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IBM Wants CPU Time To Be A Metered Utility

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the from-my-cold-dead-fingers dept.

kwertii writes "IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano announced a sweeping new business strategy yesterday, pledging $10,000,000,000 towards redefining computing as a metered utility. Corporate customers would have on-demand access to supercomputer-level resources, and would pay only for time actually used. The $10 billion is slated for acquisitions and research to put the supporting infrastructure in place. Will this model revolutionize the way companies compute, or is this plan doomed to be another PCjr?"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its the postus with the mostus

  2. frist psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    happy haloween

  3. Re:It will be tough. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you ever heard of utility bills? Hmmm, sounds like someone lives with mommy still!

  4. fr0st perst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    yeah!

  5. Microsoft's Plan for Palladium? by EverlastingPhelps · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe this is the plan for Palladium... set up a "trusted" system and then use your Passport account to charge you by the bit.

  6. wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beow-- ... Er. Imagine the bill for a beowulf cluster running on this!

  7. Finally! A use for those silly, gold dollar coins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who the hell besides a few radical feminists who needed a place to plant Susan B. Anthony's face ever wanted a dollar coin in the first place?

  8. I can't resist by deaton · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you imagine a Bowulf cluster of these.

  9. you mean? by rczyzewski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I may have to start paying for my porn!!!

  10. think about it by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    how much bandwidth could /. save if only they used scientific notation for dollar amount in the billions range and higher...