It has been reported that Microsoft will sell a version of Windows for high-performance computing, a niche in which rival Linux is blossoming, with a first version planned for the second half of 2005.

As the market expands to mainstream users, Microsoft believes that it can get a foothold from technical experts with the ability and interest in the nitty-gritty details of clusters, said Dennis Oldroyd, director of the Windows Server Product Management Group.

Source: News.com