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From: dfk@grad13.cs.duke.edu (David F. Kotz)
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Subject: Re: stigma of Parallel Programs (was Seeking)
Summary: CACM article 8/90
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Date: 3 Aug 90 18:56:43 GMT
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In article <9990@hubcap.clemson.edu>, eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
> Ideally, a science of computing should have a freer exchange of
> information.  But this conflicts with marketing concerns [companies with
> policies which forbid release of benchmark data], "security"
> concerns [remember many of those with vested interests in performance
> are also concern about security, remember who paid for the first
> computers], embarassment of "not quite good enough results,"
> tenure, and "embarassingly parallel problems."  The social problems.
> 
> --e. nobuo miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
>   {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene


This exact topic is covered in this month's CACM (8/90), "Sharing
Scientific Data", by Theodor D.  Sterling and James J. Weinkam.


David Kotz
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