Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL.

mikharakiri_nospaum_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > 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!
> >
> >
> > Interbase has used MVCC (Multi Generational Architecture,
> > record-versioning, record-shadowing - whatever you want to call it)
> > for years and didn't steal it. Apparently, according to Jim Starkey
> > the creator of Interbase, he invented MVCC.
>
> http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/archive/2005/02/18/MultiversionConcurrencyControlBeforeInterBase.aspx

Which of course points out that DEC Rdb did it first. And that any patent on it would be expired by now. And forgets to note that Larry bought all the intellectual property involved.

jg

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