Perhaps you're referring to Prof. Ken Birman, inventor of Paxos and slayer of CAP? I could barely contain myself at his recent MesosCon keynote[1,2]. [1] https://mesosconna2016.sched.org/event/6ljt/keynote-a-real-t...…
Perhaps you're referring to Prof. Ken Birman, inventor of Paxos and slayer of CAP? I could barely contain myself at his recent MesosCon keynote[1,2]. [1] https://mesosconna2016.sched.org/event/6ljt/keynote-a-real-t...…