<a href="http://www.hpcnotes.com/2012/10/the-making-of-1000x-unbalanced.html">http://www.hpcnotes.com/2012/10/the-making-of-1000x-unbalanced.html</a>

We agree... a bunch of un-utilized HPC systems sitting there due to lack of SW.

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-12-17/open_source_software_in_hpc.html

Open source isn't as cheap as it seems.