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> Paxos.com I'm confused by the relationship between Paxos, the company, and Paxos, the algorithm. Do the authors of Paxos work for Paxos? Edit: https://en.m

by jitl 10y ago

> Paxos.com I'm confused by the relationship between Paxos, the company, and Paxos, the algorithm. Do the authors of Paxos work for Paxos? Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxos_(computer_science) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxos_(computer_science) Ah; both are named for a fictional financial systen

lou1306 10y ago
By the way, the author of the original Paxos paper is Leslie Lamport, who currently works at Microsoft Research.