  This report lays flat my personal views on D-RISC and Microgrids as of March
2013. It reflects the opinions and insights that I have gained from working on
this project during the period 2008-2013. This report is structed in two parts:
deconstruction and reconstruction. In the deconstruction phase, I review what I
believe are the fundamental motivation and goals of the D-RISC/Microgrids
enterprise, and identify what I judge are shortcomings: that the project did
not deliver on its expectations, that fundamental questions are left
unanswered, and that its original motivation may not even be relevant in
scientific research any more in this day and age. In the reconstruction phase,
I start by identifying the merits of the current D-RISC/Microgrids technology
and know-how taken at face value, re-motivate its existence from a different
angle, and suggest new, relevant research questions that could justify
continued scientific investment.
