| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | "John Hansen" <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | "Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, "Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-17 21:17:08 |
| Message-ID: | 10668.1105996628@sss.pgh.pa.us |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
"John Hansen" <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
>> Unfortunately no. The document that inspired me to adapt ARC for
>> PostgreSQL is from the USENIX File & Storage Technologies
>> Conference (FAST), March 31, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
> Ahemm,... Isn't the patent lodged on may 20, 2004, AFTER you read the document from the above conference?
No, the filing date was in 2002. I'm not sure what the May/04 date means;
possibly the date of the last activity in that patent file?
regards, tom lane
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Peter Eisentraut | 2005-01-17 21:21:36 | Re: [pgsql-ru-general] [HACKERS] Final call for translation updates |
| Previous Message | Andrew Dunstan | 2005-01-17 21:13:57 | Re: ARC patent |