[X4U] "Backwards Compatibility"

[Christopher Collins]

My point still stands because you are actually admitting I am right  
with your answer.

And yes, I do know what render farms are. I do understand massive  
multiple cpu systems and parallel computing. And I never said that  
using a massive group of cpus wasn't the best and smartest thing to do.

But my point is that using a render farm isn't innovation.

The main who created the idea of a render farm and then made it work  
was the innovator.

The people who do it now are not innovators, just copiers of other  
people's technology.

cjc


On 19/06/2008, at 1:10 AM, zapcat wrote:

> actually, there are many instances where "using 50 cpus" IS the  
> best, smartest thing to do.
> one example with which you may have familiarity is in the world of  
> 3D animation. You may have heard the term "render farm." This  
> springs from the basic concept that many working together are more  
> powerful than one working alone.
>
> And, that concept is older than dirt. You see it by other names,  
> like: "team," "company," "country."
>
> I'd caution you against conflating "innovation" with "new."   
> Innovations are often new; not everything new is an innovation.   
> There are scores of applications which are released chock-full of  
> new "features," which turn out to be useless and/or buggy, and which  
> were favored over fixing bread and butter tools simply because that  
> won't sell more software.
>
> I guess the message here is, don't buy the marketing message that  
> "buying the latest stuff will make you better," because the truth  
> is: "buying the latest stuff will make software/hardware companies  
> richer."
>
> zc
>