30 Oct
2007
30 Oct
'07
9:12 a.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-85.7.pdf
and yes, it was THAT Jim Gray, may he rest in peace.
Interesting read. I worked for a software company in the late 80's that
was started by some former Tandem folks who were trying to bring some of
the software transaction protection concepts he mentions to PC's. A
virtual machine was utilized to help address the lack of hardware
robustness. It was a great concept, but alas, the PC's of the time (and
OS's) were not up to the task. That and some unfortunate
technical/business decisions doomed the product.