Cloudscape Gains Momentum

A reader writes: "There's been a lot of bits written recently about the growth of Open Source databases; as well as IBM's patent gift, as their release of the Java database Cloudscape. There's a contest running on SourceForge.net around Cloudscape; download and run with it." SF.net is part of OSTG, like Slashdot.

Comments

Java database ?

[Anonymous Coward]

wouldn't it be quicker to print your data on paper and sort it by hand ?

Spelling mistake in submission

[Anonymous Coward]

The submitter mispelt 'cynical ploy' as 'patent gift', wake up editors.

Re:Spelling mistake in submission

[mabinogi]

no, he misspelt "misspelt".

Java zealot's response

[Anonymous Coward]

No, no, no, you get it all wrong.

Java is now no longer a technology to add bullshit to webbrowsers.

It is a mature (so says Sun), fast (so says Sun) and memory-conservative (so says Sun) platform which is platform-independent (so says Sun).

It is used in major companies and organizations for mission-critical and user-centric applications which leverage the power of the human resources and empower an increasi in return-on-investment.

Do you want to imply that the CEOs and CTOs of most major companies are *gasp* fucking clueless XP-wieners? I'm sure this would come as a big surprise to all of us.

Re:As usual

[Anonymous Coward]

No, the contest creators are agreeing that Quebec should be its own country. You should be proud.

Arrrrghh!

[Moe Yerca]

You bastards! Thanks for cutting my chances of winning an iPod down 100x.

Re:2 points you are wrong on.

[Anonymous Coward]

Java VM's can out-perform cpp over n cycles, where n is sufficient to overcome Java start times (seconds)

Yes, and a well-supplied tortoise can out-distance a rocket over n years, where n is much longer than the rocket's burn time :/

Re:I've written a review of this

[Oliver Aaltonen]

You probably want to use the text-only cached link, since the one you gave still grabs files from your web server (images, stylesheets, etc.).