Beyond Code

Distributed Systems

The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing (J. Gosling)

A note on Distributed Programming (Sun Microsystems)

An uncommonly frank discussion of the issues that make distributed programming fundamentally different.

Distributed Computing: Opportunity, Challenge, or Misfortune? (R.W. Needham)

In this excerpt from the book "Millennial Perspectives in Computer Science", Needham addresses the tragedies and triumphs associated with distributed computing.