[clug] {OT] papers that might be of interest

[steve jenkin]

In case any of you need distraction, something new, something old.
Nothing borrowed or blue.

Slashdot has something on GOOG's new DB's, Spanner and Megastore. [I got
sent the link]

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Spanner: Google’s Globally-Distributed Database

<http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en//archive/spanner-osdi2012.pdf>

Megastore: Providing Scalable, Highly Available Storage for Interactive
Services
<http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824-2012/papers/jbaker-megastore.pdf>


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I got sent a link on an automated parking garage in Budapest and thought
of this project management disaster. A consultancy has a link...

Denver International Airport Baggage Handling System – An
illustration of ineffectual decision making

<http://calleam.com/WTPF/wp-content/uploads/articles/DIABaggage.pdf>

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