The part that got my interest was the integration with Web Services.

Another interesting aspect is that the Globus Alliance Toolkit (the way to GRID enable any computer) is currently UNIX based & only subsets work on Windows.

That tells me that IBM appear to be yet again boosting Linux in a way that keeps Windows at bay.

It seems that Microsoft is being left to do its Windows GRID enablement all on its own whereas IBM & the various Unix supporters are harnessing the Open Source movement. Could be a nice move.


Doug Marker