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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>

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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Matthew Terenzio <matt@jobsforge.com>, PgSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2005-10-13T02:30:40Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> PostgreSQL doesn't suffer from that. Our only real, substantiated 
> concern that I can see is the potential for the Software Patent crap.

Stupid question here ... if Oracle came at us with "the Software Patent 
crap", is there any "reasonable time" provided to remove it?  We've 
already shown in the past that that isn't a big hurdle, with the ARC 
stuff, so am just curiuos as to how big a thing the Patent stuff is, or 
does even that fall under 'temporary setback / inconvience'?

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