IP: Grid computing plus a nasty by your editor

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I.B.M. is announcing today a new initiative to support and exploit a 
technology known as grid computing, which the company and much of the 
computer research community say is the next evolutionary step in the 
development of the Internet.

The grid vision is that everyone at a desktop machine or hand-held computer 
could eventually have the power of a supercomputer at his or her 
fingertips, by amassing the processing power and information resources 
attached to networks. Although the idea has been around for some time, the 
types of computer hardware and software to achieve it are only now coming 
within reach.

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Grid computing — a concept that originated in supercomputing centers — 
holds the promise of transforming the Internet, according to some computer 
scientists.

[ I MUST OBJECT. Grid computing did NOT originate in the supercomputer 
centers. Way prior to their "discovery",  others, including myself, 
proposed similar approaches and built a few prototypes. I know PR people 
are sloppy but really!!!!!! ... Dave Farber]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/02/technology/02BLUE.html



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