Re: VMM

[Farid Hajji]

> If the theory is correct (under which conditions?), then it mightbe feasible
> to have a distributed VM system with an economic market model.  There could
> be a price for pages, and the price might change depending on the demand.
Good point! The price represents global state and this is exactly what
a VM system needs to know. Now, you only need to allocate "money" to the
tasks. A Java-VM needing 128 MB of RAM would need to be very rich, while
ls(1) would belong to the poor folks. Which one is worthy to be allowed
to bid for more resources? ;-) Ahemm...

> Of course, thinking this through requires a lot of more work.  But it is an
> interesting idea nevertheless, I think.
Yes, that's a very good idea.

-Farid.

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