Cloudscape Gains Momentum 139
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.
Eh.. (Score:2, Insightful)
marketing?
Wrong language, wrong thing. (Score:3, Insightful)
Isn't that a little bit like writing a Fast Fourier Transform [wolfram.com] in LISP?
There are lots of things that Java is perfectly suited for. Databases are not one of those things.
Re:Wrong language, wrong thing. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Wrong language, wrong thing. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Wrong language, wrong thing. (Score:2, Insightful)
Funny, I remember the 'it's too slow' argument being used against C++ 20 years ago.
But that is not embeddable (Score:5, Insightful)
Embedding a database in an application can be very useful, such as in a desktop GUI where you cannot rely on network communication or maybe don't want to bother with a client/server environment.
I'd certainly consider Java/Cloudscape for a desktop db-backed application over anything built in Access.
As always, fit the tool to the job, not the job to the tool.
Re:Here is a swell idea! (Score:2, Insightful)