we are talking 5 years before you can make that determination about the grid. Its going to be a while before this makes its way out of academia. I believe CERN is going to be using a grid or has already set one up and its supposed to be the largest database in the world in a few years.... It will be a long time before many of us work on something like this. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------