Comments on: HPC in the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill http://insidehpc.com/2009/12/21/hpc-in-the-2010-defense-appropriations-bill/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 09 Jun 2013 01:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: FJW http://insidehpc.com/2009/12/21/hpc-in-the-2010-defense-appropriations-bill/#comment-201655 FJW Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:56:05 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=9318#comment-201655 Once again I am wondering why we tax payers are being asked to fund Cray and his cronies when the TN Mafia can do it so much better/cheaper. Take a look at the wonderful job that Cray did with his consolidation to a single contractor (my favorite part are all the unplanned downtimes) and one can easily make the argument that the HPCMP should cease to exist and DoE be made the cycle center of choice. After all the NOAA folks have figured it out, why can't the DoD? Once again I am wondering why we tax payers are being asked to fund Cray and his cronies when the TN Mafia can do it so much better/cheaper.

Take a look at the wonderful job that Cray did with his consolidation to a single contractor (my favorite part are all the unplanned downtimes) and one can easily make the argument that the HPCMP should cease to exist and DoE be made the cycle center of choice. After all the NOAA folks have figured it out, why can’t the DoD?

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