Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Ansley, Michael" <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za>, "'PostgreSQL-development '" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source
Date: 2000-01-04 21:07:41
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0001041707100.18498-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Don Baccus wrote:

> At 02:53 PM 1/4/00 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Great. Rumour has it there is some HOT transaction code in there, among
> >> other things.
>
> >We may find that that HOT transaction code is the same as our
> >transaction code, which I guess would mean ours is HOT too.
>
> (redundant, but what the heck)
>
> Their "multi-generational" concurrency control sure sounds just like
> MVCC.

I wonder when they implemented theirs? Basically...is their's based on
old technology/concepts, while ours is based on newer ones?

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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