Paulo Gaspar wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
>
> I am not sure if Coherence is as flexible as your dream DB, but, as a
> storage mechanism, it is more powerful, flexible and resilient than
> you are giving it credit for. I believe there must be something to
> learn from them in this area. E.g.: they got very good at handling/
> reducing latencies and making their server working in a very efficient
> peer to peer way.
>
> As I mentioned before, my knowledge about Coherence is not very deep
> and it is fragmented, but I read / ear consistently good/excellent
> things about them for quite a few years already.
>
>

I think the model of a local SQL engine layered on a replicating object
substrate is exactly the way to go.

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