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From: jrg@doc.ic.ac.uk (James Robert Grinter)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Rushmore Query Optimization in FoxPro 2.0
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Date: 28 Jun 91 08:49:00 GMT
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In article <91178.110048RMC100@psuvm.psu.edu> RMC100@psuvm.psu.edu (Randy Carraghan) writes:
>I'm not a FoxPro user, but I was interested in finding out more about the
>Rushmore Query Optimization they plan to use in release 2.0 of their product.
>The advertisement I read said that a patent had been applied for - does this

Surely, when a patent is applied for, they have to submit details so that
ANYONE can see how it is done.  Just wander along to the patent office and have
a look.  At least that is the way it works in the UK.

>mean that other databases would have to license the technology from FoxBase?
>The claim was that many queries could be performed one to two orders of
>magnitude faster with the Rushmore algorithms.  Are these algorithms
>available in publication?  I'd like to see some of the techniques used to
>fulfill the SQL queries.
>
>Thanks in advance for any information...
>
>Randy


James

disclaimer: I'm not a patent lawyer, and I'm not entirely sure of the US patent
processes (is anybody? :-))


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