1. A distributed computing system comprising: a first set of resources, wherein resources in the first set of resources are capable of providing a flux service, wherein a service is a defined set of functionality; a second set of resources, wherein resources in the second set of resources are capable of providing interpreting services; and a control node that autonomically controls the distributed computing system, wherein the control node comprises: a first set of resource governors, each of which implement a finite state machine that governs a process by which an individual one of the resources in the first set of resources starts providing or stops providing the flux service; a first service governor, wherein the first service governor implements a finite state machine that controls whether resource governors in the first set of resource governors initiate the processes by which resources in the first set of resources start providing or stop providing the flux service; and a service-level agreement (SLA) governor that receives monitoring data that indicate a current service level of the flux service provided by the distributed computing system and causes the first service governor to enhance the service level of the flux service when the current service level of the flux service does not satisfy a service-level agreement.