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INTRODUCTION to The Karoo Project
The Karoo Project makes it possible to create large services (like an internet banking system for example), which can grow and grow and grow, to absorb the load as time goes on... and which don't suffer so much from unexplained periods of being offline, or "freezing up". 
This project uses a practical application of "Distributed Computing" principles...
but rather than beat the computer science drum:
As in the old saying "don't put all your eggs in one basket"...
The "traditional" approach of using one large program has problems: So... it makes sense to split an application up into lots of components, then run them all as separate programs... and allow them to run across a number of machines. The Karoo Project allows them to pass information between each other, and it provides a task manager. See this overview of The Karoo Project. This project makes it practical to achieve all this "magic", uncomplicatedly, efficiently, and cheaply. Next...
More details on "The Karoo System"
Trivia...The "Karoo" is a semi-desert area in South Africa, where Zwartberg R&D is based. The Swartberg run through the Karoo right on our back doorstep in Prince Albert. The Dutch spelling of "Zwartberg", rather than with an "S", has a nice South African ring about it.
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Senior Software Engineer/Architect/Team Leader.
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many separate computer programs, kept
running and communicating so closely with each other, that
they seem like one application.
one little bug will stop everything.