Paul Walker contributes a definition of a distributed computational system:
Posted by DeLong at September 25, 2003 05:03 PM | TrackBackA distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you did not even know existed can render your own computer unusable.
You're finding ot about this *now*?! You have led a most fortunate life. How did you do it?
That definition is at least 25 years old, and probably older.
Posted by: Jonathan Goldberg on September 25, 2003 06:43 PMBy always using non-distributed computing systems?
Posted by: Brad DeLong on September 25, 2003 07:26 PMOf course, the counterexample is Google, where a lot of low quality, low reliability components, by being distributed together, creates a high reliability system.
Leslie Lamport, a genuine hero.
Posted by: Russell L. Carter on September 25, 2003 08:29 PMthat definition is missing a word, it should read:
"can not render"
true distributed systems dont care about singularities. any system that does is an impostor.
Posted by: sampo on September 25, 2003 11:09 PMthat definition is missing a word, it should read:
"can not render"
true distributed systems dont care about singularities. any system that does is an impostor.
Posted by: sampo on September 26, 2003 12:57 AM