hard to do Paxos over large geographical distances efficiently, but... it's IRC, so.. I just assume it was from an earlier internet where distributed systems w

hard to do Paxos over large geographical distances efficiently, but... it's IRC, so.. I just assume it was from an earlier internet where distributed systems weren't as well understood. I don't think it necessarily predates Paxos but it definitely predates Paxos being a household name.