I'd certainly agree that the "Traditional Grid" approaches that have been developed to meet the needs of academia and big research have not stood up to the needs of mainstream businesses very well. A new type of grid platform is required.
Your point about academia and profits is a good one also. We used to joke that for the academics, software is expensive and people are cheap (i.e. grad students), but for businesses the opposite is the case. Funny but true!
I'd certainly agree that the
I'd certainly agree that the "Traditional Grid" approaches that have been developed to meet the needs of academia and big research have not stood up to the needs of mainstream businesses very well. A new type of grid platform is required.
Your point about academia and profits is a good one also. We used to joke that for the academics, software is expensive and people are cheap (i.e. grad students), but for businesses the opposite is the case. Funny but true!