From: sss@world.std.com (Sergiu S Simmel) Subject: Kala White Paper now available via anonymous ftp Message-ID: <CD4MyB.Hsn@world.std.com> Organization: Penobscot Development Corporation, Cambridge MA Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 07:18:11 GMT
An 8-page paper providing an overview of what Kala is and what Kala is for is now available, in PostScript format, in the Kala Archive. The file is accessible, via anonymous FTP, at the following location:
anonymous@world.std.com:/pub/kala/TechDocs/Overview.ps
The outline is the following
1 What is Kala For?
2 Software Infrastructure
Persistent Data and Persistent Stores
3 Data Transfer
4 Data Visibility
Changing Visibility
Sharing Visibility
Transactions
Versions
5 Runtime and Architectural Models
6 Relationship to Other Technologies
This paper is targeted towards those who don't know anything about Kala and would like to find out a bit in 10 pages or less.
Enjoy!
P.S. For those of you who do not have FTP access and would like to
obtain this file, please send a brief e-mail message to
info@Kala.com, requesting that the file be e-mailed to you.
Beware that the file is approximately 425Kbytes long (the paper
contains 13 illustrations!).
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