Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL.

From: Jim Kennedy <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 19:07:31 -0700
Message-ID: <3YCdnR4TjOkTUdTenZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@comcast.com>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1128896699.617268_at_yasure...
> Serge Rielau wrote:
> > DA Morgan wrote:
> >
> >> Jim Kennedy wrote:
> >>
> >>> <saghir.taj_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:1128853793.475008.244320_at_g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>>
> >>>> As reported in several sources Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy for an
> >>>> undisclosed sum of money.This appears to be a strategic move by
Oracle
> >>>> to put MySQL between a rock and hard place...... For Full Story
visit.
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> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>> Interesting. I wonder if Innobase stepped on any Oracle patents and
> >>> this is
> >>> a way to take care of that. Notice the sum is undisclosed.
> >>> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Wouldn't be surprised. I'm waiting for Microsoft to release SQL Server
> >> 2005 and its blatant attempt to imitate Oracle's multiversion read
> >> consistency. Wouldn't surprise me at all if the law suits are already
> >> drawn up: They should be!
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Patents are not to be paid to the one who first uses a feature in a
> > commercial system. Even IFF Oracle held any patents on the _concept_ of
> > multiversion read consitency (which I highly doubt and which is entirely
> > different from a fight about patents in the _actual_implementation_)
> > these would very likely have expired by now.....
> > Also keep in mind that most major software vendors have cross licencing
> > agreements in place:
> > "You don't sue me, I don't sue you, and btw one of us pays the other
> > some sort of flat fee because they have more patents (mostly measured in
> > inch of paper)"
> >
> > Cheers
> > Serge

> Can you say SCO?
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> http://www.psoug.org
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)

I thought you were going to say Informix... Jim Received on Sun Oct 09 2005 - 21:07:31 CDT