From: lsn95r@mira.knirsch.de (Liang-Shing Ng)
Subject: Malaysia offers Linux CPU Farm -- Cheap!
Date: 18 Feb 1998 17:34:53 -0000


Hi,

Partly inspired by the success story of Linux in the motion picture
Titanic, I start to wonder if it would be a cost effective venture if
CPU farms could be set up in countries with low labour and real estate
costs so that the computation intensive tasks are run in those
countries.

I am a Malaysian. I think my country offers just the right criteria for
people with this particular need. For example, if you are a start up
graphics designer or motion picture artist in L.A., New York or London,
you would not neccessary have enough capital to buy 200 Digital Alphas
and the time to set up the parallel processing facilities. So we could
do the tough part of the job for you.

We have enough proficient technical people there. We also have quite a
bit of capital to go round. And we have very open policy towards
technical ventures c.f. other countries in the Indian Ocean. The people
speak, read and write English fluently. The country is peaceful and
orderly. And we are preparing to build ***the first Cyber city*** in the
world FROM SCRATCH. (Just visit any official Malaysian web site e.g.
http://www.jaring.my and you will find buzzwords like "Multimedia Super
Corridor" and "CyberJaya").

So if you have a motion picture project in the pipeline, or in fact any
other CPU intensive work!!, Malaysia might be your next destination. You
could relax in the beaches or the tropical rain forest while your Linux
Alphas are churning out the bits and pixels of your art work.

Malaysia -- where sandy beach, rubber trees, paddy fields and the Linux
CPU farms live next to each other! :)

Please write to me if you are interested.

Yours,

Liang
from Southampton