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Revenge of the dinosaurs.

Distributed computing, which is about spreading processing power across several machines, often in different locations, was a reflection of the recent high-tech boom; but a number of technology analysts believe that there will be a renewed interest in mainframe computing given the economic downturn....

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Published in:Economist Vol. 360; pp. 52 - 54
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited July 21 2001
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