RE: Did IBM Hijack Apache????

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| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of jt
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| 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.

To clarify, I'd intended to mean if MIPS, storage, and/or local or external
I/O bandwidth are available on other computers.


| 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?).

Iirc, Forte Software had products and mebbe patents, on some of this
load-sharing.

I dunno if they had anything on automatically making the amount of excess
resources put into the powergrid exactly equal the amount borrowed at
another time.  That would help, if powergrids are to scale beyond
intra-enterprise size.