October 31st, 2002
It is an established fact that the clusters of machines can reach performances equivalent to supercomputers for a cost of a lower order of magnitude. Check out this Linux cluster project of the french govt. and mandrake.
http://clic.mandrakesoft.com/index-en.html

October 9th, 2002
Just found all of Nicholas Negroponte’s ;columns which have appeared in the Wired magazine. Very interesting reading.
http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/