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<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hey, can I
take a poll? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I'm
learning that many enterprises are adverse to outsourcing BLAST, for instance,
even if it means freeing up maxed out resources. I haven't quite figured
that out, but I'm sure someone will educate me. Larry? :-)
Furthermore, funding may not be such that acquiring additional hardware
resources is a viable "immediate" option. Perhaps that's why GRID
computing is so attractive, but GRID computing comes with it's own
limitations. What if enterprises could tap unused resources on its network
without the scheduling problems, data collisions, and I/O problems? What
if users could propagate a "grid-<U>type</U>" application automatically from one
node and what if the application could dynamical reassign resources on the fly
when users log on to nodes in use by the "<U>virtual supercomputer</U>"?
Is this of interest in the bioinformatics community?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Please
educate me. I really want to know what users need and want.
Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Kathleen
Erickson</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Massively
Parallel Technologies, Inc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=141024602-21012006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Got
HOWARD?</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>