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Akamai -- The Other Huge Distributed System

Posted by timothy on from the other-other-other dept.

Frisky070802 writes "Technology Review, the MIT alumni magazine, has an article by Simson Garfinkel that compares the huge distributed systems run by Google and Akamai and speculates that Google might even consider buying Akamai. It also discusses the flame-out of Akamai after its tremendous IPO."

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  1. Akamai exec by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't one of Akamai's executives (a founder maybe?) die in the September 11 attacks? Did that have any effect on Akamai's stock performance?

  2. Re:Slash by Xzzy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sure, here's google's cache of google:

    clicky

  3. Google cache by NicolaiBSD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Slashdotted, here's the Google cache.