Re: [dist-obj] Seven Fallacies Reference

• To: "Umar Saif" <Umar.Saif@cl.cam.ac.uk>, "Mark Baker" <distobj@acm.org>
• Subject: Re: [dist-obj] Seven Fallacies Reference
• From: "Q.H." <qingfeng@cs.wustl.edu>
• Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:56:00 -0600
• Cc: "Umar Saif" <Umar.Saif@cl.cam.ac.uk>, <dist-obj@distributedcoalition.org>
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> > why would this happen ? Transactions theory is based on the assumption
of a
> > reliable network -- and of course transactions would only be used on a
> > reliable network for tasks that need to be done reliably ! I do not
understand
> > why would someone run a transaction system on top of lossy wireless
links ?
>
> FWIW, my position on the typical use of transactions (ACID), is that it
> believes fallacy #6, "There is one administrator".  i.e. that resources
> can be "locked" by untrusted parties without cost.

Hi, Mark,
interesting point, can you elaborate it a little more?
Thanks,

-Qingfeng


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