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Cloudscape Gains Momentum

Posted by Hemos on from the ibms-big-move dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Java database ? by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hey, I like Java as much as anyone, but if you're looking for a fast, multi-platform, zero-administration database be sure to check out SQL Anywhere Studio. The Developer Edition is completely free and runs on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Netware and most flavors of Windows, including CE/PocketPC. See the description of what's in SQL Anywhere Studio for details. (Note that some of you may remember SQL Anywhere as Watcom SQL.)

    Eric
    Listen, folks: JavaScript is NOT Java!
  2. I've written a review of this by Simon+Brooke · · Score: 5, Informative

    As it happens I've already written a review of cloudscape; the google cache of it is here.

    Brief summary: get the Apache version; reasonably full SQL92 syntax; performance OK; a bit lacking on security.

    --
    I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.
  3. Re:Wrong language, wrong thing. by EkkiEkkiShiwaddle · · Score: 5, Informative
    There are lots of things that Java is perfectly suited for. Databases are not one of those things.

    I'm a Java developer, and have been almost from the very start of Java. While I tend to agree with you at first, I would like to point out some benefits of using Cloudscape.

    Over the years I've had a few (small, hobby) projects, where I really felt the need for a database which did not need to be fast nor did it need to be huge. So I tried Cloudscape. And while it isn't the fastest around, it gets the job done.

    The easiest part is that you can just bundle it with your application, without writing a single line of code!

    I've tried MySQL, but I still need to install it prior to being able to run my application - no need for that with Cloudscape.

    But, granted, it is not the fastest out there. If I need a *real* database, I just use Oracle.