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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
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Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2004 01:54:47 +0000
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>>most people doing grid computing in my growing experience tend to want to
	...
>>and memory and IO bandwidth are often important, all of those tending to work
>>against `really low cost' where some compromise is made.

to be more precise, the answer to the good question
	If you were plowing a field what would you rather use, 2 strong oxen or 1024 chickens? -Seymour Cray
seems to be ``well of course we'll use 1024+ strong(-ish) oxen''