In article <2u56qvF23qndcU1@uni-berlin.de>,
Lambchop <holy_saiyan1@_(REMOVETHIS)_hotmail.com> wrote:

are there any compelling reasons to switch from SETI Classic to BOINC?  I
really do not want to use BOINC until I absolutely have to, because as far
as I've seen, it's very buggy and hard to configure, and there are almost no
good add-ons written for it (examples of what I'm talking about... 3 add-ons
I can't live without are SETI Spy, SetiGate, and StarMap.  :D)

I'm partial to SETI Queue and SETI Driver, myself. I also don't like
de-securing my browser for _any_ reason. I have to clean up after
too many security breaches at work; don't want any at home.

Also, when the switch-over occurs (something I have trouble seeing happening
in the foreseeable future for various reasons, including the ones I listed
above) will Berkeley stop accepting WU's from SETI@Home users if they aren't
using BOINC?  Or will they accept SETI@Home WU's, but just discourage people

>from using the old version, ala Microsoft Windows Update?

I imagine they'll just stop sending out WUs one day, and a month
later, stop accepting results. No idea when this will happen,
but I'd guess before the end of the year.


Gary

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"Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be
the day liberty perished in this country." Judge Gerald Tjoflat