A number of years ago I was one amongst the many searching for little green men. After a couple of years, however, I became increasingly disillusioned over the stats. being generated; nothing appeared to add up, which in turn led me to question what was actually being done with the information being crunched. This and my desire to do something a little more real worldly led me to United Devices.

In one the ground floor, so to speak, I was there right at the beginning, watched the agent develop (actually exchanged a few e-mails with Ed Hubbard) and spent several happy years doing things that I hoped would be of some real benefit. Naturally then I was extremely shocked and disappointed at UD pulling the plug, not least because I didn't quite manage to get to the 1,000,000 points mark. (Not great by some standards, but bear in mind that I worked alone on a single computer that was not always on).

Having spent several months grieving and wondering what to do next I finally decided upon joining the World Community Grid, primarily because they were using the UD agent. Now I find that this too is coming to an end, which brings me to BOINC.

Why are so few using it? How about complexity. From the fairly simple interface of UD I now find myself bombarded with a mind boggling mass of stats and options that I have little or no idea about; it's like getting out of a Model T and into a Veyron. In addition, having now briefly browsed the forums, I find there are other idiosyncrasies too. I'm no computer guru (or a driver actually) and as such am now seriously considering whether it's really worth the hassle continuing. I wonder how many other UD users are thinking the same.

djy100, have you tried using BOINC Manager in the simple view? The goal of the simple view is to just provide enough information so that you can keep an eye on how things are going, without being flooded with all the technicalities.

If you have any comments on how the simple view can be improved, they will be most welcome.

I am sure many are. But I hope you and the other UD users give BOINC a chance. It really is a much better platform to crunch from.

Greetings.

Of course you have something to show for it.
You have the knowledge that you have helped make the project, and any others you have run, what they are today.

I hope you will give Boinc a try.....it really is a cinch to use, and once configured everything pretty much does itself.

It really is much less of a hassle than using project standalone clients.

Your contribution is much appreciated