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Microsoft Finally up for Distributed Computing?
ReeprFlame writes "eWeek has reported overhearing Microsoft's plans to finally get into the distributed computing market. Considering that the Windows platform has never had the ability to parallel compute in the past, it leaves great potential to the company's operating system development. From current *nix systems we have today, such a grid proves very useful, especially in the serving arena. However, we are unsure of Microsoft's target for the software. Would it be an addition to home users computers as well as the server versions of Windows? As of now it is unclear, but Microsoft probably will bring this situation to life in the near future since it does hold alot of power for them over other platforms."
They have been doing this for years, you see all of those security holes were really features that allowed certain types of distributed computing.
Instead of taking up al of my CPU cycles for *Important* cough cough emails, I could just have a few thousand cough cough friends help me out.
Surely all those Windows PCs propagating Outlook/Office worms all at the same time over the Internet have to count for some sort of "parallel computing" !
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Microsoft already does distributed computing, commandeering millions of computers every day, through all the rampant and sophisticated Win-duh-ows virii, trojans and spyware.
What? Now they want to do it legally?
Not on my computer! I have been 'Micro$oft' free for over a year now. Don't miss it at all.
Roger Born
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