This is due to how WebSphere MQ accesses the disk: essentially, MQ can only respond to the commit when the relevant part of the disk platter has spun past the drive head.

In 2000, Sabre was spun off as an independent company, in part because executives believed it would be easier to win tech business from other airlines.

ICI spun off its profitable pharmaceutical business (now part of AstraZeneca) rather than build it up by acquisition.