Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: gmj@crab.pha.jhu.edu (Geir Magnusson)
Subject: Re: PVM on Windows PCs?
Organization: JHU Dept Physics
Date: 30 Aug 1994 16:11:43 GMT
Message-ID: <gmj-300894121036@windward.pha.jhu.edu>

In article <CvB5q5.M3G@lehman.com>, dfields@lehman.com (Doug Fields) wrote:
> 
> DISCLAIMER: I am not in any way talking for Lehman: these are my own opinions
> in every respect.

DISCLAIMER : I am not in any way talking for Lehman either....


> Okay, I started this whole thread way back when. It has since degenerated into
> the usual arguments to be expected from people who don't actually have to get
> work done (academics) in many ways. Let me make these points:
> 
[snip]


As one of those lame academics who doesn't really have to do any work, I
find it cute that this whole thread pivots around PVM, designed and written
by other lame acedemics who have nothing else to do but write cool message
passing software and give it to suits for free.


Anyhow, why exactly must windows be running on the hardware?  I appreciate
the investment that you have in the hardware.  Why not run a small linux
kernel on these hoards of intel boxes, run PVM, and be done with this
thread?

> want." We'll also be working on our resumes the next day. Rather than taking
> this attitude, we decided to attempt to give the users what they wanted:
> access to data on PVM based applications from their Windows PCs. 

Aha!  I see. The Windows (tm) users want it....  Couldn't they be trained
to reboot to linux?  Since linux can mount, read and write to dos
partitions, the data could easily written onto the dos partition for later
processing. (If this is your wish...)

geir

Geir Magnusson Jr.                      
Dept of Physics and Astronomy           
Johns Hopkins University                 
gmj@crab.pha.jhu.edu                    

