[SSI] Downloads appear broked...but work...keep hitting "reload"...

[Jim B. <kc...@ya...>]

Jim Bryant wrote:
> 
> Ron Chen wrote:
> >
> > Sun Grid Engine goes opensource. See SGE home page:
> >
> > http://www.sun.com/gridware
> >
> > -Ron
> 
> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-07/sunflash.20010723.1.html
> 
> SUN MICROSYSTEMS MAKES SUN[tm] GRID ENGINE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
> 
> Sun Works with CollabNet to Continue its Strong Support of Open Computing and Encourage Adoption of Powerful Grid Computing Model
> 
> SAN DIEGO, CA -- O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION -- July 23, 2001 -- Reaffirming its commitment to the open source movement, Sun
> Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) announced today the Sun Grid Engine Project, an initiative to offer the source code for Sun[tm]
> Grid Engine software to users and the developer community. Sun Grid Engine software is an advanced distributed resource management
> (DRM) tool. It has been available as a free download at www.sun.com/software/gridware since its introduction in September 2000.
> 
> A leader in the open source community, Sun will add this project's half million lines of code to its total of more than 8 million
> lines of code already contributed to open source efforts. Sun is coordinating this worldwide project with CollabNet, a leading
> provider of collaborative software development solutions based on open source concepts, in making the code available for download at
> www.gridengine.sunsource.net.
> 
> The project is designed to further remove the cost and implementation barriers associated with deploying DRM software in a compute
> farm. Additionally, both open source users and Sun Grid Engine software customers should benefit from this open source project
> through enhanced industry support. For example, service and support providers should be able to customize the powerful software for
> specific customer needs, and software developers should be able to reduce complexity for end users by creating applications that are
> tightly integrated with Sun Grid Engine software. Over time, the open source effort should facilitate the adoption of open standards
> for DRM software, facilitating interoperability with applications and easing integration.
> 
> "As cluster computing scales up towards grid computing, tools like Sun Grid Engine software will become ubiquitous and essential,"
> said Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of technology information firm O'Reilly & Associates. "Computing is moving towards the
> development of what you might call an Internet operating system. Sun recognizes that key components of that operating system
> shouldn't be controlled by any one company, and they're putting their money where their mouth is by releasing it as open source."
> 
> "Sun will continue to deliver products that support our core philosophy that the network is the computer," said Robbie Turner, vice
> president of Client and Technical Market Products at Sun Microsystems. "Sun is encouraging the grid computing model via free
> downloads of Sun Grid Engine software--and now by making its code available to the open source community--because the productivity
> gains of the grid computing model will increasingly serve as a decisive factor in a business's ultimate success or failure."
> 
> CollabNet is providing the Web infrastructure and comprehensive development platform that enables geographically dispersed groups of
> developers to collaborate on Grid Engine projects. Based on CollabNet's SourceCast environment, this platform includes tools for
> revision control, issue tracking, mailing list creation and management, and Web-based administration. This open source project
> follows on the heels of the successful OpenOffice.org initiative--also supported by CollabNet--which made available the source code
> for Sun's StarOffice[tm] software under the same industry-accepted Sun Industry Standards Source License. Full details of Sun's
> involvement with open source projects can be seen at www.sunsource.net.
> 
> "The Grid Engine Project continues to demonstrate Sun's true leadership within the open source community," said Brian Behlendorf,
> co-founder and CTO of CollabNet. "CollabNet is delighted to be working with Sun on yet more compelling open source software. Sun's
> decision to open this previously proprietary software demonstrates its understanding of the technical community's fundamental need
> and interest in scalable DRM technology."
> 
> Delivering Network-Wide Compute Power to the Desktop
> 
> Sun Grid Engine software was introduced in September 2000 as the first product resulting from Sun's acquisition of Gridware,
> formerly a privately-owned commercial vendor of advanced DRM software tools. Since then, the software has been downloaded nearly
> 8,000 times in more than 90 countries. A comprehensive web-based training course for installing and managing the software is also
> available at no cost at www.sun.com/software/gridware. By distributing Sun Grid Engine software as a free download and with all Sun
> systems, Sun is changing the economics of technical computing and breaking down the barriers of employing distributed computing.
> 
> Sun Grid Engine software is designed to aggregate compute resources, match them to individual job requirements, and deliver
> network-wide compute power to the desktop. Through this horizontal scaling, Sun's powerful DRM tool manages an organization's
> compute resources and job distribution, which:
> 
> allows engineers to move beyond the desktop to leverage all the resources available on the network;
> frees the engineer to focus on the project, not computing tasks; provides easy access to resource-rich compute environments,
> allowing for expanded product development, simulations and testing;
> speeds time to market;
> and fundamentally changes the economics of technical computing.
> 
> About CollabNet
> 
> CollabNet provides companies with solutions for collaborative software development by combining a comprehensive Web-based
> environment and suite of consulting services. CollabNet develops collaborative networks that enable companies to share code within
> an enterprise, to give select customers and business partners access to code, or to open the code to the wider open source
> community. These solutions are designed to facilitate software development across globally disparate communities and enable
> corporations to reduce costs and increase revenues. CollabNet is currently working with customers ranging from hardware and software
> providers to companies from industries such as finance, wireless, and healthcare.  Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache
> Software Foundation, established CollabNet in July 1999. For more information, see www.collab.net.
> 
> About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> 
> Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer[tm]" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
> SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and
> allow companies worldwide to take their businesses to the nth. With $18.3 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than
> 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
> 
> Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Sun Grid Engine, StarOffice and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered
> trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. CollabNet and SourceCast are trademarks of CollabNet,
> Inc.

Everybody and their dog must be downloading this.  If you keep getting the java.lang.OutOfMemoryError, just keep hitting
"reload"...  I was just about to give up when it finally worked for me.

-rw-r--r--  1 jbryant  wheel  7735172 Jul 25 06:29 sge-5.3-src.tar.gz

jim
-- 
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!

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