Ethan BlantonFeb 18
I reminded my #DistributedSystems class today that DNS is a global, decentralized, eventually consistent database with a continuous uptime and client compatibility window of 40 years, and I'm not sure that they were suitably impressed.
Show threadflorian Feb 18
@elb it's also the only one we ever got to work. 
Show threadflorian Feb 18
@elb oh, and it's federated.
Show threadReiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
@florian @elb the whole Internet is federated. At least it's basic technology and services. Mail is a federated model, net news was too, the web was and still is to some extent. Big tech corps try to steal that from us, but we will never give up.
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