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Comment Re:hmm (Score 1) 381

by gpierre on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @09:15AM (#30044562) Attached to: The NoSQL Ecosystem

Actually, consistency does have a performance cost (i.e., the throughput you get from a given setup) but it does not have to hinder scalability (the ability to grow the maximum throughput by adding extra hardware). Scalaris offers transactional consistency, for example. If you prefer using an existing no-SQL database then you can impose transactional consistency on top of it without breaking scalability properties.

Disclaimer: I co-authored the second link of this post.

Barbara Liskov Wins Turing Award 187

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @03:28PM from the getting-a-clu dept.

jonniee writes "MIT Professor Barbara Liskov has been granted the ACM's Turing Award. Liskov, the first US woman to earn a PhD in computer science, was recognized for helping make software more reliable, consistent and resistant to errors and hacking. She is only the second woman to receive the honor, which carries a $250,000 purse and is often described as the 'Nobel Prize in computing.'"

Towards a World Wide Grid? 105

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @11:02PM from the one-world-government dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In recent months, the concept of 'cloud computing' was all the buzz. European researchers think about another name, the World Wide Grid, which could run on top of the Internet. In an article to appear soon, ICT Results will report about the g-Eclipse project. As the scientists said, 'the g-Eclipse project aims to build an integrated workbench framework to access the power of existing Grid infrastructures. The framework will be built on top of the reliable eco-system of the Eclipse community to enable a sustainable development.' The project started in July 2006 and was successfully completed in June 2008 for a total cost of €2.5 million, including a EU contribution of €1.96 million."

Comment Re:Honest question (Score 1) 528

by gpierre on Monday October 24, 2005 @08:10AM (#13862788) Attached to: Andy Tanenbaum Releases Minix 3

> Honest question, is Minix compatable with Linux or something? Or do they just sound the same by coincidence? Or is it more like your BSD's in comparision to Linux?

Actually, Minix and Linux are derivatives of Unix, which explains why both names sound similar to Unix.

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