[ih] Resource sharing (was: Re: First file transfer on ARPANET)

[Miles Fidelman]

Dave Crocker wrote:
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> On 12/23/2012 6:11 AM, John Klensin wrote:
>>  IMO, the shared-resource
>> activities that John Day and I are describing were somewhat different,
>> involving having the local software resolve user interface issues,
>> determine what resources were out there that could best meet the
>> requirements of the particular user and application, and then seeking
>> those resources out, using them, and making them look local.
> ...
>>  All of that, as John points
>> out, pretty much requires an application-oriented operating system
>
> National Software Works?
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> Remote Procedure Call?
>
>
>> As far as I know, very little has happened with that area of work
>> since our efforts,
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> SafeTCL?
>
Globus, Condor, and a whole bunch of production grids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing#Production_grids

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