Distributed Systems Debate
Comments debate the true definition and characteristics of distributed systems, often referencing Leslie Lamport's quote on failures and critiquing whether examples like the discussed article truly involve distributed computing challenges.
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That's a distributed system in the sense he's referring to.
Isn't that distributed systems in a nutshell?
isn't that because they are not distributed systems?
I am not sure about the "distributed systems" throughout the article. Basically none of the examples is really tight to being a distributed system.
"A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable." -Leslie Lamport
An intro-level post about why we bother with distributed systems.
The parent comment was certainly talking about distributed systems!
This seems really esoteric to distributed systems...
the benefits of don't write a distributed system unless you really have to are also very real
A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable. - Leslie Lamport