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Sun Enters Grid-Computing Rental Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check-out-the-clip-art-scientist dept.

mOoZik writes "BBC News is reporting that Sun Microsystems has launched a pay-as-you-go service which will allow customers requiring huge computing power to rent it by the hour. "Why build your own grid when you can use ours for a buck an hour?" asks Sun's COO Jonathan Schwartz."

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  1. fCagVorz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Antything can

  2. Re:$1 per CPU hour by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, I get it now. All I have to do is post a link to a news source describing a product Slashdot is advertising to get a post on the front page! It suddenly doesn't seem so hard...

  3. Re:Odd Currency Exchange by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "Why build your own grid when you can use ours for a buck an hour?" asks Sun's COO Jonathan Schwartz."

    I feel a little wierd paying for my grid computing with venison.

    It must just be me.

    How did this get modded as funny? It is just asinine.