From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bcf30769d6d9599 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-02 16:02:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B92A6A5.F65F4EB8@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA os talk References: <20010829113230.0ae3febd.tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk> <9miteo$t7r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9mj1l3$1mn$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <20010902205711.172603a8.tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 23:02:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.165.20.19 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 999471777 24.165.20.19 (Sun, 02 Sep 2001 16:02:57 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 16:02:57 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12645 Date: 2001-09-02T23:02:57+00:00 List-Id: Tony Gair wrote: > > > > > Why even stick with those limits. Why not run the OS over a network with > > 'Disk' I/O node and a CPU I/O node (could be a seperate server), et... To > > the apps, it would just look like one huge computer. > > This is the intention, a huge optimisation of the os and application. Check out the Ameoba operating system by Tanenbaum. That's exactly what this does. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.