> Logical ordering of events in a distributed system is a solved problem. The solution is vector clocks (or something like them).
A partial order solves the problem when messages are not simultaneous and so the partial order provides a total order. That there is in fact no total ordering of simultaneous messages doesn't solve the problem that users would like to have messages arrive in a consistent order without delay. This is unsolved, because it's unsolvable, therefore vector clocks aren't the solution.
