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

Rich,

That really isn't 'grid', but I think you know that.

GC essentially makes a network look like one great big box, with the cross platform functionality included.

In the immortal words of Scott McNeally: "The network is the computer". :)

Don't know if he said if first. John Brunner was likely the first to get the concept in print.

Jared

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 10:09, 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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