> On Dec 28, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Will Beazley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> If I remember correctly VMS, one version of Linux from long long ago 
> (scrolling credits, let the razing commence) and some others supported 
> process migration.

VMS... you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS  formerly known as 
VAX/VMS?!?

Wow... if you consider that "one version of Linux from long long ago" you have 
a LOT of history to learn.

As for it supporting process migration, it's possible.  A lot of OS research in 
the mid-to-late-80s centered around making a big batch of workstation-class 
machines look like one big mainframe.  Look up Sprite, V, and Amoeba, for 
example. Process migration between nodes was one of the Hard Problems (TM) 
those systems had to contend with. I wouldn't be surprised if DEC did their own 
such experiments with VMS.

Dan



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