Some of you may be interested to know that I had lunch with an employee of Cisco Systems, yesterday. I won't give out his name, but, the title on his business card reads "e-Business Program Manager." He works on Networks and Web Design. Although he operates out of an office locally, his base of operations is in California.
The conversation drifted around to SETI@home and Folding@home and Distributed Computing in general. He was well aware of the concept, and the programs as well, and he spoke of office-wide programs for sharing computational tasks, similar to the world-wide volunteer networks we participate in. It was great running into someone else who is knowledgeable about DC.
My Architect friends I was having lunch with still can't grasp the idea of DC, and especially SETI!
(I just thought some of you who are just starting out in your internet, networking or computer careers might like to know.)
:devil win
The conversation drifted around to SETI@home and Folding@home and Distributed Computing in general. He was well aware of the concept, and the programs as well, and he spoke of office-wide programs for sharing computational tasks, similar to the world-wide volunteer networks we participate in. It was great running into someone else who is knowledgeable about DC.
My Architect friends I was having lunch with still can't grasp the idea of DC, and especially SETI!
(I just thought some of you who are just starting out in your internet, networking or computer careers might like to know.)
:devil win
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