Lux, James P
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:36:08 -0700
bringing up the old pun: Semper ubi, sub ubi. James Lux, P.E. Task Manager, SOMD Software Defined Radios Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 161-213 Pasadena, CA, 91109 +1(818)354-2075 phone +1(818)393-6875 fax ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Hearns Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:06 AM To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Pretty High Performance Computing 2008/9/24 Ellis Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> This assumes my understanding of middleware is correct in that it is a package or entire system that simplifies things by being somewhat blackboxed and ready to go. Anything canned like tuna is bound to contain too much salt. I believe that that Mike Rudgyard, the chief exec of Streamline Computing, coined the term 'underware' for this. This wa s presentation at one of the Daresbury Lab's Machine Evaluation Workshops, which I can't find via Google at the moment.
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