The Edge
7th March 2003, 20:15
Just read the following on cdfreaks (http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=6805) . I wonder if it will take off?
Research facilities need computer power for large calculations. Normally they would need to build super computers, but what if they connect a lot of computers together and write software that is able to use the CPU power of all these computers combined? That would, if users of these computers would give their CPU power away to them or only ask a small fee, save a lot of money. Currently this is what happening with projects like SETI@Home and the THINK project, which uses the power of the computers on which the software is installed and together they are one super computer.
However commercial facilities that would like to build a network like this don't have many options at the moment. But now there is the file sharing network 'the honest thief' (http://www.TheHonestThief.com), which allows companies to build such a computer grid and whith the money that is earned with this, artists can be paid for the music that is downloaded trough the network. The software is called ThankYou 2.0 and will be available in the second quarter of 2003.
ThankYou 2.0 is a hybrid business solution that enables a P2P file sharing client to profit off of its users' untapped processing cycles in individual PCs, turning each digital music fan into distributed computing node. Customer/Vendor P2P (CV-P2P) software creates supercomputing clusters and this solution allows Windows users to lease their computers' otherwise unused processing power to research facilities. Electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) technology enables monies raised from processor leasing to be collected from research facilities and distributed in turn back to the musicians. The file sharing client can take a small percentage of each transaction, much like the Amazon.com model.
This sounds promising, however some people download so much, that they will probably need a super computer to pay back for what they downloaded .
Edge
Research facilities need computer power for large calculations. Normally they would need to build super computers, but what if they connect a lot of computers together and write software that is able to use the CPU power of all these computers combined? That would, if users of these computers would give their CPU power away to them or only ask a small fee, save a lot of money. Currently this is what happening with projects like SETI@Home and the THINK project, which uses the power of the computers on which the software is installed and together they are one super computer.
However commercial facilities that would like to build a network like this don't have many options at the moment. But now there is the file sharing network 'the honest thief' (http://www.TheHonestThief.com), which allows companies to build such a computer grid and whith the money that is earned with this, artists can be paid for the music that is downloaded trough the network. The software is called ThankYou 2.0 and will be available in the second quarter of 2003.
ThankYou 2.0 is a hybrid business solution that enables a P2P file sharing client to profit off of its users' untapped processing cycles in individual PCs, turning each digital music fan into distributed computing node. Customer/Vendor P2P (CV-P2P) software creates supercomputing clusters and this solution allows Windows users to lease their computers' otherwise unused processing power to research facilities. Electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) technology enables monies raised from processor leasing to be collected from research facilities and distributed in turn back to the musicians. The file sharing client can take a small percentage of each transaction, much like the Amazon.com model.
This sounds promising, however some people download so much, that they will probably need a super computer to pay back for what they downloaded .
Edge