Comment:Progress Thru Processors Beta

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I have used BOINC (for Mac) on and off for several years. I am returning to it after a multi-month hiatus. I am usually net and computer savy, but the current state of shared computing is comfusing.

Is there a clearly understandable infrastructure inside which BOINC, Progress thr Processors, GridRepublic and other individual BOINC systems operate?

I honestly don't understand the overwhelming blossoming of related "shells" for the intrinsically simple idea. I wonder how many other people give up - lost in the minutia.