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Why IBM Open Sourced Cloudscape

Posted by timothy on from the it-just-verbed-right dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A common and a consistent framework for accessing information enables developers to do more things with more people more often. This article shares how Derby fits into IBM's developer strategy, the Java application stack, its intention to drive more innovation around Java on Linux, and why they want to make the Derby database become as ubiquitous as the Apache HTTP server." (Derby is the new name for the project based on the formerly commercial Cloudscape database.)

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  1. Let me guess... by farmhick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Another cert I am going to be pressured into acquiring to show how much stuff I have learned, rather than just learning it and using it.

    I know it probably isn't going to come to that, but I am about to restart upgrading my NT 4 MCSE to Win2003, so it's on my mind.

    I even wonder if I should retake the SAT exam to see if I can do better than when I was in high school.

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    I have to stop wasting so much time reading Slashdot. It's interfering with my crystal meth addiction.
  2. The real reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its the worst reason ever!

  3. do more things with more people more often by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do more things with more people more often

    Sounds kinky.