[ba-ohs-talk] Future Operating Systems
http://www.computerworld.com/itresources/rcstory/0,4167,STO68143_KEY72,00.html (01)
"Imagine computers in a group providing disk storage for their users,
transparently swapping files and optimizing their collective performance,
all with no central administration. But the machines providing this pool of
virtual storage dare not trust one another completely. Indeed, a hacker
takes over one of them and ruthlessly begins attacking others in the group.
But not to worry. Thanks to an experimental operating system technology
called Byzantine fault-tolerant protocols, users and their data are
protected. " (02)
The article goes on to describe various projects, from Microsoft to Linux
and beyond. (03)