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<p>Hallo Rahul,</p>
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<p>Dienstag, 7. April 2009, meintest Du:</p>
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<p><span class=rvts6>RN> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Gerry Creager <</span><a class=rvts7 href="mailto:gerry.creager@tamu.edu">gerry.creager@tamu.edu</a><span class=rvts8>> wrote:</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>>> Yep. When the hardware arrives, and is installed (at $5K or more/rack!),</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>>> the bill is due. Acceptance testing? No way. And if we choose to run</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>>> something silly like Rocks/CentOS, there's a question of support (even</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>>> hardware), too.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts6>RN> I wonder if any vendors follow the exchanges on the Beowulf list! :)</span></p>
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<p>Of course we do - and sometimes "we" write something ;-)</p>
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<p>Jan</p>
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