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commit 9e2c2ba5c0e4b49122d979bcd0b25b795bc0d4ed
parent c623e20886aca6ae946e54b96418548a21220d0b
Author: viznut_web <viznut_web@web>
Date:   Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:37:44 +0200

attribute the quote

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Moffline_first.mdwn | 2+-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/offline_first.mdwn b/offline_first.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ Offline first, like its name implies, is the design of [[software]] or [[hardware]] that does not depend on connectivity. It is also an important part of [[designing for descent|design for descent]]. -A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable. +According to Leslie Lamport (1987), "A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable".