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ddp
on May 12, 2014
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Distributed Systems and the End of the API
I believe it was Leslie Lamport who said, "A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable."
cmeiklejohn
on May 12, 2014
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The reference is here:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/d...
cemerick
on May 13, 2014
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Dammit, thank you. I've even read that exact message before. :-/ Post updated!
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