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Conclusion

"That's all Folks!"
- Looney Tunes

I have designed and implemented a distributed file system with support for mobile computing. It enables applications to utilize any level of optimism or pessimism and to adapt their behaviour according to different modes of communication. The implementation have shown the design to be feasible, but since no existing application has been ported to and used with the system, the viability is a somewhat open question. I believe it is viable.

I have layed down guidelines for the implementation of a transactional facility on top of the file system. I think, I have captured most of the needed considerations in my doing so.

I must admit that I at times regretted the initial decision to use the TACO system--it was unavailable for some time,^8.2 and its behaviour was not always predictable. Still, thanks to hard work (and some help), results were made in the end.

I think that the TACO system and $\mathcal{P}$$e$$\mathcal{S}$$t$$\mathcal{O}$ show promising results--but they (by themselves and together) probably have some way to go, before reaching "the top".

Figure 8.1: An alternative to Mobile Computing

Footnotes

... time,^8.2

Due to the changing of IP-numbers shortly after I had started my testing.

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