No thumb drives for the US military. (found on David Bader’s page)
Read moreSupercomputing and mathematica
The last time I went to a “Supercomputing” conference, Jim Gray came by to talk to me and Cort about PowerPC Linux. That must have
Read moreMost influential software company in America – and maybe the world
Voter Activation Network.
Read moreFSMLabs move to New Zealand is postponed indefinitely
Thanks to Ohioans. (and Virginians, Floridians, Iowans, … ). phew.
Read moreReliable broadcast algorithms: after 20 years
New paper with short description of the Chang/Maxmchuk algorithm I have been championing for 20 years or more.
Read moremore security databases
“I was pulled aside in a room … and you have to wait your turn to finally be released,” Labbé said. “An hour, an hour
Read morewhy databases are more interesting than operating systems
A discovery Cort Dougan and I made 10 years ago when we first got a glimpse at the mighty Oracle building on the Bay and
Read moreUpdated: meaning of concurrent programs
Updated rough draft available with thrilling descriptions of atomic compare and swap and some comments on “formal methods”. Bonus photo
Read moreMore on common weakness
Dan Quist writes in to point at that writing software is hard and we should expect errors. No doubt. Perfect software is not on the
Read moreCommon Weakness Enumeration
The common weakness enumeration is an amazing document. Imagine if there was such a document for architecture/construction. That document would contain admonitions like – “remember
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