| From: | "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "Albe Laurenz" <all(at)adv(dot)magwien(dot)gv(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Compression and on-disk sorting |
| Date: | 2006-05-17 12:25:58 |
| Message-ID: | 36e682920605170525h418ef956heecbebbe6623f0c5@mail.gmail.com |
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On 5/17/06, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> wrote:
> Clever idea, pity we can't use it (what's the bet it's patented?). I'd
> wager anything beyond simple compression is patented by someone.
Oracle's patent application 20040054858 covers the method itself
including the process for storing and retrieving compressed data.
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