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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!
Multiversion read consistency is hardly new nor unique to Oracle.
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