RE: [xml-dev] FW: Tim Bray "Let's Move XML-DEV"

From
Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
To
'Rich Salz' <>
Date
2003-03-12T19:18:35Z
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RE: [xml-dev] FW: Tim Bray "Let's Move XML-DEV"
That makes sense.  I've had listservers send 
me warnings when the local mailbox fills up 
or a network outage over a weekend goes 
unattended.

It makes one wonder about tightly coupled web 
services.

len

From: Rich Salz [mailto:]

> I'd really like to know why it does it.

In my experience, network outages lead to bounces, and "n" bounces
lead to list expulsion.  I've had timeouts trying to send email to
textuality.com, e.g.

> Spooky behavior from a computer is a bug
> gone undiagnosed.

Distributed systems are when computers you've never heard of can
cause your application to fail.
        /r$