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Originally Posted by Hugh_Jazz
BP and ConocoPhillips are two examples of majors using Linux clusters for seismic data processing and reservoir simulation.......many of the major geophysical data processing centres (Fugro, CGG) have already moved this way also. The company I work with, Apache, is also currently evaluating Linux with a view to phasing out Solaris in the near-term.
Perhaps this isnt the direction industry is taking for Oracle/SAP, but in the geoscience and reservoir engineering sphere, where volumes of data and requirements for processing power are orders of magnitude greater, Linux-based systems are steadily taking over.
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Got to agree with this, I work for a company that provides seismic data processing/imaging, petrophysics ect. software (probably the company that provides the sw that Hugh Jazz is talking about, think BP are using our stuff at the moment) and we are moving to drop Solaris support soon as the major oil companies are moving away from Solaris to linux/windows.