Re: Compaq launches Open SSI Cluster Projects

[Peter Badovinatz <tabmowzo@yahoo.com>]

--- Lyle Bickley <lbickley@bickleywest.com> wrote:
<snip>
> 
> Again, I'll have to look at the code - but "typically" all clustering
> dealing with HA fault domains must have "heartbeat".  As I recollect
> from some of my earlier IP work, HP and Tandem hold the original patents
> on "heartbeat".
> 
Lyle,

Could you expand on this point about HP and Tandem holding original patents on
'heartbeat'?  Do you know the patent numbers, or are there more specifics you
could provide?  There are many implementations of "heartbeat", including one
very notable Open Source one ;) and I'd be quite curious to understand what
these patents may cover.

> ---- snip ---- snip ----
>  
> Cheers,
> Lyle
> 
> -- 
> Lyle Bickley             | Bickley Consulting West Inc.
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> 

Peter


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