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nanoprobe
Master Cruncher Classified Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Post Count: 2998 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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BOINC's funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation has ended,
----------------------------------------at least for the time being. This funding supported me, Rom Walton, and Charlie Fenton. We're now working on other things, although we'll stay involved in BOINC at some level. The BOINC project will continue, and will be run according to a community-based model rather than centrally. In essence, the people who contribute to BOINC now make the decisions about it. This model is summarized here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ProjectGovernance and described in detail here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6pU5RqidYBxk9oyAevm1yH1tn4Hw27oM8YpvsnR-gg There will probably be little visible change. The BOINC software will continue to work. The translation system, Alpha testing project, BOINC web site, message boards, and email lists will continue to operate. However, any new development and major bug fixes to BOINC will need to be done by volunteer programmers. I'm confident that the BOINC community will meet the challenge. I welcome your feedback. Please post it to boinc_admin@googlegroups.com, a new email list for discussions about the BOINC project as a whole. -- David
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Bearcat
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How much money was boinc getting from the NSF? This may signal a shift to something else. Guess if we see IBM pulling back then WCG could be toast.
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[CSF] Thomas Dupont
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Congratz to "our" Keith who became a member of the PMC BOINC
---------------------------------------- That is a good thing for BOINC/WCG. GG Keith ! For the french community >> http://www.crunchersansfrontieres.org/fresh-n...-du-modele-de-gouvernance ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by [CSF] Thomas Dupont at Jul 5, 2015 4:49:55 AM] |
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Former Member
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Former Member
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An offer he could not refuse [and his replacement gone again]. Maybe here's something brewing of a BOINC fork.
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Falconet
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So gchenna left?
---------------------------------------- - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by Falconet at Jul 7, 2015 11:00:46 AM] |
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vlado101
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Does anyone know if this will affect WCG? Since BOINC had it funding ended I am assuming that volunteers will be able to keep it afloat, but would this affect WCG or its projects in anyway?
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jhindo
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Does anyone know if this will affect WCG? Since BOINC had it funding ended I am assuming that volunteers will be able to keep it afloat, but would this affect WCG or its projects in anyway? Rest assured that we're here to stay and will continue to play an active role in the BOINC community. As others have noted, Keith is now part of the Project Management Committee - the new group that will facilitate decision making in the community. |
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vlado101
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Does anyone know if this will affect WCG? Since BOINC had it funding ended I am assuming that volunteers will be able to keep it afloat, but would this affect WCG or its projects in anyway? Rest assured that we're here to stay and will continue to play an active role in the BOINC community. As others have noted, Keith is now part of the Project Management Committee - the new group that will facilitate decision making in the community. Thank you for your reply jhindo, and congrats to Keith :) |
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OldChap
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How much money was boinc getting from the NSF? This may signal a shift to something else. Guess if we see IBM pulling back then WCG could be toast. Looking at http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0721124 the period 2007-2011 attracted $1.32M in one award. Whether there were other awards and the size of more recent awards I do not know  |
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