Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-12!sn-xit-09!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Martijn Tonies" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL. Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:26:48 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <11klcjqk0gbfd05@corp.supernews.com> References: <1128853793.475008.244320@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1128880883.610859@yasure> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 25 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.server:253096 > > 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. -- With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com