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The computing giant will phase out its customised Sun Linux and move instead to partnerships with Red Hat and other mainstream Linux companies, executives say.
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Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.
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