On 23 Oct 2002 at 19:42, Daran wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E. Weddington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 4:09 PM > Subject: Mersenne: Dissed again > > > Folding@Home's success: > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021022070813.htm > > > > Again, they mention SETI@home. As if that were the only other > > distributed project out there. *sigh* > > Indeed they're not. > And neither are we. Once upon a time GIMPS was the only show in town, > so it got all the kudos. Now there are dozens of distributed > computing projects. We're going to have to come to terms with the fact > that the the world doesn't 'owe' us a mention. >
The point is, whenever another distributed project is mentioned, seti@home invariably gets a mention. When a distributed project shows any kind of success, seti@home gets a mention. It's not about anybody 'oweing' us a mention. It's about marketing and spin. Why should seti@home get a mention in just about every journal piece that get's written about distributed computing? Especially since GIMPS is probably *the* most successful distributed project around. It's about changing the mindset of people to when they think "distributed project", they don't think "chasing aliens", they instead think of GIMPS, because it's the most successful, best executed, distributed project. This is about behavioral psychology! It's like when Richard Stallman keeps harping that it's GNU/Linux not *just* Linux. It's about executing a #define distributed_computing GIMPS in the wetware of technical writers. </rant> Eric _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
