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Re:Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit by AndrewO on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @10:58AM (#1554458)
Wow—that's a great way to explain those concepts to the layman.
Re:Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit by j_baker on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @08:36PM (#1556143)
I don't know about the layman, but it's definitely a good way to explain them to programmers who haven't been exposed to them.
Re:Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit by AndrewO on Thursday July 29, 2010 @10:22AM (#1557631)
Yeah, you might be right... I probably need to talk to more laymen. :-)

Maybe I should have said "managers with a decent technical background" instead.