I can’t speak for the authors, but I have been lucky enough to be collaborating with them on behalf of the Apache Cassandra project, to refine and prove the correctness of the Accord protocol - a derivative of EPaxos we have integrated into the database.
It would be fantastic if such a project could be pursued for this variant, which has the distinction of being the only “real world” implementation.
Either way, thank you for the original EPaxos paper - it has been a privilege to convert its intuitions into a practical system.
“Paxos” is a term that can mean many different things, so it’s better not to get too attached to any one meaning especially in different contexts.
Multi Paxos is commonly used (especially in industry) as short hand for multi decree Paxos (in contrast to single decree Paxos), but “Paxos” most often refers to the family of protocols, all of which are typically implemented with a leader. It is confusing of course because single decree Paxos is used to implement EPaxos (and its derivatives).
It’s worth noting also that Lamport is (supposedly) on the record as having intended “Paxos” to refer to the protocol incorporating the leader optimisation.
I remember there being sufficient documentary evidence in the entrance/shop/museum bit to conclude it was most likely created by the very people who “discovered” it, to serve as a tourist attraction.
Thank you for linking the source material, unfortunately it badly contradicts you. It clearly shows that the _very first_ list of ten suggested search terms contained (pretty heavily) sexualised suggestions.
No, the ruling expressly refers to the list as non exhaustive, but given the other related references to misconduct (including the use of inappropriate language) it was not reasonable to infer that this example was gross misconduct.
It would be fantastic if such a project could be pursued for this variant, which has the distinction of being the only “real world” implementation.
Either way, thank you for the original EPaxos paper - it has been a privilege to convert its intuitions into a practical system.