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quote from the guy who set up bbc servers etc years ago

'it got hijacked and renamed GRID computing' - not sure of his part in it
completely
and he talked about using SETI on BBC servers in 1997


maybe the text was not completely correct but i'd still like to know
people's thoughts as to where they think it is now

m


> From: Jim Fanning <jim at sugarmouse.com>
> Reply-To: <underscore at under-score.org.uk>
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:32:06 +0100
> To: <underscore at under-score.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [_] sharing CPU resources
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Miles Blomfield [mailto:mblomfield at mzl.com]
> 
>> 
>> A while ago in the BBC we looked at using a screensaver as a way
>> of sharing
>> unused CPU power across the internet; which got hijacked and renamed GRID
>> computing. 
>  
> Miles
> 
> That's a bold statement
> 
> Are you saying that you (the BBC) invented Grid computing?
> I seem to remember using SETI at home at least eight years ago.
> I'm intrigued as to the BBC connection
> 
> cheers
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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