> This is a bold claim. What do they know about the CAP theorem that I don't? It's right there in the article: "Remarkably, Cloud Spanner achieves this combin

> This is a bold claim. What do they know about the CAP theorem that I don't? It's right there in the article: "Remarkably, Cloud Spanner achieves this combination of features without violating the CAP Theorem. To understand how, read this post by the author of the CAP Theorem and Google Vice President of Infrastructure, Eric Brewer." The post they are referring to: https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/inside-Cloud-Spanner-and-the-CAP-Theorem.html https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/inside-Cloud-Sp...