What is the difference between GT and other distributed computing startups technologies?
There are several differences. The major differences are the following: • GT is bi-directional. GT is a true P2P network, while most of others are really client/server-based network. This means that in GT network, any individual can perform supercomputing applications, while in others, only the server can dispatch tasks to clients to perform supercomputing – individuals are contributors only. In GT, individuals are not only contributors, they are also beneficiaries as well. In GT, an individual can perform any GT-enabled supercomputing/parallel computing applications from any computers in the GT network. • GT is written entirely in Java. GT runtime system is cross-platform because it is written entirely in Java. Most of other systems are platform dependent, application dependent. It requires applications to be recompiled to target different machine architectures. GT applications are written in Java so GT application developers write once, run on all platforms.
