It appears that Ripple and Ethereum will be teaming up in the near future to utilize the benfits of both blockchains. Only the future will tell what this means!
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-interledger/2017May/0005.html
https://interledger.org/
@content thanks for the post
For ripple interesting read https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@pps/golem-cryptocurrency-to-solve-computation-power-tasks