This team is pretty much a 1 person show. The point leader is Mike Meyers, he as 8 million of the teams 14 million points. This person runs the e-Server competetive benchmark lab at IBM Rochester, MN. As you can see from his profile, he has access to over 350 current technology Server class machines that can run the grid. This is all IBM owned equipment. This is all very good for the Grid as a whole. The only way to compete with that amount of hardware is to recruit 500 more people with PC class machines.

We are finding success through acquiring many low cost Laptops and a couple of number crunchers. There is definelty a price / grid perfromance breakpoint. (Not exaclty sure what that is) We can aquire 3-4 older laptops for less money than 1 high powered PC and get more points.

If you look at the Slash-Dot team, it is the shear volume of members each doing a small amount of work. We are luckly to now have thier highest point person. They are still putting up 4x the number of points per day than the second place team. So goes the power of the grid.

I agree with dtype. If you really want this team to move up, MOT will have to recruit many more members. Perhaps we should have a membership drive. First place, an authographed picture of Graham next to his favorite crucher. (Just a thought)

For now, we will just do our part and help the MOT keep moving up or hold thier position.