We will discuss how Martin and Andrew S. Tanenbaum decided to write this book and who contributed more to the fourth edition. Let's discuss who this book is intended for, and also talk about Martin's future creative plans. We will also talk about what trends await us in the field of distributed systems, and how Martin assesses their evolution.

Useful links

📖 Distributed Systems https://www.distributed-systems.net

📖 The Datacenter as a Computer http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/yu-minlan/teach/csci599-fall12/papers/dccomputer.pdf

📖 Google Research https://research.google/pubs/