http://decisionstats.com/2008/ohri/ Some time back, I had created a framework for data mining through on demand cloud computing. This is the next version- it is free to use for all, with only authorship credit back to me………….. NOTE - i DO retain authorship credit rights (even though it is a GPL framework) for free to anyone to use commercially It tries to do away with fixed server ,desktop costs AND fixed software costs in softwares which are used for data mining ,stats and analytics and have huge huge per CPU count annual license fees The modified Ohri Framework tries to mash the following 0) HTTPS rather than HTTP 1) Encryption and Compression Software for data transfer (like PGP) 2) Open source stats package like R in cloud computer (like Amazon EC2 or Rightscale with hadoop) 3) GUI to make it easy to use (like Rattle GUI and PMML Package) 4) A Data Mining Open Source Package (like Rapid Miner or Splunk) 5) RIA Graphics (like Silverlight ) 6) Secure Output to cloud computing devices (like Google Docs) 7) Billing or Priced at simple cost plus X % (where simple cost can be like 0.85 cent /per instance hour or more depending on usage and X should not be more than 15 %) 8) Open source sharing of all code to ensure community sandboxing Intention is to remove fixed computing costs of servers and desktops to normal PC's (Ubuntu Linux ) with (Firefox or IE Explorer ) access to secure data mining on demand . On tap demand mining to anyone in the world without going for the big license purchases/renewals (software expenses) or big hardware purchases (which become obsolete in 2-3 years). i now read sas -l posts only on web, so any reply not specifically marked to me , would remain unanswered till ...;) -- Regards, Ajay Ohri http://tinyurl.com/liajayohri [[alternative HTML version deleted]]