Here are some examples for BigComputing: * GoogleInc is operating the worlds largest commercial Linux cluster, *** http://www.google.com/press/highlights.html * DeutscheBank is running the worlds largest LotusNotes/Domino installation * MicroSoft wants to introduce HailStorm with authentication services for some 10 million internet users *** http://www.top500.org/ * GlobalComputing is a special case of BigComputing : see LucaCardelli's *** ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/SRC/publications/luca/GlobalComputation.pdf * BeowulfCluster However some attempts for BigComputing might not scale. Might PeerToPeer be the best candidate for BigComputing? Isn't PeerToPeer the thing with the most trouble scaling.