Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Microsoft Pushes Back Debut of Compute Cluster Edition

Technewsworld has an article about this. Microsoft has bitten off a big chunk by invading what is primarily a Unix world inhabited by anti-Windows techs and managers. It's not really surprising they can't deliver on the original schedule and I doubt anyone except a dedicated Microsoft hater will see this as a genuine setback. They're just not releasing until they think they have it right.

When MS first announced they were shooting for cluster deployments there was a LOT of [shall we say] skepticism. Since then, it's become apparent that MS has selected a rather more realistic target; the smaller clusters operated by engineering departments and other such small to medium sized entities. Even here, MS is the world's largest underdog. Still, there's no reason why they can't deliver a usable and efficient product and the tools necessary to develop for it and manage it.

This is going to be fun to watch.

Jack

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