Comment on Distributed Systems and the End of the APIComments−ddp12yI 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."−cmeiklejohn12yThe reference is here:http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/d...−cemerick12yDammit, thank you. I've even read that exact message before. :-/ Post updated!
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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."
The reference is here:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/d...
Dammit, thank you. I've even read that exact message before. :-/ Post updated!