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I consider this quote tounge in cheek. A properly distributed system will keep your system functioning even when remote components are down.

• gooserock 12y ago
  They keyword here being "properly".
• cronin101 12y ago
  Unless you require both consistent data and partition-tolerance ;-) http://www.slideshare.net/alekbr/cap-theorem http://www.slideshare.net/alekbr/cap-theorem