[alexandros]

There have been proposed alternatives, at least on the whiteboard level..

http://arxiv.org/abs/arxiv:0903.0694

Disclaimer: I am an author

[dejan]

Has there been any form of prototype implementation?

[alexandros]

Just bits and pieces as parts of a current EU project, nothing coherent. We are still working out the pieces in theory, particularly 'community currency' and the programming paradigm. While it is our desire to focus our energy on finding out how much 'cloud computing' can be had without compromising local autonomy, the speed depends on how much support we can get, as we can only do so much in our free time.

[dejan]

What kind of support have you applied for? FP7? I am a little bit disappointed how little support is given for research by the EU.

[alexandros]

The project you mentioned in this thread sounds interesting. Maybe we can take this offline? You can email me at a dot marinos at surrey dot ac dot uk.