> started fixing it on software/multiple hw instances level Really we just don't care about it. Things like ecommerce doesn't have the reliability requirement

> started fixing it on software/multiple hw instances level Really we just don't care about it. Things like ecommerce doesn't have the reliability requirements that finance can have. In some cases you can be losing a million dollars a minute, and screwing up can result in the SEC coming to your offices and arresting people. You can't just issue a refund or a gift card to fix the problems. And instead of dealing with the sharp edges of the CAP theorem you can just buy one big machine that never fails. It is the kind of decision you rationally make when eventual consistency means that you might wind up in prison.