IP: a neat paper circa 1993 on DCS and Global Computers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS: BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE FUTURE

David J. Farber Professor of Computer and Information Science University of 
Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street Philadelphia PA 19104-6389 EMAIL: 
Farber@cis.upenn.edu Invited paper presented at the First International 
Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized System (ISADS) Kawasaki Japan April 
1993 \

Abstract: The advent of gigabit network technology has inspired a 
rethinking of, among other things, the structure of network computers, 
operating systems, and protocol structures. This rethinking has, in the 
author's opinion, led to the conclusion that a globally distributed 
computer system represents one of the best applications of this new 
technology. This paper will examine some of the considerations that led to 
this conclusion, as well as explore the nature of such a Global Computer.

http://www.eff.org/Publications/David_Farber/distributed_computing_farber.article

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