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Message Posted: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 @ 00:14:07 GMT
| Subj: | | Re: Teradata on a Linux Platform |
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| From: | | Matthew Winter |
Hi,
| | I think they are also nervous about Bynet and other pieces they hold, these should be protected, and I think the module is a good way of
that for now. Other companies (one electronic microscope maker I can think of) have gone this route and been happy with the results. | |
Why be nervous, why not maximise the returns on their intellectual property. If the BYNET was ported correctly to a Linux platform, why
not sell it outside of the bounds of Teradata, and compete with the likes of Infiniband in the HPC market. This is a growing market with new Linux
HPC super computers appearing daily, containing hundreds of nodes. Has to be worth something.
In fact, they could embrace the Open Source community, become a member of the Infiniband Trade Association, and offer the BYNET as a hardware
solution for the Infiniband Architecture. By doing so, they suddenly have all of the work currently being done on the Infiniband SDK and Kernel
enhancements made available to them, which could reduce the effort required on the part of Teradata.
Regards
Matthew Winter
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