Hi Folks: I am going to be giving a talk soon where I want to talk about a meta-topic, specifically rate-limiting factors for researchers working on computational analysis or simulation, with an eye towards bioclusters and grids. That is, what (if anything) is keeping you from doing your work (apart from answering random biocluster inquiries) as quickly as you might wish: is it "wetware" (people), software (many possible issues), hardware (speeds, feeds, support, ...), labwork, or something else? Please be as detailed as possible. Moreover, I would like to hear what you would like to do, but cannot now due to these rate-limiting factors. I am curious about this in general, and yes, I know that a self-selecting group does not an accurate poll make. I want to see how close my own thoughts are to "the community" and see if I have missed anything. Drilling in deeper to specific aspects, I would like to hear what folks feel the bottlenecks are in whatever analysis or simulation processes interest them. As I said, I have my own opinions, but my opinions are reflective of my environment, so I need to look at extra-environmental opinions to draw a more complete picture. Please note: it may be possible that some folks believe that there are no bottlenecks (I have heard this a few times) in their work. If you are interested in helping, please feel free to email me about this. I don't want to clutter the list with this, though if there is interest, I will try to summarize what I hear. Thanks! Please respond to me directly if you prefer. All emails/names will be considered confidential, and treated as such. Joe -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman@scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615