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I seem to remember a conversation here on HN not too long ago where people tried to reconstruct the history behind "sharding" and, in particular, tried to find
by codethief 2y ago
I seem to remember a conversation here on HN not too long ago where people tried to reconstruct the history behind "sharding" and, in particular, tried to find that 1980s paper you mentioned – without success. I believe they even contacted one of the authors.
- mindcrime 2y agoYes, that was this discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36848605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36848605
- renewiltord 2y agoActual paper did exist but no one has a copy anymore according to the contacted author. It was an internal Xerox memo.
- edent 2y agoFWIW, I do now have a copy. I'm unsure of the copyright status so I'm a bit reluctant to share it.
- codethief 2y agoCongratulations! How did you end up getting the copy? Also, maybe university libraries and/or Archive.org could help you with the copyright question?
- edent 2y agoA commenter on my blog made contact with someone who had a copy.
- mindcrime 2y ago> I'm unsure of the copyright status so I'm a bit reluctant to share it. I can totally understand that, but at the same time I'd really love to have a look at that as well. Maybe you could reach out to archive.org and see if they'd be interested in hosting a copy?