That's a lovely thought. But who's going to pay for the significantly higher licensing fees of a commercially-focused clustering environment?
It bears mentioning that the vast majority of these clusters are built by rather resource-poor academic institutions. Using an open-source OS allows them to focus more of their money on the hardware and development, and less on the licensing.
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That's a lovely thought. But who's going to pay for the significantly higher licensing fees of a commercially-focused clustering environment?
It bears mentioning that the vast majority of these clusters are built by rather resource-poor academic institutions. Using an open-source OS allows them to focus more of their money on the hardware and development, and less on the licensing.
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