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In slightly related news, Microsoft is trying to develop a Unix-style permissions based system for Longhorn called LUA (Least-Privilege User Account).

I don't think they know what they are doing unless they are copying.

Picture the M$ licensing: $2000 per CPU and $100 per seat. The faster the machine, the more your pay.

Seriously, if I want a supercomputer, and need it to operate as a server, why would I buy anything other than a cluster of Xserves?

MDN Magic Word: "kept" as in Bill Gates kept wishing he had an OS that would run on supercomputers.

So pathetic....

Microsoft can't do anything right...

Go in for the KILL Apple!

MDN word: "Passed"... as in MSFT will be PASSED like a shot.

What I think is remarkable is MS has so many different versions of their OS now. If I'm counting right, they've got XP Home and Professional, and then Windows 2003 Server plus this HPC offering. That's 4.

Apple has 2, and really I don't think there's much that's different between OS X and OS X Server except for the addition of some more admin utilities in Server (I could be wrong). Pretty remarkable.

Bad example MDN, Catepillar is a solid brand, unlike MS.

Great take, MDN! Keep 'em coming...
LOL

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I think MDN meant that Microsoft's OS is a dump truck that will never be able to perform like a race car. They're not slamming Caterpillar with their comment.

I believe the real reason for this is that Microshaft is going through a branding rename. The new name will be Longhorn Operating System Extreme. New Microsoft LOSE will be used by Microsoft LOSERs. Bwahahahahahaha.

My magic word is "third", as in "in a competition between Mac OS X and Windows XP, XP comes in third."

I don't see how you could manage a high-performance computing cluster if the nodes are always crashing.
When M$ called it "Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition (CCE)" maybe they meant "Windows 2003 Complete Cluster F***?"

they need more time to make it easier to manage and deploy? the sun is supposed to expand and consume the earth in about 5 billion years; i don't think microsoft has enough time.
magic word is book, as you can make book on that!

Well, I bet the Caterpillar offering will still beat any competition backed by H.P. in the Indy 500.

Hairbo sez:

What I think is remarkable is MS has so many different versions of their OS now. If I'm counting right, they've got XP Home and Professional, and then Windows 2003 Server plus this HPC offering. That's 4.

You are forgetting XP-N no media player edition, Home media center , XP-64 bit
And if you want to stretch you can include all the CE editions and phone editions. So Many OS, Such little security.

It's not their fault- reverse engineering Mac OS gets trickier with each new version of the operating system.

It is really beyond me what they do at microsoft. They have tons more people for OS development compared to Apple and they can't get anything out the door.

To be honest it is not Apple who is winning the war - it is M$ who are trying their best to lose it.

Not that I mind, but they seriously have to get their arse in gear.

Windows super computer.. yeah right...
Next we get news that says: Scientist lost control over super computer... Scientist helpless with the new super virus... Scientists sad.. their super computer exploded.. super computer that can´t calculate right.. etc

"It is really beyond me what they do at microsoft. They have tons more people for OS development compared to Apple and they can't get anything out the door."

The delay has nothing to do with developement. It has to do with feedback from customers to add/remove features. As far as Apple's Server OS. You're correct, they have much less programmers, but you know, it REALLY Shows. Apple OS X Server SUCKS.