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From: "Charlie Spitzer" <charlie.spitzer@nospam.stratus.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,alt.os.multics
Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:52:03 -0700
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"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote in message
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> Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@skynet.be> wrote:
> > In fact, mainframes have had this kind of capability for quite some
> > time now.
>
> I know that.  That is why I used words like
> "many-times-more-expensive" and "over-the-counter".

not so expensive. far more reliable than clusters. see the ftserver product
at http://www.stratus.com for hot swappable cpus for windows on pcs that's
available now.

> When building a new operating system, in the post-Mach, post-Windows
> NT age, where the ground has been scorched, and there are no DARPA
> projects pushing hundreds of millions of dollars at OS research, there
> is little point in building something that requires custom hardware.
> --
> (reverse (concatenate 'string "moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc"))
> http://cbbrowne.com/info/oses.html
> HEADLINE: Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake!

caveat: i work for stratus, but don't speak for them.

regards,
charlie
stratus cac