Basic HTML version of Foils prepared January 15 1997

Foil 21 Future Directions

From VPL -- The Virtual Programming Laboratory Java for CSE Meeting -- December 16 1996. by Kivanc Dinver, Geoffrey Fox


an editor compatible to vi, emacs, pico is desired
System management utilities must be activated.
  • system should recover from server crashes.
    • may send a message to the Webmaster
    • a crontab file may be used for such situations.
  • Run-away processes should be taken care of.
  • tools for watching systems' performance is required.
  • An interface is needed for super users.
more than one server would be beneficial for crowded user audiences.
  • server may be moved to a different regular workstation.



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