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  1. RT @richpartridge IBM's POWER6+ processor slips out, almost unnoticed http://tinyurl.com/dx6csw
  2. While Windows & Linux get all the attention, traditional UNIX systems stand out for one thing: reliability http://tinyurl.com/c5l8gl
  3. What did Oracle actually say about its plans for Sun's hardware? http://tinyurl.com/cxhvgh
  4. Inspired by Richard Stallman, Germans take to the street protesting patents on software...and pigs: http://bit.ly/U3eA6
  5. Scenarios for outcome of mating ritual between IBM and Sun: http://bit.ly/D2XB #ibm #sun #solaris
  6. #hplws Oracle: not certain yet whether Linux response to Solaris Dtrace is Systemtap (http://bit.ly/969iw) or utrace (http://bit.ly/bQ6yU)
  7. #hplws Morgan Stanley: key Linux benefit: can provision/monitor huge numbers of systems quickly - using CERN's quattor http://bit.ly/FT6r
  8. #hplws IBM: key cost benefit of Linux is flexible, subscription-based licenses make it easier to close branches & reduce employee headcount
  9. #hplws Oracle: some Linux developments like BTRFS are too critical be done in "off hours" -- they need to be sponsored by vendors
  10. with Azure, users seem confused about when to use Table vs. SQL Data Services - every single session I have ever been to, someone asks a ...
  11. Microsoft calls out cloudbursting (http://tinyurl.com/5t8ao2) as a key deployment scenario for Azure #CloudExpo
  12. Egenera: I/O infrastructure virtualization is better described as "infrastructure orchestration" (or -gasp- Unified Computing!) #CloudExpo
  13. #CloudExpo Amazon has no separate operations department, teams that build a service are also responsible for operating that service
  14. @neilwd Force.com = PaaS...what would HP's "platform" be? Resell Azure perhaps?
  15. #hpias09 HP ESS R&D spend in 2006 was 82% maintenance, 18% innovation. In 2008, it was 64% maintenance, 36% innovation
  16. So far, HP seems to be talking mostly about IaaS as bridge between enterprise & external clouds, fine, but what about PaaS? #hpias09
  17. HP says virtualization creates new silos and just trades off capital expenses for operating expenses
  18. With Cisco's Unified Computing System, the network wags the server: http://tinyurl.com/czn87m
  19. Virtual datacenters draw attention to I/O virtualization: how Dell is responding with Egenera PAN Manager & Xsigo: http://tinyurl.com/cwlsba
  20. Mantissa has way to run Windows on mainframes: http://www.mantissa.com/SHA.... Wonder what does translation, and what overhead is?