Re: backup disk format

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:30:53 +0100
Message-ID: <3f3bff8b$0$11376$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>

"Ben Hutchings" <do-not-spam-benh_at_bwsint.com> wrote in message news:slrnbjneku.1e8.do-not-spam-benh_at_tin.bwsint.com...
> In article <3f3ba972$0$18488$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>,
> Niall Litchfield wrote:
> > At least in the case of Oracle and Microsoft you will find that their
> > lawyers jump on you if you are at all successful.
>
> Evidence?

show me a 3rd party product that reads and extracts data from these files without a license, or using the suppliers packages.

> > The binary formats they use are proprietory.
>
> Of course. However, restrictions on interoperability are generally
> considered anticompetitive and unenforceable.

In one sense true, but then as both Oracle and MS provide a myriad of ways to access relational data without reverse engineering file formats - interoperability is hardly a problem.

-- 
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Thu Aug 14 2003 - 16:30:53 CDT