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To: QwikSand who wrote (21730)10/25/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: dmf   of 64865
 
Qwik: Thanks. Your long reply helped. I understand the difference between the server and distributed computing but needed others to explain how each will evolve and what opportunities and threats exist.

Maybe I hung up on all this because I just NOW made the connection between the 1992-1995 science project my son worked on. He didn't have enough time to do all the work he wanted to do to get results on his research in AI (neural networks). He ended up giving all his friends a disk and telling them to put it in their computer when they were through using it for the night. The next morning they returned their disks to him when they went to school and he had more data than he would have had from his computer alone. He never had the latest and greatest but always managed to get the max out of whatever computer he had...or was able to use.

Reading about Beowulf and Geowulf and others intrigued me because I can see that this could end up being the future...of something. Non-techies like myself get a fuzzy grasp of things but that doesn't mean we can't see enough to have a million questions. I felt the same way about Sun and the network a few years ago. Have to stay tuned to receive the signals of what's ahead.

SI is great when you and JC take time to share your understanding and experience.

Congrats on your participation in Intelligent Life@HOME. Kinda neat! dmf
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