BOINC credit/points explained

[sierra_bound]

I don't think there is much of a controversy, despite all the fears that were raised when the new system was first announced. The points system is not perfect. I don't think anyone denies that. But the way I look at it, everyone is stuck with it. Personally I worry more about their servers crashing, as was the case in late December.

[meshmesh]

I don't think there is much of a controversy, despite all the fears that were raised when the new system was first announced. The points system is not perfect. I don't think anyone denies that. But the way I look at it, everyone is stuck with it. Personally I worry more about their servers crashing, as was the case in late December.

Agree. Once the vast majority switched to running standard installations, all the claims fell within a tight margin very quickly. Also the fact that WCG separates the linux/Win/mac OS quorums solves a big problem.

So far, the system works surprisingly well.