On 5/17/06, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> wrote:
> Clever idea, pity we can't use it (what's the bet it's patented?). I'd
> wager anything beyond simple compression is patented by someone.
Oracle's patent application 20040054858 covers the method itself
including the process for storing and retrieving compressed data.
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