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Distributed Computing Overview

Posted by Hemos on from the good-information-to-know dept.

Fruitiger writes: "Well, P2P / distributed computing is all the rage these days, so if you want a good breakdown of who's doing what when, check out this article at Network World Fusion. Focuses on Porivo Technologies and provides some glimpses of what's to come in the future. An interesting appetizer before Intel's P2P Working Group meeting later this week."

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  1. P2P worked for me! by Evernight · · Score: 5
    I'm getting me one of those P2P Girlfriends and I don't are what any of you think.

    Neu

  2. How do they figure... by photozz · · Score: 4

    Instead of purchasing more hardware and software and hiring the IT staff needed to set up and support it, an emerging technology called peer-to-peer (P2P) computing will let users access valuable resources when they aren't being used.

    Pardon me, but how do they figure P2P will implement itself? Any new tech needs a human being to set it up, maintain it, format the results and queries and explain the whole thing to the boss. This tech will save money with companies by allowing them to get more computing power for less cash, but the up-keep and back end is still needed. Maybe the figure this will be a nice little project for all those lazy IT folks just lounging around doing nothing...I'm certain the SETI thing isn't running itself......
    Porivo's Peer client, which resides on a user's desktop, works with the company's PeerPlane management software, which can reside on a dedicated server.
    Great, we all have an extra dedicated server laying around..



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    Dirty Pirate Hooker
  3. Microsoft announces P2P software by slickwillie · · Score: 4

    Microsoft announced today that it will release a Windows version of P2P software "soon, in fact before any of those other companies can do it. If it looks like one of them will beat us, we'll buy them anyway, so you should wait for ours." The first release will run only on Window ME, and will most likely be named "P-On-ME".

    It was also revealed today that the first virus for P-On-ME has been discovered. It is contained in email messages with the subject line "Do Not Open - Virus Inside".