[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“At Oracle World, Oracle will focus on explaining its grid
computing approach to customers. It will be presenting customer
examples, expert testimonials and demonstrations of 10G, Shimp
said. The company also is trying to differentiate its concept of
grid from that of its competitors, such as IBM and Microsoft
Corp.“Its grid approach is about more than greater flexibility in
computing. It is a culmination of Oracle’s push toward lower-cost
computing–away from the large SMP servers on which its database
has traditionally run and onto Intel-based servers and, ultimately,
Linux…”