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Xgrid Agent for Unix

Posted by pudge on from the beowulf-strikes-again dept.

mac-diddy writes "Someone on Apple's mailing list for Xgrid, Apple's clustering software, just announced an 'Xgrid agent for Linux and other Unix platforms' available for download. There are still some issues being worked on like large file support, but it does allow you to simply add a Unix node to your existing Xgrid cluster. Just goes to show that when companies embrace open standards and code, the world doesn't fall apart."

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  1. Re:How many clusters by aixou · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would bring a tear to my eye. "I have a dream that one day, all different architectures can work together in a single cluster, and processors will be judged not by the flavor of their bits, but by the speed of their results."

  2. How would that work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    [iMac] GOOD MORNING

    [Me] Good morning, computer. How are you?

    [iMac] PRETTY GOOD. I SOLVED A VEXING SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM LAST NIGHT.

    [Me] Oh is that so.

    [iMac] YEAH. I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE HEISENBERG-BERTELLSMAN PROTEIN FOLDING DELIMMA.

    [Me] Huh.

    [iMac] THE ANSWER TURNED OUT TO BE 42.

    [Me] .. That's... nice. So how about some Doom 3 then?

    [iMac] OK

    1. Re:How would that work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      [iMac] ALSO, MY SPELL CHECKER NEEDS AN UPGRADE.

      [Me] Ok. Also, could you not use so many caps? It's like YELLING.

  3. but.... by jwcorder · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Just goes to show that when companies embrace open standards and code, the world doesn't fall apart."

    But the world hasn't fallen apart using Microsoft either...oops, I said that outloud....

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  4. Re:imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't have to.