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To: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
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Subject: Re: Cluster Computing in BSD 
Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 21:26:52 -0700
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On Fri, 16 May 1997 00:20:58 -0400 (EDT) 
 Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net> wrote:

 > yes, since the bad guys are all too stupid to hack it to allow unlimited 
 > CPUs.  guess again, please.

Then perhaps you can suggest a motive for limiting it to 6 nodes.  I guess
you can hack MO6 to remove the limitation too, yes?

The last time I spoke with Dr. BARAK about this, an NDA was required
to get the information necessary to remove the limit, and his reasons
for it were fairly clear.

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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