DNeb

Hope he's still lul'ing

Love the Princess Bride reference! I even read this in that character's voice (what was his name?)

My C++ brain must be getting too old -- head is swimming :( From all the talk, these must be very useful, but I don't understand why? Why not just use an object?

Agreed. And the database can grow surprisingly large (multi GB with many millions of rows) and it still performs quite well.

Sad to watch them try to send another guy to jail for what they did. "No honor among thieves" came to mind.

I was hoping they really did it just to show how rediculous the patent situation has gotten.

Astounding. How long do we little people sit around and take this? How much more egregious do things have to get before we say enough?