On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:45:58 +0000, yttrx wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> __/ [ Hadron Quark ] on Sunday 30 July 2006 16:05 \__
>>
>>> yttrx@xxxxxxxxx (yttrx) writes:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Mainstream Parallel Programming
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Whether you're a scientist, graphic artist, musician or movie
>>>>> | executive, you can benefit from the speed and price of today's
>>>>> | high-performance Beowulf clusters.
>>>>> `----
>>>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9082
>>>>>
>>>>> And Linux nodes are /far cheaper and quicker to deploy...
>>>>
>>>> Quicker to deploy? Than what? I've deployed "beowulf"
>>>> clusters (which is actually kind of a catch all term) with
>>>> linux, Solaris clusters on Sun hardware, and OpenVMS clusters
>>>> on old compaq hardware, and they all take about the same
>>>> amount of time. Linux clustering is no harder or easier
>>>> than anything else--and its only cheaper than most, not ALL.
>>
>>
>> Not all, but most others (commercial platforms) require licensing and people
>> from the 'outside'.
>>
>
> You *PLONKED* me Roy, don't you remember? I thought you weren't going
> to read or respond to any more of my posts?
>
> And what do you think the software that runs on a beowulf cluster
> needs? Just because the operating system and the clustering mechanism
> doesnt need to be paid for doesnt mean that it isn't licensed (its
> all licensed in one way or another actually), and THAT doesnt mean
> that all the shit you run on top of it is free.
>
>>
>>> Dont ask Roy. I doubt if he reads even one hundreth of what he posts -
>>> and if he does I'd like to know how it benefits his studies - its
>>> certainly not enhancing his CV.
>>
>>
>> I read the majority of what I post and a lot of what I read I never post.
>> Thanks for the concern over my career, but more publication only serve as
>> two-liners in the CV. And at least what I do is what I have passion and a
>> spark for. So my occupation becomes a hobby, encouraging me to hop off of
>> bed in the morning.
>>
>
> Well that explains it. If the only reason youre getting out of bed in
> the morning is to post to COLA, then you've got a lot of problems.
>
>
Where did he say it was the *only* reason? Or indeed that posting to COLA
is what he's talking about?
--
Kier
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