At 11:01 AM 4/2/2007, Douglas Eadline wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:12:29PM -0400, Douglas Eadline wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
Because I believe, "the art of Beowulf" has a rich history of development
that is based on the original definition from "How to Build a Beowulf" by
Thomas Sterling, John Salmon, Donald J. Becker and Daniel F. Savarese:
".. a collection of personal computers interconnected
by widely available networking technology running anyone of several
open source Unix-like operating systems. "
I would not want to see it usurped by other clustering efforts.
I believe that if we do not protect against revisionist history, then
all of a sudden WCCS is now "Beowulf" computing. Such things, in my
opinion dis-honor all the people (who I respect) that have contributed
to this community. To me it is almost akin to removing author credit
in open source software.
I concede that I was incorrect in my contention about Beowulf being
just commodity, and not necessarily opensource. I beg forgiveness
for a moment of misremembering (my copy of Sterling, et.al., is at
home on my bedside table). Mistakes were made, can't we all just
along, etc.etc.etc.
{I do, however, retain the inclination to play devil's advocate on
occasion, just because a good discussion helps crystallize the answers...}
James Lux, P.E.
Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group
Flight Communications Systems Section
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena CA 91109
tel: (818)354-2075
fax: (818)393-6875
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