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Re:Ask HN: In what areas are NoSQL Databases beneficial over... by mootothemax on Monday September 19, 2016 @04:37AM (#12529848)
> Before the Computer Era, all businesses, including the whole financial sector did just fine without ACID

The standard of the time looks quite ACID-y to me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping_syste...

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Re:Ask HN: In what areas are NoSQL Databases beneficial over... by pkolaczk on Monday September 19, 2016 @05:13AM (#12529982)
Maybe it is similar, but you can implement it in probably any NoSQL store you wish. And it is not just a standard of the time, it is in wide use today, even if the underlyind database system is ACID.
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