links for 2007-06-27

• » openSUSE to compete with Edubuntu? | Education IT | ZDNet.com
  Any effort to make open-source more accessible to educators is to be welcomed.
  (tags: open-source education)
• Linux News: Commentary: IBM SVP Steve Mills: Open Source Is Inevitable
  “Open source has been a great help to us, because it helps accelerate standards. You get significantly improved interoperability and portability…Open source is inevitable. It’s good for the industry as a whole. “
  (tags: open-source)
• Linux News: Consumer: Sun Chair Scott McNealy: Melding Reading, Writing and Wikis in Curriki
  Imagine a Web site where you can learn every subject taught from kindergarten to 12th grade. Reading, writing and wiki is what Scott McNealy has in mind for Curriki.org.
  (tags: open-computing education)
• Curriki – WebHome
  Curriki – Global Education Learning Community
  (tags: open-computing education open-source)
• IBM System Blue Gene Solution
  IBM’s BlueGene/P. The P stands for “peta,” as in 10**15 floating-point operations per second. I remember when a mega-flop (10**6) was a big deal.
  (tags: hardware ibm)