IBM's using two racks of computers and a huge SAN. Maybe it couldn't compete wit...

ebiester on Feb 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy

IBM's using two racks of computers and a huge SAN. Maybe it couldn't compete with watson, but a decent setup could be cobbled together for 5,000. It wouldn't be as fast, or as comprehensive, but it could be done.

The harder part is the tens of thousands of man hours with very smart people.

tocomment on Feb 15, 2011 [–]

I think a little project called Linux got tens of thousands of man hours with very smart people ... Just saying.