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This chapter is the result of digesting a number of contributions to a
lively debate on the lessons and challenges of distributed
computing. The debate was initiated by A Tanenbaum on the
bulletin board comp.os.research.
It is intended to be read with a pinch of salt.
Some of the structure of ideas emergent here could be regarded as the
result of participatory design.