<div dir="ltr">Thank you - David is here at NJIT and I know him well. :)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM Warren Carithers via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2794918913702074249">
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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 https: //davidbader. net/post/20210426-linuxsupercomputer/ in PDF</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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
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<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 28, 2025 at 3:36</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">PM<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>[SIGCIS-Members] History of Linux hpc/supercomputing<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt">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? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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