Microsoft Finally up for Distributed Computing? 307
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."
Oh great... (Score:4, Funny)
I know... (Score:3, Funny)
They already dominate grid computing! (Score:2, Funny)
Just plug an unpatched XP box into the internet. It will be part of the worlds largest grid computer in less than 2 minutes.
It will also hum the tune Zombie Rock!
Re: Leaking as a business tactic (Score:5, Funny)
> Seems to me this is a deliberate leak to create uncertainty in customer's minds and block any adoption of *nix for grid computing.
That, or they're priming consumers to accept the idea that it will take a whole rack of computers to run the next version of Windows.
Re: Oh great... (Score:5, Funny)
> now we have to worry about the blue wall of death.
No, the idea is to use one node as a dedicated BSOD server, so the rest can stay up all the time.
Windows has been clustering for years (Score:5, Funny)
Q. What do you call a cluster of Windows machines?
A. A botnet.
Re:Oh great... (Score:4, Funny)
I heard the windows equivalent to Beowulf clusters were called 'Botnets'.
hmm interesting (Score:2, Funny)
Exactly What We Need (Score:2, Funny)
Summary of posts (Score:5, Funny)
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Heh... (Score:2, Funny)
A master was explaining the nature of Tao to one of his novices. "The Tao is embodied in all software -- regardless of how insignificant," said the master.
"Is Tao in a hand-held calculator?" asked the novice.
"It is," came the reply.
"Is the Tao in a video game?" continued the novice.
"It is even in a video game," said the master.
"And is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?"
The master coughed and shifted his position slightly. "The lesson is over for today," he said.
-- "The Tao of Programming"
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