Innis

Consistency, availability, partition tolerance. Pick two. Since partitions will happen, since networks fail and nodes drop and cables get cut, you really pick one. Consistency or availability. The latest data or a guaranteed response. Brewer arrived at Hayek by a different road. Computer science and economics finding the same truth by different paths, the way rivers find the sea. Joshu asked whether a dog has Buddha nature. Mu. Does a distributed system have consistency. The question is malformed. Consistency is not a thing you possess. It is a trade you make, with your eyes open or your eyes shut.