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Anthrax is the target of the latest cycles-for-cure distributed computation project. “‘’This is pure marketing,'’ said Clay Shirky, a senior analyst with O’Reilly and Associates. ‘’Which doesn’t mean there isn’t some sizzle to the steak. It’s great science, but it’s not novel, it’s just more imperative because there is a war on.'’” The project, run by United Devices and sponsored by Microsoft and Intel, again raises the debate “in the distributed-computing world about the appropriateness of so-called “cause computing,'’ when for-profit companies tap the world’s PC users to participate in their research and marketing — even if it’s for a worthy cause.”