Java Posse #082 - Interview with Van Simmons on JINI and Compute Cycles, Part 1

Interview with Van Simmons about JINI and ComputeCycles Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com We now have a google group for the Java Posse at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Van is the leader of the ComputeCycles project. ComputeCycles is an open-source project which uses Jini, Glassfish and Groovy to build a secure, scalable, "on-the-fly" compute grid. In this interview he talks about the role Jini plays in that effort and why it's used at the core of the ComputeCycles project. ComputeCycles project homepage https://computecycles.dev.java.net/Welcome.html ComputeCycles Java One 2006 Presentation http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/ 2006/coolstuff/TS-3714.html JINI home page http://www.jini.org/wiki/Main_Page Getting started with JINI http://www.jini.org/wiki/Category:Getting_Started http://jini.dev.java.net JVM Security and Classloaders Summary Paper http://research.sun.com/techrep/ 2006/smli_tr-2006-149.pdf Webinar on achieving Protocol Independence with JINI/JERI http://www.jini.org/wiki/Webinar_2 Linda/Tuplespaces link http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ Interviews/gelernter_qa.html A Note on Distributed Computing Whitepaper - Kendall, Waldo, Wollrath and Wyant http://research.sun.com/techrep/ 1994/abstract-29.html The Eight (yes Eight, not Seven, but in fact some people claim there are now Eleven) Fallacies of Distributed Computing http://weblogs.java.net/jag/Fallacies.html Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Brice Ruth and Webprojkt.com - http://webprojkt.com - for our archives site - http://archives.javaposse.com Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty for Java Posse artwork Nick Trefz, the voice of TopCoder, for the voiceovers Brian Ehmann - the Java Posse intern Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://www.loosebrucekerr.com Closing - A track written by Dick in Apple's Garageband To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post to our google group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Or send us email - [email protected]