paivakil@vsnl.net wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ramanraj K ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in > >>>Did you mean C-DAC or did they change names (like ER&DCI and NCST)? >> >>The Hindu reported "C-DAT" and I am not sure if CDAC has some >>sub-division that is called C-DAT or if it is a mere spelling mistake. > > > Do not be elated. I was at the meeting at Hyatt.
Its neither elation nor disappointment - just a bit of news.
> It indeed is, err ... ummm.. ah... the C-DAC.
Are you really sure? CDAC stands for the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. I wonder what the hyphen is doing in C-DAC. If needless hyphens are ok, I prefer to call it C-DA-C :) The CDAC website seems to be ncst.ernet.in. So, the ghost of NCST: National Centre for Software Technology is still around.
> > But then, this project is handled by thee division formerly > called the NCST, which has been merged into C-DAC. > Unfortunately, the original C-DAC continue their old > `non-philosophy'while the (erstwhile) NCST is changing > with the times, and right now, the `open source' phase > of migration (of philosophies, that is).
Hillis, who built a computer with 64,000 processors at MIT in 1985, was in converstion with NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/836641.cms and I wrote about it to the ILUGC List. Visit:
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2004-September/012345.html http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2004-September/012349.html
Sivasankar, who had the opportunity to meet Hillis, filled in a lot of other things, and also incidentally said this:
<quote> I'd also add that had the DoE policy makers understood even a little bit of the ideas that he was enunciating, they never should have attempted the disastrous CDAC project, which tried to use transputers in an MIMD architecture. But that's the subject for another long story </quote>
CDAC could be disastrous anyway, and for now, the "minor" differences in philosophy may be the last thing to worry about. Opening up projects to the public may be the best way to avoid mistakes at the earliest point of time. Many people are genuinely interested in the projects at CDAC, and disclosing initiatives to the public would be in the best interests of all.
> > After my and Nagarjun's (what I believe is) useful > interaction with the NCST people who will be handling the > project, I hope they will realise the difference.
What is the project about? But, instead of expecting details like that, it is better to imagine that life is better when full of surprises, and some day they may open out a beautiful package some evening at the Hayatt :)