Posted by Robert Cummings on 12/16/05 10:34

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 22:24, Christopher Jordan wrote:
>
> I think you've hit the nail on the head there, but I'm sorta glad the
> subject's come up since I'm learning about a concept that I've not
> used before. Is it mostly used for purposes of scalability? It seems
> like it might be that way.

There's a decent article here that goes on about the "shared nothing"
philosphy. It's a bit of a PHP vs. Java blog, but it does make many
references to "shared nothing".

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/07/01/the-j2ee-guy-still-doesnt-get-php/

> Thanks so much Rob for sharing your knowledge with me. :) It's
> very nice to see that folks on the list seem to be patient and
> responsive.

No problem... you got us on a good day ;)

Cheers,
Rob.
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