I’m on the road again, towards Athens for GGF 16. Two scandals so far:
- Lufthansa has stopped giving you metal cutlery. I can’t believe it.
- Global Grid Forum and Enterprise Grid Alliance will merge.
Lufthansa now gives you those stupid plastic spoons etc. that tend to break during your meal. This sucks.
I don’t yet know what to think about the GGF-EGA merger: On one hand, it may be a good thing to join the forces of the two organizations in order to move to standardization. On the other hand, there will be more industry people arround and I am concerned that scientists will not be able to allocate the same amount of resources for their contribution to the standardization process.
I am also wondering why the news are not on the websites so far. I received a public email, so I think it is safe to write about it.