I don't understand you guys.
I am talking about us (the already crunchers) to give a little bit more than just our processor's time to WCG in order to grow. It's not to hard to understand. We give the money, they will do the work. THAT IS HELPING WCG !

I understand that not a lot of people will give, but still , from thousands, some money will come. And this money can be put in advertising at a diferent level than what each of us can do separatly. The power of this is in the level of Advertising.

Money means HELP. Money are not going to harm the grid.
And some money is better than nothing.

the concept is simple and is based on 1 to 5 $ you can spend once (or more than once) for this project. We already spent some money on electricity with this.
What it is 1$ more for advertising ?

Also, legally, WCG is not a charity.

I understand your point halfcard, and is a good point, but lets make the Community Advisors ask the WCG BOARD about this idea and let WCG decide if it has the resources for this and if they are taking the risk.
That's all I ask from the Community Advisors (because they have the ear of WCG).
We might be surprised by the decision.
So? Who will vote for that ?

Well, somebody is doing something wrong because we are not getting ANY publicity outside some Internet websites.... How we suppose to increase our # when NOBODY outside this small circle gets any publicity at all ?
When you open the TV you see a lot of Breast Cancer Adds hitting you everyday on every channel. What do you think will happen if you have WCG adds at this level ?

Who's not risking is not gaining. That is the golden rule.
Free advertising ? That's is the hole idea, IT DOESN'T EXIST...

Either IBM takes the hole nine yards and makes the advertising or is up to us.
There's nobody else out there than this 2 sources.

Damir,

I agree with this and have shared my view on several occasions in the forums but have had similar responses to the one you are getting. I have even suggested that the software be provided as a free download with well known vendors in the same way as the yahoo toolbar etc, etc.

There are many reasons that are given for not doing any of it. Some valid, some not. The fact of the matter is that if it is not advertised, nobody will know about it and the grid will never reach its true capabilities. We will just have to wait and rely on our marketing efforts to make a difference, because nobody else (i.e. IBM and WCG) seems that bothered. I am sure that IBM could get it advertised via Microsoft and any other companies/vendors etc. if it really wanted to.

My belief is, and always has been, that if we found a cure for cancer (or any other life changing illness) everybody would want to put their name to it, rightly or wrongly. It is grid computing and it is in its early years, once we have proven it works, everybody will want a go. Once we deliver results, i am sure that somebody will want to spend money on it, in the meantime however, I believe that things will just plod along, at little cost to WCG.

And whilst on the subjest of results, have we actually achieved anything as yet. I appreciate that medical research does take long periods to yield results, but if we had a few projects that are actually completed (as in actually cured something), we would have a much easier time advertising/justifying our efforts.