Hi - sorry to have missed this post. Regarding what to do with ht after it is assembled, it can be used with an HDMI connection to a Monitor/TV and a blue keyboard/mouse and you have a nice little Unix computer on which you can load most all Unix programs.

Hi @orvtech,

Love the enthusiasm, and thanks for the support. To answer your questions:

1. As far as we have found out in our testing is that any software that will run on a Unix (or variant) server with enough storage space, will run on our Clusters. In the interest of knowing what does run, I'm assuming that our product owner (owner of the 100 board clusters) would be amenable to such experimentation

2. You don't have to spend even a cent to participate on this project. With a local dev environment, basic C loaded on your computer, and an internet connection you are able to participate. We will provide the required URLs for development, dev testing, and final QA, as well as the GetHub address, etc. If you were to spend the $$ to get a Pi 2 board of your own, with a blue-tooth keyboard and an HDMI monitor, you have a respectable Unix-based computer. And 2 board clusters are being marketed as kits on the internet and billed as Big Data servers.

Anyone who is pondering the decision as to whether or not to participate, you should expect normal best practices including Agile practices, high percentage of Unit Test code, peer review of you code, etc. After these requirements are met we will be performing builds triggered when code is final, in a Maven/Hudson configuration as soon as we have the system configured to provide automated testing, at least at the unit and functional levels. Even (especially?) Ninjas have discipline.

We're looking to have a very solid and talented group on this project, but with a pretty relaxed schedule per the project dates. But then if we find a couple of motivated developers that want to rip into something new, then that's even better. And since this is a relatively new path we're going down, just think of all the things you could break..........

Phil

Interested Salt Lake City individuals should look for details for kick-off meeting, update meetings, etc.,  at the  SLCircle - Do Business Better meetup at

www.meetup.com