No, it's all right. In fact, I believe my boss spoke to Bruce about this idea in August. But I have permission to discuss the algorithm. I may even be able to get the code, but to be honest, it isn't that much; it would probably be just as easy for it to be re-written as it would be to fit it into Postgres.
Mike Pollard SUPRA Server SQL Engineering and Support Cincom Systems, Inc. -------------------------------- Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln -----Original Message----- From: Simon Riggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:23 PM To: Pollard, Mike Cc: Qingqing Zhou; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] ice-broker scan thread On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 09:45 -0500, Pollard, Mike wrote: > I've implemented this on another database product You're scaring me. Is the information you describe in the public domain or is it intellectual property of any particular company? Are you sure? We just recovered from one patent scare. Good to have you around though, if we're covered. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster