Re: [ogpx] the term 'grid'

Might I add, in addition, that, the progression of  terms from "Grid" in 
2006 to "Cloud" in 2009, in terms of
current trendy techno buzzword for "Web scale distributed computing fabric 
with high curb  appeal to CIOs" 
implies that we should pick a decent, technically correct phrase, and not 
worry too much.  I've no doubt
that in the next year or two, yet another phrase will be anointed to fill 
the role. 

- David
~ Zha

ogpx-bounces@ietf.org wrote on 08/17/2009 12:11:12 PM:

> Infinity Linden <infinity@lindenlab.com> 
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> Yesha Sivan <yesha.sivan@metaverse-labs.com>
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> Re: [ogpx] the term 'grid'
> 
> fwiw... a little history on the term "grid."
> 
> inside linden it's used to define the geometry of the virtual world
> and the collection of machines it's deployed on. "cloud" wasn't yet
> popular when second life was launched, so you got the name "grid."
> 
> when the interop work last summer kicked off, the people participating
> were serious SL-heads (meaning second life was the virtual world we
> had foremost in our minds.) so when the "Open Grid Protocol" got it's
> name, the emphasis was on "open" and not "grid." after all... in that
> community, we all knew what "grid" implied.
> 
> but now we're hoping to move beyond that community, so yeah, we have
> to take into account the fact that there are people out there that
> haven't been eating and sleeping SL-style virtual worlds for the last
> five-six years, and might have a different understanding of the terms
> "grid" and "cloud." ultimately, the protocol we're defining could be
> deployed on a grid, a cluster, in a cloud, or on a single host
> (thought the latter would probably be a small world.)
> 
> can i ask though.. can we simply agree that we need more discussion on
> the name, and delay discussion until the substantive issues of the
> draft charter are resolved?
> 
> in other words, as we start pushing charter drafts out, please don't
> freak out if we still have OGPX and OGP in them. they're just
> placeholders for whatever name we all agree on in the future.
> 
> -cheers
> -meadhbh
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Yesha
> Sivan<yesha.sivan@metaverse-labs.com> wrote:
> > If you want to use "grid" ... then use "cloud"  grid is so 2007.... [ 
this
> > will connect this with the latest trends... which will 
be appealing for CXO
> > level decisions)
> > and good work Infinity on presenting in SLCC
> > --Yesha
> > Dr. Yesha Y. Sivan, http://www.dryesha.com; Connecting Real and 
Virtual
> > Worlds.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:07 AM, dyerbrookme@juno.com
> > <dyerbrookme@juno.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Linden Lab has trademarked the term "Second Life Grid".
> >> http://secondlife.com/corporate/brand/trademark/tm_chart.php
> >>
> >> Second Life Grid™
> >> SL Grid™
> >> Second Life Grid logo™
> >>
> >> and noted that the generic nouns are:
> >>
> >> development platform
> >> platform
> >> technology
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