Re: selecting a column according to a minimum

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:47:49 -0700
Message-ID: <1098251218.78128@yasure>

Mark Townsend wrote:

> Mikito Harakiri wrote:
>

>> Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote in message 
>> news:<2tkf50F20philU1_at_uni-berlin.de>...

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>>> IBM policy does not allow me - a DB2 engine developer - to install a 
>>> competitive product. The reasons for that are obvious: It would 
>>> invite lawsuits. Just read the Oracle licencing agreement if you 
>>> doubt that.
>>
>>

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>>
>> How explicit disclaimer is? "If you are citizen of Libya, Iran, North
>> Korea, worked in the past, or even think applying to a job for a
>> competitor, you can't download this product!"

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> I don't think there's anything in the Oracle Trial License agreement
> that would stop Serge from downloading and trying Oracle Database 10g.
> After all, IBM are a huge Oracle partner, and they have Oracle software
> up the gnu.
>
> As long as he
> 1) doesn't rebadge it
> 2) provide it to someone else
> 3) reverse engineer it
> 4) publish performance comparisons without Oracle's consent
> then he is a free as anybody else to trial the software
>
> So I think it's more IBM's own internal policies that stops him from
> doing so

I agree. Which says a lot about IBM ... or at least the division he works in.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Wed Oct 20 2004 - 00:47:49 CDT