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Visions Of The Future Of Grid Computing

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Blackout 2003 by Ced_Ex · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hasn't the blackout taught us to move away from GRID type setups? If people just created their own power the blackout would have affected us less. Could this principle not be used for home computing? Rely on yourself and not on others?

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