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Sybase Lawsuit Against Vertica

Sybase has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against
Vertica. Sybase's patent on the "organization of the
columnar structure to support decision support systems" is
10 years old and is in force until 2018. The lawsuit was
filed in January of this year. The pending litigation will
make it impossible for Vertica to indemnify their
prospective customers against lawsuit in their software
license agreements. This is a major development that may
have an impact on all vendors pushing the columnar
approach. The columnar approach has been around since
the 70's Is there something inherent to this technique that
makes it difficult for the vendors to differentiate or is
Sybase's patent too broad?

Posted by: BillWalters001   Posted on: 07/10/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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