I wouldn't laugh too hard. M$ may go aggressively after this market.
It's not too far fetched that they will go in with Sun on this, and
make some attractive looking systems. This is probably all part of the
M$ war against Linux. Attack with copyright FUD, attack with patent FUD, attack in markets that 
Linux is successful in with a system that allows collaboration with the world's most popular 
desktop OS. This is a threat that should be taken seriously. M$ is out to destroy Linux, and we 
need to stay on guard and counter all the FUD with facts and
education. It would be suicidal to laugh it off. Although they are 
probably years away from a solution, after all they will now have to find small companies that do 
this type of project with Windows and make
them offers <godfather accent> they can't refuse </accent> to "buy" the
rights.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay 
> 
> "According to ZDNet, Microsoft may be feeling threatened by 
> Linux gaining ground in the High Performance Computing (HPC) 
> arena. As a result, they have formed a HPC group to bring 
> windows to these systems. It makes a mention of how clustered 
> computing may be a target. I guess the only thing better than 
> crashing 1 computer at a time is crashing an entire room full 
> at once."
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5219282.html
> 
> I just laughed myself out of the chair.