Before revision:  We propose two agendas, one for academic research and one for industrial R&D, which we expect can bridge the gaps within 5-10 years  .
After revision:  We propose two agendas, one for academic research and one for industrial R&D, which we expect can bridge the gaps within 5-10 years . This way, we hope to both motivate and help researchers in making the theory and practice of middleware-based database replication more relevant to each other .