http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6804154.htm
Short article providing a clear indication of what grid computing is supposed to do, and what real applications it can support. Of course, when you look at the history of the InterNet, then the idea that everyone will have a supercomputer at his beck and call simply means we will get more pornography faster.
Another article, suggesting that vendors and purchasers are not quite on the same hymnbook page yet, can be found here:
http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/04/01/16/03FEgrids_1.html
This article describes how grid computing is moving from the science laboratory into the business workplace:
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0126grid.html
Posted by jho at September 22, 2003 05:56 PM