ABSTRACT

Combining atomic transactions, distributed shared memory (DSM) and 
a typesafe language (Java) might simpilify the construction of 
intranets, of telecooperation systems, of parallel computations and 
in general the consistent management of distributed data structures. 
DSM not only simplifies the communication mechanisms between programs 
and program modules but also the structure of the underlying run-time 
environment. Read/write conflicts between concurrent transactions on 
different network nodes can be automatically resolved by the operating 
system. DSM-Java is the core facility of our native operating system 
Plurix which might serve as a prototype for „Next Generation Distributed 
Operating Systems“. As a com-panion to the native DSM-Java environment 
a plug-in for web-based DSM-Java is envisaged.


KEYWORDS:
DSM Java, Plurix Operating system, lean Systems Design, Java Compiler.