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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I've updated the PDF in Ticket 217 based on latest comments. Please review the text and send me comments. This is an attempt to make the concept easier to follow by describing in terms of a "team epoch".</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">thanks,</font><br>
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Douglas Miller BlueGene Messaging Development<br>
IBM Corp., Rochester, MN USA Bldg 030-2 A401<br>
dougmill@us.ibm.com Douglas Miller/Rochester/IBM</font></body></html>