| From: | Grzegorz Jaskiewicz <gj(at)pointblue(dot)com(dot)pl> |
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| To: | Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Sync Rep: First Thoughts on Code |
| Date: | 2008-12-13 13:13:50 |
| Message-ID: | 7EB9B03F-CDC0-4A2B-9EBD-81741502BB84@pointblue.com.pl |
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On 2008-12-13, at 13:07, Markus Wanner wrote:
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> However, that is a marketing decision [1], which should not be mixed
> with the technical discussion here. Speaking of a "synchronous commit"
> is utterly misleading, because the commit itself is exactly the thing
> that's *not* synchronous.
>
> [1]: Some people like the term "virtually synchronous" for marketing
> purposes. That's at least half-ways technically correct.
Marketing people are virtually trustworthy, from my life experience.
If you ask me, this is just preposterous.
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