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Post #156,990
by slugbug
5/25/04 10:14:53 PM
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New RE: I dunno...
...well, if you 'owned' the desktop and could 'harvest' processing power across other desktops in the organization to make 'folks' more productive, you might take a shot at that. Or, perhaps you want to make workgroup server backups faster? What about batch processing speed ups? Or, building data marts/data warehouses on the fly? Surely, there is a reason for the interest in this area, no?

Cheers,
Slugbug
Post #156,992
by Another Scott
5/25/04 10:53:49 PM
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New Good points. I was thinking about the 1st part, not the 2nd
From admin's post:

In a recent interview, Bob Muglia, a Microsoft senior vice president who leads the development of Windows Server, said the company is interested in two particular areas: building high-performance computing clusters and harvesting the unused processing power of PCs.


I can see why they'd be interested in harvesting ("WinServer 2008 - Now 5.3% faster using Microsoft's patented Innovation Harvesting Experience ®"), but moving into supercomputer/HP computing clusters seems to be much more of a stretch for them. With the way hardware has evolved over the last 20 years they would be foolish not to keep an eye on such developments (today's supercomputer is tomorrow's scrap on eBay).

Good points as always. Thanks.

Cheers,
Scott.
     MS trying to compete with Linux Supercomputers - (admin) - (11) - May 24, 2004, 08:13:36 PM EDT
         Beowolfowitz -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - May 24, 2004, 08:16:37 PM EDT
             ROFL! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - May 24, 2004, 09:16:54 PM EDT
         One out of four ain't bad ;) -NT - (FuManChu) - May 24, 2004, 10:28:47 PM EDT
         I'm not surprised... - (slugbug) - May 24, 2004, 11:09:31 PM EDT
         MS is one of the companies who have stated that ... - (dmarker) - (6) - May 24, 2004, 11:34:24 PM EDT
             Depends upon the contest. - (jbrabeck) - (5) - May 25, 2004, 06:53:58 AM EDT
                 Actually... - (folkert) - (4) - May 25, 2004, 11:53:45 AM EDT
                     I was referring to MS with "do they care" - (jbrabeck) - May 25, 2004, 12:05:36 PM EDT
                     I dunno. - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 25, 2004, 12:14:48 PM EDT
                         RE: I dunno... - (slugbug) - (1) - May 25, 2004, 10:14:53 PM EDT
                             Good points. I was thinking about the 1st part, not the 2nd - (Another Scott) - May 25, 2004, 10:53:49 PM EDT

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