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Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL.

From: Martijn Tonies <m.tonies_at_upscene-removethis.nospam.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:26:48 +0200
Message-ID: <11klcjqk0gbfd05@corp.supernews.com>


> > 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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Martijn Tonies
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Received on Mon Oct 10 2005 - 13:26:48 CDT

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