> Don't forget that seat allocation HAS to be done single-thread;  Some tasks
> are harder to perform in a parallel fashion... though, perhaps, that might 
> lead
> us back to over-booking.

Not necessarily single thread, but definitely with mutual exclusion involved. 

> Also... #1 of the features of a main-frame:  "Maximum RELIABLE Single-
> Thread Performance".  It doesn't have to be fast, it has to be RIGHT (sound
> almost like a Mycroft system "owned" by the Lunar Authority, don't it?).

Space 1999? Wow. 

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