> There are a lot of so called NoSQL databases using Vector Clocks, which
> are derived from Lamport's work:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_clock
>

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Hi Paulo,

I was aware of most of that. My post wasn't clear. With 'Lamport
relativity' I meant to say that PNUTS at first glance seems to use the same
kind of record level bookkeeping as Jim to achieve the partial ordering
required to get to distributed ACID.

Liked your slides!

Paul