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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.'"

2 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Internet spanning OS... by MisterBlister · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its called Windows.

  2. Re:How to Earn that Karma! by SkulkCU · · Score: 1, Troll


    Even better is this comment that points to an even older paper, and then says:

    "Guess there is nothing new under the sun."
    Got that right...

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