Have you read this

IBM's values state that we are committed to providing innovation that matters for our company and for the world. There is no better way for us to live those values than to join the World Computing Grid," said Stanley S. Litow, vice president of IBM Corporate Community Relations and president of the IBM International Foundation.

"We're taking IBM's innovative on demand grid technology - the same technology we share with customers - and applying it to humanitarian issues about which the world cares. We look forward to working with our employees, customers and the public to execute this exciting vision."

World Community Grid establishes a permanent, flexible infrastructure that will provide researchers with a readily available pool of computational power that will speed solutions to the most difficult problems. IBM has donated the hardware, software, technical services and expertise to build the infrastructure for World Community Grid and provides free hosting, maintenance and support

right that's the press release

What about making this a reality???

My beef is with the last 2 items

maintenance and support

without these

this

a permanent, flexible infrastructure that will provide researchers with a readily available pool of computational power that will speed solutions to the most difficult problems

won't be around for very long

I think as a "readily available pool of computational power" we have been treated APPALLINGLY since the beginning of the project.

Hence my ironic suggestion that we launch SIFA@wcg to find an IBM forum administrator who quite obviously does not exist - part of the maintenance and support function IBM have set themselves up to provide - who would have deleted this thread immediately (not that I would have been forced into a corner to try poke IBM with this virtual stick if there was anyone responding to any of our requests in anything like a timely fashion)

Could you print this out and go back to IBM who are providing you with this free resource and campaign on behalf of your 25356 sponsors that we are treated with simple common courtesy by being responded to in the forum that they have provided.

rbonneau I really wish you all the very best in your honorable research.

Regards

Dave

Hi Rose

They probably couldn't afford me !!!

Then my philanthropic donation of my time and number crunching power wouldn't be Phil, Ann or Thropic

Keep crunching and I'll keep pushing on to win us a great World Class Forum - with a lot of help from my friends.

Dave

Well David, I think that by giving themselves whatever titles they give themselves is a step in the right direction. At least we now can see there are quite a few of them around here, instead of just Alther who tried to answer our questions.

But your suggestion of FAQ is a good one, but right now, I guess it's up to the volunteers to do it. If someone has the time, perhaps the person can start a thread and we'll put as much information that new people seems to be asking all the time, and then compiled them and post it on the New Member Forum, and someone can periodically bump it to keep it near the top? (at least until a forum admin shows up).

The trick is to find someone who have the time to undertake such a project??