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Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing

Posted by timothy on Monday February 21, 2005 @08:42AM from the reinventing-time-sharing dept.

CaptianGrid writes "Computing grids, or software engines that pool together and manage resources from isolated systems to form a new type of low-cost supercomputer, have finally come of age. BetaNews sat down with some of the world's leading grid gurus to discuss the significance of such distributed technologies and separate grid hype from grid reality."

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Re:Oh boy... by pla · 2005-02-21 09:16 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It's far more cool now that it's in Java too.

Because, after all, nothing will get the suits to approve your geek-toy upgrade budget like using a language that makes even "hello world" feel slow... ;-)