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Re: ARC patent

Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>

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From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>, Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2005-01-19T11:33:15Z
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Tom Lane wrote:

> 
> What this really boils down to is whether we think we have
> order-of-a-year before the patent is issued.  I'm nervous about
> assuming that.  I'd like to have a plan that will produce a tested,
> credible patch in less than six months.

Why not having a beta on an 8.0.x version if ARC replacement has to be 
released shortly?

Regards,
Andreas