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- From: dgr@RODIN (Daniel Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Transaction Processing
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.210106.19265@NOC.Vitalink.COM>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:01:06 GMT
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- In article <C1H3Au.FB@unix.portal.com> kyma@shell.portal.com (Matt J Young) writes:
- +
- +OK, here is a problem:
- +
- +The user has constructed a spanning tree over which is desired to
- +perform distributed transaction processing.
- +
- stuff deleted
- +
- +IBM wants to build a common semantic kernel which is transport independent.
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- IBM sells the only system that will support 20,000 concurrent users.
- It works because the tree of network nodes has explicit hierarchy.
- A spanning tree from every desktop, ie, distributed transaction to every
- desktop, is the fools' gold of computing.
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- +Here is the test: Can IBM spring forth with an independent group
- +and integrate these technologies? Can the IBM Research group forge ahead with
- +an independent marketing effort?
-
- Stay tuned....
-
- Dan
-