TeraGrid vs Distributed Computing

“After three years of development and nearly a hundred million dollars the TeraGrid [http://www.teragrid.org/] has been running at or above most peoples expectations for such a daunting project. On January 23, 2004 the system came online and provided 4.5 teraflops of computing power to scientists across…

Murphy Laws

Murphy Laws [http://www.murphys-laws.com/] on love, technology, computer, commerce, war, graphic design and more ……

Whitehorse SOA designer

In the time frame of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft is introducing a new suite of graphical design tools, code-named “Whitehorse,” to make it easier to design and implement systems using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). More @ Visual Studio 2005: Bridge the Gap Between Development and Operations with Whitehorse — MSDN Magazine, July…

Open Source kills jobs

Bill Gates shares … [http://www.asiacomputerweekly.com/acw_ViewArt.cfm?Magid=1&Artid=24328&Catid=2&subcat=19] > “If you don’t want to create jobs or intellectual property, then there is a tendency to develop open source. It is not something you do as a…

Microsoft ISV Buddy Program

Microsoft ISV Buddy Program [http://msdn.microsoft.com/isv/isvbuddy/default.aspx] > “The Microsoft ISV Buddy Program is all about connecting you, the Independent Software Vendor, with a Microsoft employee who will be your point person within Microsoft. It’s about putting a face to Microsoft and helping you…