Convergence of P2P and Grid Predicted

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 4, 2003 @11:46AM from the assimilation dept.

tom_conte writes "From the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS'03), "On Death, Taxes, and the Convergence of Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing" compares the two current popular incarnations of distributed computing technology, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Grid Computing. It also predicts the convergence of the two technologies: "The complementary nature of the strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches suggests that the interests of the two communities are likely to grow closer over time." This paper is worth reading if you want to clear up the marketing cloud that surrounds these two technologies and sometimes makes them hard to distinguish."

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Re:DC++ by g4dget · 2003-03-04 13:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Linux doesn't need such an application because it is such an application: FTP, Apache, DAV, talk, etc. are all peer-to-peer, direct-conect applications for file sharing and messaging. You can plug in new services, connect them, etc., all easily and robustly.