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To: Stormweaver who wrote (21714)10/25/1999 4:07:00 PM
From: Robert  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
Writing distributed solutions is tricky. I have been
learning towards distributing program logic as well
as a much simpler way to manage the program. This
leads almost naturally towards software agents.
Comparing SAP and programming work flow schedules and
"intelligent" work agents able to route themselves,
the latter makes more sense from several viewpoints.
Intelligent agents would identify for themselves the
next available server, reprogramming the agent would
not require bringing down the server, new agents could
be created at runtime, agents can negotiate between
themselves precedence for access to resources, and
agent behaviour would follow natural logic more closely
as to what the human would do as an individual.

I think hardware issues are really the least of the
problems with distributed applications. Getting the
architecture right is hard enough without worrying
about anything below TCP/IP. The irony is that Java
commoditises everything under it, so people should
worry about what goes on top as value added.
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