Re: anyone have opinions on the future of the 'grid'?

Haven't you ever heard of things like "modular programming", "object oriented approach", "divide and conquer" and alike? What in the Wall's name are you doing when you need a distributed compiler? Linux kernel compiles on my box in 10 minutes, modules need another 10 and I'm good to go.
On 10/27/2003 01:09:25 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote:
> Some of us here at work have been using "grid computing" to compile
> programs...
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml
>
> Standard disclaimers apply (e.g. all machines must have same versions
> of
> copmiler, same architecture, etc. to avoid problems).
>
>
> Rich
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> rjesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:19 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: anyone have opinions on the future of the 'grid'?
> >
> >
> > Dick, Jared
> > If you look at the big picture, 20 years ago the idea of a
> > PC with the
> > throughput of a mainframe was laughable. Not so laughable today.
> Large
> > systems use many of the same components as PCs. Whether this
> > means the grid
> > is more than hype remains to be seen. But I suspect Larry
> > would prefer you
> > spent your money on Oracle licensing instead of hardware. And
> > this may be an
> > area where Oracle can keep ahead of the open-source folks.
> >
> > Dennis Williams
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