Ok, doesn't grid sound like inter2 all over again? Anyone out there working on project implementation with an inter2 link that is going well?? and I have continually heard that IPv6 is coming. Has it arrived in the US or anywhere else for that matter?
"grid" computing is being pushed as mostly cell-based - for ex, pods of nodes with gigabit links between them, seperated by slower 10mbit or 100mbit lines - while I2-style research was characterized by its focus on massive bandwidth consumption without much regard for the computation happening at the peripheries. so, paradigm 0: "gosh this network is slow..." paradigm 1 (I2): "we need more bandwidth, we'll figure out what to do with it later..." paradigm 2 (grid-ish): "golly, now that we have a lot more bandwidth, it sure would help to be able to generate computationally intensive problems that take advantage of that... whether they require massive data transfer or just massive amounts of intercommunication...." elijah