On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:08 PM, james <gar...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Atomicity; Consistency; Isolation, Durability == ACID (so we are all on the > same page). > > Not my thesis. My thesis, inspired by these threads, is that all of these > (4) properties of ACID, originated in the telephone networks, as separate > issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals'_Problem http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanDirt