> > Jim,
> >
> > You are probably aware of them already, but the folks at sprout-
> > clustrix (US based start-up, few $ mln funding) seem to be working

> > the very ideas being discussed in this list.
> >
> > www.startuply.com/Jobs/Core_Software_Development_Engineer_115_1.aspx
> >
>
> I don't think so. A distributed lock manager is definitely the wrong
> way to go. Little clusters, sure, but anything synchronous is going

> be a problem in an open ended cloud.