Greetings and Happy Holidays! First of all, on behalf of United Devices I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your steadfast support of this unique, invaluable resource. For the last several years, Grid.org has played an important role in some tremendously important research and it is the largest and most respected volunteer-based grid of its kind in existence. None of that would be possible without all of you! We have some exciting information to convey concerning Grid.org status and plans – but before I do that, please allow me to express our sincere regret for the frustrations that some of you have been experiencing lately. During the past year we have had technical difficulties with Grid.org that have contributed to your frustrations, but we have changes planned that should significantly improve your experience. These are some of the plan highlights we have for Grid.org in the coming months: We will migrate the Grid.org software to the latest version. Planning for this is well underway, and the migration will begin in the first quarter of 2007! In the first quarter (Jan-Mar) of 2007, we’ll begin a Beta Program (see below) in preparation for the final upgrade to the new release. We will perform the entire upgrade to the new version by end of Q2 of 2007. The following new features will be introduced with the latest version. - Support for multi-processor and multi-core machines - Support for cache ahead so that users can request multiple work units - Enhanced non-intrusiveness options - The possibility for members to generate their own tools, GUIs, and reports using a new Grid MP Agent API - New look and feel for the Grid MP Agent GUI - Improved support for Microsoft XP operating system – enhances support for multi-users and allows fast user switching - Support for Microsoft Vista operating system (both 32-bit and 64-bit) - Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 - Overall performance improvements to the grid - General defect repairs Right now our outreach committee is actively working on reviewing and selecting new projects to run on the updated Grid.org software. The initial conversations we’ve been having look very promising and we should be ready to make an announcement about the selected project by end of Q1 2007, to launch in the May-June timeframe. Your active co-operation in the Beta program will be key toward expediting this process! As mentioned above, we will implement a Beta program and ask for volunteers to help with Beta testing of the new system. This program will initially be implemented with a target of 100 volunteers as the first phase of the upgrade to the new version of Grid.org. The Beta program will run for several weeks and is intended to identify any deployment issues that might be lingering in the new version so we can resolve them prior to the upgrade of the entire member community. We will provide you with additional details and initiate a call for Beta volunteers shortly before we begin the program. Thank you once again for your continued support of Grid.org. We’re looking forward to keeping you informed on status of the initiatives outlined above – visit this site regularly for more information. Sincerely, Mary Bass Directory of Marketing United Devices, Inc. Austin, Texas 78759 2006 12 11 祝各位佳节愉快 首先,我要代表UD感谢大家长久以来坚定的付出你们无价的资源,在近几年来,UD在这些巨大的研究计画中扮演重要的角色,同时它也是目前最大的分散式运算计画之一,当然 没有你们的付出这些都不可能会达成! 我要传达一些有关UD令人兴奋的消息,但在那之前请容我向你们说声抱歉,在过去的几年我们碰到了技术上的困难造成你们对UD的失望,但我们现在调整了策略应该不会再让你们失望了 以下是最进几个月就会实行的几项要点 我们将会更新目前的UD程式至最新版! 这项计画已经正在进行了,预计2007年第一季测试版就会出来,在明年的第一季我们会完成测试最新的版本并在第二季之前完全更新完毕 以下是新版程式的新功能 1.支援多处理器和多核心 2.支援快取让使用者能下载更多任务备用 3.增强non-intrusiveness 的选项 (译按:不懂non-intrusiveness是什麽意思) 4.提供API 可支援使用者自订GUI画面或自己的外挂小程式等等的到UD程式上去 5.新的GUI画面 6.支援XP系统-允许快速切换使用者 7.支援VISTA-32bit&64bit 8.支援IE7 9.整体效能改进 10.修补前版缺陷 同时我们的委员会也正在审查要放在新版软体上跑的新的PROJECT,我们将会在2007 Q1一起宣布是哪个新PROJECT被选定,然後在五到六月会正式丢下去RUN,你们在BETA版程式所给的意见会帮助这程式的改进 如上所述,我们需要自愿者来帮忙测试BETA版的程式,第一阶段我们预计招募100名自愿者协助测试,越早把问题测试出来就越可能在程式正式给全体用户RUN之前就把问题改进,我们会提供自愿者额外的细节帮助他们测试 再一次谢谢你们的贡献 --

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