Philip Webb <purslow <at> ca.inter.net> writes:
> ... others who are using Linux in high-stakes situations > - even a major stock exchange which has based its operation on Gentoo. Gentoo, imho, lacks a singular, mature(stable) technology to really have a major impact on commercial unix systems. (Local)Clustering. A few years ago "they" were very close. Kernel sources such almost mainstream. Then a meltdown occurred (not of gentoo folks but the clustering geniuses) and progress halted for a while. Now I see this: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/cluster/ In addition to performance, the clustering will have to solved High Availability AND a method to upgrade the nodes one at a time with testing to ensure that the software (regardless of OS or applications or security patch) works on the individual computers. Then that box/processor/card can be logically plugged back into the cluster. So you get the best of both worlds, many workstations and a cluster for single app acceleration. That will impact small and medium size businesses like crazy. This duality of many fast workstations and a cluster from the same group of local machines, is a MicroSoft Killer. Plus folks will be able to do their own super computing type of processing that only the governments and large corps can do now. GAME CHANGER, methinks. Add the relentless advance of ARM processor for low power and fast shutoff/reboot, controlled by other computers and you can put your cluster into deep (low power) hibernation, all thanks to Gentoo. Cloud Computing is for (idiot) home owners, kids and ignorant business types. As soon as they learn the details of what is happening to their data on some body else's cloud, anyone with anything to protect will run from Cloud Computing. Anyone] with any desire for privacy already have discounted Cloud computing. With personal supercomputer, ordinary people and small business can share data and applications (such as their own credit rating on persons and companies or something like modeling their own ideas on climate change or the farce it is). Gentoo devs solve this (clustering issues) and Gentoo will explode on the commercial scene. Everyone I show how to update software on Gentoo, just lets their bottom jaw drop and are speech_less..... Gentoo clustering is a MicroSoft killer.... Gentoo needs a little more stability and when it provides a really stable cluster technology..... look out, IMHO..... hth, James
