Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:44:11AM +0530, Neil Harwani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 128 lines which said: I am not sure whether this idea that I am about to write has been implemented before The idea is interesting but it is clearly underspecified. Before a serious discussion can

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Peter Dambier
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:44:11AM +0530, Neil Harwani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 128 lines which said: I am not sure whether this idea that I am about to write has been implemented before Operating Systems, Design and Implementation by Andrew S.

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:49:21PM +0100, Peter Dambier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 112 lines which said: ucspi-tcp-0.88 provides a different tcp/ip stack No, it is not a TCP/IP stack (just a framework and library to develop network applications). Sometimes, I really wonder if

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On 23. januar 2006 00:44 +0530 Neil Harwani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My suggesionts: 1. Have a variable system built into all OSes which have internet interface which can allocate space and resources as per what amount of space and resources are free on the OS. 2. Let a separate new

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Peter Dambier writes: Operating Systems, Design and Implementation by Andrew S. Tannanbaum and Albert S. Woodhull, ISBN 0-13-638677-6 Prentice Hall Not only do the discuss every aspect of an operating system but they include as an example and for homework practice the complete Minix

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
Operating Systems, Design and Implementation by Andrew S. Tannanbaum and Albert S. Woodhull, ISBN 0-13-638677-6 Prentice Hall Not only do the discuss every aspect of an operating system but they include as an example and for homework practice the complete Minix operating system plus

Re: suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-23 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Steven M. Bellovin writes: Nonsense. Tanenbaum has forgotten more about operating systems than most of us will ever know. He has apparently forgotten a lot of things that I remember, or, more likely, he just has never been exposed to them. In his book he writes about the things he knows,

suggestion on distributed systems

2006-01-22 Thread Neil Harwani
I am not sure whether this idea that I am about to write has been implemented before or not but it has crossed my mind so I am writing it to you all. Grid / distributed computing is being done these days via availing of services or giving some services as an application in operating systems. What