Beijing Basket Crunchers | Linux Today

Beijing Basket Crunchers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2010

“The first known basket cruncher in China (left)… and the
second one (right)… for crunching numbers for distributed
computing projects, it’s computing power that counts, not how
pretty the case is!

“Computer cases cost more than plastic baskets, so while in
China for a consulting assignment, I began experimenting with the
idea of not using cases.

“The third basket cruncher I built while in China… the
Micro-ATX motherboards with onboard video, audio, LAN, etc. are
still my first choice. Video cards, LAN cards, etc. also cost
money.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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