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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If Microsoft indeed wants to enter
the Clustering business, so be it, I'll take the exposure they bring to the
industry and clean house in the conference room. Lets face it, they
do have a very recognizable name in the computer industry and rest assured Linux
will be referenced in 95% of all articles that are written. There is a
good portion of the clustering community that has earned the distinct title of
Ph.D. These people are not dummies............Uh, lets see, should I pay
a bazillion dollars for their software or should I take this over here
for free? A No Brainer............. So the game changes, lets
see how their hot shot sales people compete. I have a feeling we
(Beowulf) are going to do very well.............. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Nice quote accredited to: <FONT
face="Times New Roman">Gerry Creager - Texas A&M
University</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"I'll likely
stay with Linux for a while... and go toward FreeBSD when I find the requirement
to change. I'm not likely to go back to Redmond anytime
soon."</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bret Stouder<BR>Atipa Corporation<BR>4700 Belleview
Ave Ste 300<BR>Kansas City MO 64102<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:stoud@earthlink.net">stoud@earthlink.net</A> <BR>email: <A
href="mailto:bstouder@atipa.com">bstouder@atipa.com</A><BR>Office:
913.390.9685<BR>Cell: 913.485.3195<BR>Fax:
913.324.8817<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>