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<P><FONT size=2>James Lux, P.E.<BR>Task Manager, SOMD Software Defined
Radios<BR>Flight Communications Systems Section<BR>Jet Propulsion
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org
[mailto:beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Hearns<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
beowulf@beowulf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>2008/9/24 Ellis Wilson <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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<DIV> </DIV>This assumes my understanding of middleware is correct in
that it is a<BR>package or entire system that simplifies things by being
somewhat<BR>blackboxed and ready to go. Anything canned like tuna is
bound to<BR>contain too much salt.<BR><FONT
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<DIV>I believe that that Mike Rudgyard, the chief exec of Streamline
Computing, coined the term 'underware' for this.</DIV>
<DIV>This wa s presentation at one of the Daresbury Lab's Machine Evaluation
Workshops, which I can't find via Google at the
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