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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Happy to talk to you, write as time permits, etc . . .</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I read the web page. I think if I had to say anything about OSCAR is that if the press release is true to its word, this CD has some promise. The fact that NCSA and the DOE are supporting it is a necessary component to OSCAR's acceptance by the scientific/clustering community.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The read/pulse I get from many others, is that collectively while we can show that clustering, and specifically the tools listed on the OSCAR cd, are outperforming many other competitor's products, we still have a long way to go to convince our department directors, CEOs, and even CIOs that this really works. I think you'll also always have that key group of people trying to match/explore/outdo/whatever existing products, including Scyld. We're always pushing existing limits.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you're looking for some noise, the other thing I think you can count on is that the words "Windows" and "cluster computing" in the same sentence form a really nice oxymoron. It's going to take projects like OSCAR with good brain-trust backing like from the DOE and NCSA to establish the real life value-added clustering technologies in the mainstream. Microsoft sure as hell has nothing worth while to contribute. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Richard Walsh [<A HREF="mailto:rbw@networkcs.com">mailto:rbw@networkcs.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:56 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: beowulf@beowulf.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Compare and contrast the various "beowulf" on a CD offerings</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> All,</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> With the recent press release on OSCAR (Open Source Cluster</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Applications Resources) at:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2001-01-25-002-01-PS" TARGET="_blank">http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2001-01-25-002-01-PS</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and the various other cluster packages from the CD in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> back of Building Linux Clusters by Spector through to the highly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> integrated offering from Scyld, I was wondering if the group</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> would care to attempt to compare and contrast, create a little</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> taxonomy, or discuss generally the value-added along this </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> dimension in cluster package space from a "raw" system to one </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with software that more tighly couples things. In five years </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> are most of us still going to be rolling our own software or </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> will we all be running a Scyld or Scyld-like system. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Trying to find a frequency in the cluster software noise ...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Thanks,</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> rbw </FONT>
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