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

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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