[...] Linux in more than 90% of top supercomputers [...]

[...] Closely related is supercomputing and HPC. I wrote in 2007 about the continued leadership of Linux among the world’s top supercomputers and HPC. The trend should continue in 2008, giving Linux (represented by a handful of companies rather than one) the kind of dominance that Microsoft has held on the North American desktop. [...]

I can’t say that this is surprising as linux is really flexible and allows for adaptations for each super computer

Great Achievement For Linux…

Do you realize that linux is on 90% of the supercomputers? Thinking about it this is a great achievement for an operation system that was created in the dorm room of Linus Torvalds in 1991.
When he was asked to comment on the reason he wrote:
that Lin…

[...] in Top500 Jay Lyman, June 26, 2008 @ 11:34 pm ET I’ve long followed and blogged about the prominence of Linux in supercomputing and the twice-annual Top500 Supercomputer List. In a relatively short [...]

[...] 93.8% of the Top500 list. This represents about 10 more sites than in November 2007, when Linux had presence in 91.8% of the systems. In fact, Linux is the only operating system that managed gains in the November 2008 [...]

[...] pm ET There’s a new Top500 Supercomputers list out, and it still looks good for Linux. As we’ve seen in the past, Linux has maintained its fast-risen dominance of the list in the latest round, now [...]