I was waiting for the big reveal of the solution, but it was this: "While traditional messaging systems tend to use one of the models described above ("broker"

I was waiting for the big reveal of the solution, but it was this: "While traditional messaging systems tend to use one of the models described above ("broker" model in most cases) ØMQ is more of a framework that allows you to use any of the models or even combine different models to get the optimal performance/functionality/reliability ratio."