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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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You can also add Maersk into that pool and I'm pretty sure Shell do to. Again for Seismic data processing.
I did a baby linux course. Good times
Like it said above though... it's still a niche industry.