's been rumoured that Guido Macchi said:
> > > >
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody knows if exists a Linux implementation for the IBM RS6000?
> > >
> > > I think that IBM sells & supports this. Or at least they were planing
> > > to a few years ago.
> > >
> > > --linas
> > >
> >
>
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