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_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 b3d83a87 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 06:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 404189C105; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:25:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184429BDD8; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:25:29 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="HJ2SXhON"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DED799BDD8; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:25:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f54.google.com (mail-ua1-f54.google.com [209.85.222.54]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 547CA9BD25 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:25:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f54.google.com with SMTP id u17so9778901uap.9 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:25:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=TKXE8Z7R027/OtKh/9paxHS1QhfpQcEfdKStwHs+xu0=; b=HJ2SXhON4dYSGe+B4VWf23FhKayHOfcJFa7QtO+llzOxIjEyF8yysljobKXvYJnYD5 rpG2bLtkWhEt059AYwz/0b8ZWYJYHHKc5wsyjTZdYpzFS0OkdhjT1UVBozfWwUUZVShN Z3m+QikfTFXeTnkLZePnoTJfC6kFZK3qO+UTfiln653C7QeidlLN4Gi1brIaemcin4hV z54mCTtB/g6yiXE79cF4LhglaCWitRiPtV6oJc7xs5KbCG/+QZO7Sy7niPSodAf0OCfE nY4ieQgy8uGqV5o0IgrL4xTW+88AOClBYlVaoFR27dpuKsr0o5kX/56U4Hy7OAmQg/Hn gPnA== 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=TKXE8Z7R027/OtKh/9paxHS1QhfpQcEfdKStwHs+xu0=; b=F+sMpElfP5rWPW5PvA7G70aaUOPVGa3dUPErQdb7Otym8WIbrQHvbTzbr+47TWQB9i kGXw8TD6cl22qZ5sgYkM77w9Z7ZWuwAyaqjAwl7cZjL9N6oGmG/gnv4yOvfac/PGC94c u78jZvu23DgS6DB5DgFPbrIqc8+WGZZo7/6Io8rYl2hzq8+LFZHKjk83o8LcTIoYTVWY fXusw2ePxnvAgNuOP2qZHNHE42BvMBElAJ78nKV9YK02w9Lh3hjjIMFKFIqZoJ2SL5mS W++B8CKhiLH41Y2kbunYc4xSZKi9IZOgrbzlzws2wGV9G3etwPFxi3ieIiSlAxQu2oCI 0/hg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUHIC3TYefxtvlgIYKizW1tHSAm3V3aHmb8R0/p6qlfkCyVgpYm qDREe66hRY/A0ag1Cd1MDazU1kGjlrmPJDZiQlo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyPo9PkceO4OwUbUOwTbdXXYHKGhm5NH3qXodZwwy6vK4n1rp9hUA+oUEYcDl+uT8UdB7kKBxyViZ5/W6AQdLg= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:7612:: with SMTP id o18mr22886206uap.73.1579328725201; Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:25:25 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:25:14 +1100 Message-ID: To: Andrew Warkentin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a63708059c641f83" 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" --000000000000a63708059c641f83 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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. But history had other ideas. -rob --000000000000a63708059c641f83 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I am convinced that large-scale modern compute centers wou= ld 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 comp= uters ssh'ed together.

But history had other ideas.<= /div>

-rob

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