I believe that the limit of 200 should be re-thought. Back when it was set, the biggest processors were 1.5Ghz P4s. Obviously we have processors that run more than twice as fast. Likewise we have disk space and memory spaces more than twice as large. Communications is another issue but in some respects is similar.

I don't want to give the impression that I like the points calculation. I don't in that it lets things other than CPU power have a disproportionately large effect on the overall calculation and subsequently on points.

I believe that this will introduce an anomaly in processors used in the project. Putting one of the newest and fastest machines to work in this effort will not be recognized. As I have said before, each of the measurements that we keep track has a fundamental flaw. "Task time" rates Pentium II computers the same as the XP3400s. "Results" biases things in that there are great variation in work units from time to time and from month to month. "Points" gives a disproportionately large influence to factors such as memory, storage and especially communications based on their contribution to the overall production of work.

That having been said, I think the WCG should re-think the years-old decision made by UD to limit the overall figure to 200 as it has outlived its usefulness and will now serve only as an artificial restriction to the annoyance of a growing number of contributors. Regards all.