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From: brown@noao.arizona.edu (Mike Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.databases,comp.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Info. wanted on implementations of distributed applications
Message-ID: <736@noao.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 88 14:52:23 GMT
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Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ
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First, I'd like to apologize for cross posting this request to these different
news groups.

I am involved in an effort to "sell" distributed computing concepts
to application development groups/management within Southwestern Bell Telephone.
Southwestern Bell is a large and diverse organization.  There are groups
implementing state of the art systems as well as a much larger number
of groups which still believe in centralized monolithic designs.

What I am looking for are examples of operational systems in daily use
which use a distributed design/implementation.  Examples from other
baby bells are best but any operational system from the commercial,
government or academic worlds will be helpful.

The more examples I can reference, the easier it will be to convince
some people that distributed designs are reasonable, effective and
make good sense from a business point of view.  Some people need
to be shown rather than convinced by argument...


Please reply via mail.  If there is interest I will post a summary of
the responses.


	Regards,
	Mike Brown		Strategically Applied Technology
				Information Systems
				Southwestern Bell Telephone Corporation
				One Bell Center, 24-V-5
				St. Louis, MO  63101
				USA


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