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Most important techology? BlOg poll
People are so dependent on modern technology, to the point of being ridiculous. Which one of the following items is MOST important to you? Or, phrased another way, which modern device would you LEAST like to give up?
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Linux still #1 (by a wide margin) for supercomputers
According to www.top500.org, Linux has slightly increased it’s market share over the previous 6 month period. Now almost 92% of the most powerful computers in the world are run by Linux! Not Microsoft Windows. What do the operators of supercomputers know that the rest of the Microsoft-Centric world has failed to grasp??? Just saying.
Operating system Family share for 11/2010
| Operating system Family | Count | Share % | Rmax Sum (GF) | Rpeak Sum (GF) | Processor Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | 459 | 91.80 % | 38587202 | 58399775 | 5146933 |
| Windows | 5 | 1.00 % | 412590 | 509350 | 59072 |
| Unix | 19 | 3.80 % | 1399566 | 1796003 | 109970 |
| BSD Based | 1 | 0.20 % | 122400 | 131072 | 1280 |
| Mixed | 16 | 3.20 % | 3151334 | 3819110 | 1155072 | Totals | 500 | 100% | 43673092.54 | 64655310.70 | 6472327 |
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