> Mark,
>
> First off, I'm going to request that you (and other people) stop hijacking
> Simon's thread on hypothetical indexes. Hijacking threads is an
> effective way to get your ideas rejected out of hand, just because the
> people whose thread you hijacked are angry with you.
>
> So please observe the thread split, thanks.
>
>> Well, if it would get rejected if it looked like Oracle, assuming you
>> would probably be one of the people rejecting it, what do you envision
>> as not being rejected?
>
> Something "better than Oracle".
>
> Since you're the one who wants hints, that's kind of up to you to define.
> Write a specification and make a proposal.
>
What is the point of writing a proposal if there is a threat of "will be
rejected" if one of the people who would do the rejection doesn't at least
outline what would be acceptable?