From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 65936558 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CBBBC9C13F; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:20:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD5D9C0FD; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:20:13 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="UwuMxqy0"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0B8889C0FD; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:20:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f182.google.com (mail-qt1-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5656B9BFE6 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:20:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f182.google.com with SMTP id d5so845063qto.0 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:20:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=w52wM6o7BZfM4+p82PWZ61ryWQKEgrzpujydPfXfuIs=; b=UwuMxqy0g9eu0g9/B+90LYF+yMAzbbitE9eiQaPZxOPpNUzYJwkrp/Eeo6aollx4A9 BLOZC8q/AYE3FGStxSg3aa/C7CWx8BG09pV3yIGCrPe8bwPvm9ThH1nVj7mf0sOQaJfC ZWhSq/z4nvWZvC2m4+BRWIFstvts2b2pmoqQI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=w52wM6o7BZfM4+p82PWZ61ryWQKEgrzpujydPfXfuIs=; b=CWRJQbEeQ9O1Dn3CR4BUO9eBG/la+jeq2evTAU7WrmgGlbdM6ga0sZd/oULZOjwGWV yQJStMpbbQ0zcq1XIJfK2KBwOMNey1xNJeA+trcxqPOZVmnNoCuaj9ARQR+onFVcYlUk UL3juxry3b1HgzKyq3QUE7KLfZJgtJPceeFIY6JyYqEivXdGHOx6y3BUvGRYKitSQMMP BhkYv6Ap/5zxV+HR4TkRwAos874ReXXd3s0nT38SAiRw6Z30TbJsecoR1hbUgDAVSnag VC4kpxe8XTOR8yrLeiVNQfDt7L97lq/UOnatSdPe+HEQ74EFssTnVZ1r6VVRVD8Pb2Fo IAUA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUl52ye/hw1IZ6krJUa0VgQ/2yECTNBEbddktb7HtubIwB2aF/e k6qUVa8S51xUPKOY95GdPj1ihsGcK+2H/8vZZa9eUg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqw/XdPCd+BmztTq1xfltmu/DmhZEHQU9y/e2JqWnC0p8JMH7WzIRBIqp6ZW/aNwTXWmNljBkQx3h8ezZ+xQXlc= X-Received: by 2002:aed:36e5:: with SMTP id f92mr1168061qtb.354.1579551609413; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:20:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:19:43 -0500 Message-ID: To: Rob Pike Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000095739e059c980479" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Distributed systems, was: On the origins of Linux - "an academic question" X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Historic Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000095739e059c980479 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 1:25 AM Rob Pike wrote: > I am convinced that large-scale modern compute centers would be run very > differently, with fewer or at least lesser problems, if they were treated > as a single system rather than as a bunch of single-user computers ssh'ed > together. > +1 > But history had other ideas. > History and 'good' (cheap) enough. --00000000000095739e059c980479 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 1:25= AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com= > wrote:
I am convinced that large-scale modern compute centers would b= e run very differently, with fewer or at least lesser problems, if they wer= e treated as a single system rather than as a bunch of single-user computer= s ssh'ed together.
+1
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But history had other ideas.
History and 'good' (cheap) enough.=C2=A0
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