Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL.

From: Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 17:59:38 -0400
Message-ID: <3qti6eFgjpeqU1@individual.net>

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.
>>> http://www.dbnest.com/news.php?nid=1009&cid=3.
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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

-- 
Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab

Received on Sun Oct 09 2005 - 16:59:38 CDT