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Thanks for the insight. In your point of view, on top of the current hardware infrastructure, how do we build a decentralized network operating system (contrar
by ontouchstart 10y ago
Thanks for the insight.
In your point of view, on top of the current hardware infrastructure, how do we build a decentralized network operating system (contrary to the old centralized timesharing system)?
- alankay1 10y agoTake a look at the Internet itself -- and then take a look at Dave Reed's 1978 PhD thesis at MIT (can be found via the CSAIL website) -- we used many of these ideas in the Croquet project
- ontouchstart 10y agoThanks Alan, will dive in http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/specpub.php?id=773 http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/specpub.php?id=773 http://worrydream.com/refs/Smith%20-%20Croquet%20-%20A%20Collaboration%20System%20Architecture.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Smith%20-%20Croquet%20-%20A%20Col...
- ontouchstart 10y agoAlan, is this the right direction we are looking at? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Cobalt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Cobalt
- alankay1 10y agoI think you can find much of what is worth knowing about these projects starting there.
- ontouchstart 10y agoNow we feel like Steve Jobs visiting PARC. :-)