Why Linux for Watson

[Mentifex]

[...] Any idea what special attributes of Linux
make it a better choice than AIX? [...]

http://cyborg.blogspot.com/2009/11/linux.html is
open-source and it runs on 64-bit supercomputers.

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Post by Mentifex

[...] Any idea what special attributes of Linux
make it a better choice than AIX? [...]

http://cyborg.blogspot.com/2009/11/linux.html is
open-source and it runs on 64-bit supercomputers.

Cool, but I don't think IBM used any of that.

I wonder if IBM even cares if they sell AIX.

Maybe they'd be happier if they can just sell
the hardware.