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Re:The sudden death and eternal life of Solaris by mariusmg on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:40AM (#15173696)
>gives you stronger guarantees

Your DB either supports ACID or it doesn't. The term "stronger guarantees" is snake oil. It's either guaranteed or is not. That simple.

Re:The sudden death and eternal life of Solaris by 0xCMP on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:04AM (#15175249)
Yes, but it's made by fallible people, who may make mistakes in previously good software you update to, and it assumes a computer doesn't fail which can still happen (although very rarely now).