Comment Re:So why would anyone want to do this? (Score 1) 229
MS has some clear advantages over linux. The unix authentication and authorization model is antiquated and very coarse compared to windows. Also, MS produces a much better integrated and more functional development environment that anything available in the FOSS world.
They're nowhere near the level of depth in the HPC world that linux has, but if they can do for parallel programming what VB did for programming generally (make is accesible to non-programmer domain experts) then it could be a compelling alternative.
