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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">David Bader published a brief history of his work with Linux and supercomputing in the July-September 2021 issue of IEEE Annals of Computing; it’s available via his web site at
<a href="https://davidbader.net/post/20210426-linuxsupercomputer/">https://davidbader.net/post/20210426-linuxsupercomputer/</a> in PDF format. It covers his work from the early days (pre-Linux using Commodore Amiga 1000s), Beowulf clusters) through his work
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Warren R. Carithers <a href="mailto:wrc@cs.rit.edu">
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Koblentz, Evan via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 28, 2025 at 3:36</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>members@SIGCIS.org <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[SIGCIS-Members] History of Linux hpc/supercomputing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It's been about 30 years since supercomputer designers started using Linux and off-the-shelf hardware. Does anyone study the history of that field? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6F6F6F">Evan Koblentz</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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- Senior Writer, Office of Communications and Marketing</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6F6F6F">- Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6F6F6F">- Advisor, NJIT Lego Club</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:evan.a.koblentz@njit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#CC0000">evank@njit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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