Another thing to consider when looking at the differences in serialization code between the two implementations is that Mono will also run on Windows. So there isn't as much concern of which platform it runs on as much as there is concern about which CLR it is run under.
John Sheppard
On 1/13/06, Jonathan Mitchem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Excellent. Assuming everything runs, that is.
Right now, there's an interesting dilemma: most grid toolkits and
environments are designed to run on various flavors of Unix, whereas
the majority of systems with untapped potential are running Windows.
(This is an assumption, not a fact.)
This also means that the majority of grid developers are running Unix
machines and not Windows, and are not in a position to evaluate and
contribute to Alchemi, since it does not run on their platform. While
the adoption of Mono will probably be slow (due to a distrust to use
anything associated in any way with Microsoft), it will come.
(sidenote: I personally think that real potential of grid computing
will not be using untapped resources of powerful server systems, but
rather utilizing the large installed base of less-powerful business
desktop/laptop systems, which, incidentally, tend to be running
Windows.)
So yes, that is excellent news.
Jonathan Mitchem
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/13/06, metasharp < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> lately I was checking the current status of Mono. It seems that
> remoting has been implemented. Maybe Alchemi could be built with mono
> too in order to work on linux, mac and windows?
>
> It would make it possible to have a computers grid running on free
> operating systems.
>
> What do you think?
>
> --
> MetaSharp
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