Go Open - Episode 6Lead Story: Distributed Computing
Today’s home-PC’s are more powerful than we realize: more often than not, our normal activities on our PC’s rarely make use of its processing power. By parallel-linking ordinary computers in what is called Grid or Distributed Computing, the resulting computational power rivals that of so-called super-computers, at a fraction of the price.
Prof. Alexander Holt, PhD(Edinburgh) of the School of Computer Science at Wits University, is an Open Source Consultant, and a specialist in large-scale system configuration.
Dr Fourie Joubert obtained his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria in 2000. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University and currently also manages the Bioinformatics and Computational Unit in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria, which is an ACGT core facility. This Unit is also the National Bioinformatics Node in Gauteng, and is involved in research, training (post-graduate and short courses) and service provision.
Big Gun: Bruce Perens
Bruce Perens is a prominent figure in the open source movement, with a long and distinguished record. He is a former Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, the primary author of the Open Source Definition, a founder of Software in the Public Interest, founder of the UserLinux project, and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Perens also has a book series with Prentice Hall PTR called the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series. He is an avid ham radio enthusiast and maintains technocrat.net, which he styles ‘a more mature forum’ than Slashdot. He is widely believed to hold the record for the rate of Slashdot upmodding of his comments!
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