> you get "availability" in that the cloud "is always available", The cloud isn't what's being described as available. The service is available or not. The ser

> you get "availability" in that the cloud "is always available", The cloud isn't what's being described as available. The service is available or not. The service is hosted on multiple computers that talk to each other. If they stop talking to each other, the service needs to either become unavailable (choosing consistency) or risk having not up to date data (choosing availability).