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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What is the cost per node ?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What is the minimum hardware requirements per node ? </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What about licences and what is the cost ?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NT 4.0 would not boot without monitor and keyboard attached. Do I need to by a monitor and keyboard for every node in my 20,000 (hypothetical) node cluster ?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What about remote admin ? Do I need to put Back Orifice on all my nodes ?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The list goes on and on ....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This is just a publicity stunt so M$ can say they have a scientific cluster solution in advertising ...<br>
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cheers,<br>
Jim Parker<br>
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