The disparagement of BG?
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NCSA estimated that clustering PCs on a high-speed communications system can yield the same computing power as a single-vendor supercomputer, for half to a fifth of the cost.
If a component burns out, Intel can replace the Itanium processor. If a server becomes outdated, IBM can rack up a fresh unit.
And because the operating system is the open-source Linux, the NCSA will never have to wait for Bill Gates to release yet another beta version.
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