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Scientific American Article: Internet-Spanning OS

Posted by timothy on from the everyone-hold-hands dept.

Hell O'World writes: "Interesting article on Scientific American outlining what they call an Internet-scale operating system (ISOS). 'The Internet-resource paradigm can increase the bounds of what is possible (such as higher speeds or larger data sets) for some applications, whereas for others it can lower the cost.'"

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  5. Re:Internet spanning OS... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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