| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: SEPostgres - on track for 8.4? |
| Date: | 2008-10-23 19:22:25 |
| Message-ID: | 200810231522.26253.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Thursday 23 October 2008 13:17:43 Josh Berkus wrote:
> Robert,
>
> > Someone mentioned to me that IBM and Oracle have several patents in this
> > area, is anyone looking into that angle?
>
> That would be an *extremely* bad idea. In patentland, ignorance is
> actually a defense.
>
> So, if anyone *does* know about patents in this area, please keep that
> knowledge to yourself.
>
I doubt it would be much of a defense given what you just posted...
personally if someone does know that there is a patent, i'd rather we heard
about it before we put the code in than after.
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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