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Revision 1 (Peter Amstutz, 02/24/2014 09:54 AM) → Revision 2/7 (Tom Clegg, 02/24/2014 11:01 AM)

h1. Design Principles Principals 

 (Work in progress) 

 * Use only free software. 
 * Using the best tool, programming language, or framework for each component is preferable to standardizing on a single platform for the sake of conformity. 
 * Prefer to integrate established, widely understood components such as ssh, git, and slurm instead of hand rolling our own solutions. 
 * Use web technologies to tie components together, so programs can access Arvados regardless of programming language or framework. 
 * In the Arvados platform itself, explicitly make use of Linux and Debian specific features to maximize performance and ease of development. 
 * For applications that will run *on* the Aravdos platform, have minimal requirements and be able to run almost anything with just a wrapper script.