Helping Computers Help Themselves

Jim Posner writes "The IT world's heavy hitters--IBM, Sun, Microsoft, and HP--want computers to solve their own problems.....If you're being chased by a big snarling dog, you don't have to worry about adjusting your heart rate or releasing a precise amount of adrenaline. Your body automatically does it all, thanks to the autonomic nervous system, the master-control for involuntary functions from breathing and blood flow to salivation and digestion." I'd just be happy with a few intelligent daemons to watch my back, like when a program runs amuck and fills up the process list.

Comments

Of Course they do.

[Ryan Stortz]

Making computers "heal" themselves would save millions of dollars in tech support.

But first we need to get humans to fix the operating systems before computers can take over. *cough*Windows*cough*

Oh, yes! I got to get me one of these!

[TyZone]

The article didn't go far enough.