Why do all supercomputers in the world use linux?
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Because they’re all still waiting for Microsoft’s licensing team to figure out how many core licenses they need to purchase in order to be properly licensed, and if they should get Software Assurance to allow for moving workloads between nodes. They get a different answer each time too.
Ironically, one of the most popular benchmarks for supercomputers is the MS2022 Licensing Simulator. Some say it’s more complex that calculating all the possible moves in chess, which is already extremely difficult to do.
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