Jabber for distributed computing

[Hung Jung Lu]

Hi,

Has anyone tried this approach? Although a bit esoteric, it seems to
make sense. After all, cluster computers do seem like chatters. It'll
be nice to use Jabber also for the administrative part. One question
is: when exchanging really long messages (say, 100MB), is there a
problem? (That is, does it make unnecessary copies somewhere along the
way?)

Also, which server is good for Windows, and which one is easy (and
free) to setup as something to play with? Any recommendations? (I
tried once, but the installation was complicated.)

regards,

Hung Jung