- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 00:03:49 -0500
- To: Jim Webber <Jim.Webber@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 04:29:48AM -0000, Jim Webber wrote: > Mark: > > > Because an inbox has an interface. > > I am talking at the level below here. I understand. My point remains that all Internet scale systems I've studied (including the ones I mentioned; email, Web, instant messaging) get to be Internet scale by defining abstractions at the level I'm talking about. Can you name one that doesn't? Do you think that's a coincidence? I don't. Agreement on application abstractions is what coordination languages are all about, and they go by that name for a good reason 8-). Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca
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