Linux: It Doesn’t Get Any Faster

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jun 24, 2009

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“In the latest ranking, where performance is everything and
nothing else matters, Windows is stalled out at the starting line,
and Linux is lapping the field.”

“Specifically, Linux has increased its already substantial
supercomputer market share to 88.6%. Linux is followed by hybrid
Unix/Linux systems with 5.8%; Unix, mostly IBM’s AIX, with 4.4%;
and running close to last, Windows HPC (high-performance computing)
with 1%. Only BSD, with a single representative on the list, trails
Windows.”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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