Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>
> >> Well that is not what I started this thread as. I started this thread
> >> about Software Patents.
> >
> >
> > But isnt' the big issue against software patents right now more a case
> > of "a few bad eggs spoiling it for everyone" then anything? Are *all*
> > software patents out there evil?
>
> I have yet to see a software patent that is valid. That doesn't
> mean that they are not out there but everyone that I have seen is
> ridiculous. Prior art is rampant in the software industry.
>
> We are not building an artificial heart here, we are building a database
> and databases have been around for decades.
Well, ARC seems like a new database idea, at least in the past few
years. Are you saying ARC is either "ridiculous" or has prior art? I
know 2Q is similar, but not identical, and ARC does have some small
improvements over it.
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