RE: Did IBM Hijack Apache????

(I thought I was done opinionating fer the day, but back fer a sec and..;-)
Saw this link which speaks to some-a these points.

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/news/pdf/iseries_news_040303.pd
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(In rare disagreement with Dr. Soltis!...:-) don't believe it's gonna be 10
years before we'll start using Mr. Gerstner's and Mr. Palimisano's ideas on
IT-as-utility.  The thing I'd like to see is the ability for computers to
shoot off data/program code each, as necessary, to multiple computers...
This way, if MIPS are available on several other (possibly much faster
and/or less busy) computers, whichever result-set comes back quickest could
be used, (and verified with each other).  Which might not even be the local
server.  Large enterprises, and mebbe later collaborating companies, could
set up their own Powergrids.

The problem(s) being a proprietary patent on some-a these processes (and
mebbe not having pretty-much tamper-proof DigID to identify trusted computer
resources?).



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