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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:37:26 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years
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> I can imagine a lot of problems stemming from open files could be
> resolved by first attempting to import the process's namespace at the
> time of checkpoint and, upon that failing, using cached copies of the
> file made at the time of checkpoint, which could be merged later.

there's no guarantee to a process running in a conventional
environment that files won't change underfoot.  why would
condor extend a new guarantee?

maybe i'm suffering from lack of vision, but i would think that
to get to 100% one would need to think in terms of transactions
and have a fully transactional operating system.

- erik