Oh, sorry. I missed the sarcasm. I thought you were defending MS. The "office supplies calculations" should have tripped my sarcasm detector immediately!
Sorry. I'm in a rare (and ranting!) mood today. Must be time for a vacation. Prentice On 04/07/2011 11:13 AM, Crusan, Steve wrote: > Oh I understand the difference, but I thought I'd take this opportunity > to bash MS. > > But, since MS's cloud runs off of MS Azure and MS Server 2008, I would > bet the excel functionality would be possible. > > ---------------------- > Steve Crusan > System Administrator"Crusan, Steve" <[email protected]> > Center for Research Computing > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Prentice Bisbal > Sent: Thu 4/7/2011 11:05 AM > Cc: Beowulf Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Microsoft "cloud" commercials. > > "Cluster" != "Cloud" > > The Cloud, by definition requires the Internet. Clusters do not. In > fact, I bet the NSA can show you many clusters that are not connect to > the Internet at all. > > While I'm at it, "Grid" != ("Cluster" || "Cloud") either! > > > On 04/07/2011 10:49 AM, Crusan, Steve wrote: >> Windows HPC Server 2008 also has a builtin feature for an end user to >> submit excel docs to a windows cluster to do intense timesheet and >> office supplies calculations... >> >> ---------------------- >> Steve Crusan >> System Administrator >> Center for Research Computing >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] on behalf of Prentice Bisbal >> Sent: Thu 4/7/2011 10:21 AM >> To: Beowulf Mailing List >> Subject: [Beowulf] Microsoft "cloud" commercials. >> >> Is anyone else as annoyed by the Microsoft "cloud" commercials as I am? >> >> In all these commercials, the protagonists say "to the cloud" for their >> solution, but then when they show them using Microsoft Windows to access >> "the cloud", they're not using the cloud at all. >> >> In fact, in one commercial, the one where the wife/mother is fixing the >> family portrait, she's using a photoshop-like program on her own >> desktop, not even the Internet is needed. >> >> Not only do they use the term "cloud" incorrectly, they don't even show >> how using Microsoft products give you and advantage for using "the cloud" >> >> AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGH! >> >> Okay. Venting over. Whew! I feel better already. >> >> -- >> Prentice >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Prentice Bisbal Linux Software Support Specialist/System Administrator School of Natural Sciences Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
