Comments on: Sun floats open-source database idea

Such a move could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.
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[dargon19888]

Don't discount Cloudscape

Sure Cloudscape is owned by IBM, but its now open sourced.
Cloudscape is a general purpose DB, albiet a Java DB which would be perfect for Sun.

Keep in mind, it will allow Sun to offer something that will not **** off Larry. ;-)

[David Arbogast]

Cloudscape?

If IBM created Cloudscape and released it to the OpenSource community, how do you think they compare it to their commercial DB2 product? Why would they give away a product that can compete with DB2? Why should we not discount a redundant product from IBM that was never intended to generate profits? Have you seen the Derby perfermance statistics? Besides Derby/Cloudscape are tied directly to Java. It is not a product that has the wide-reaching market of Oracle or MSSQL, or even MySQL. It sounds to me like it needs a Java environment just to exist, so it will never be able to compete at the same level as more common db systems.

No Thanks - Already have PostgreSQL

Which is free and covers the bases. If things outgrow
PostgreSQL, there's always Oracle. But this adds nothing that
developers don't already have.

Why not upgrade to FSP instead?

You write "If things outgrow PostgreSQL, there's always Oracle."

Perhaps a better upgrade path would be to FSP (Fujitsu Supported PostgreSQL)
http://fastware.com.au/docs/FujitsuSupportedPostgreSQLWhitePaper.pdf
which I believe has Fujitsu's extremely scalable "Extened Storage Manager"(ESM) to provide extremely heavy I/O, many-way SMP, etc; with PostgreSQL's parser,planner and executor for SQL compatability.

Another option - One$DB as Sun DB

Heres why:

- It fulfils all criteria

- Is licensed under the LGPL ----> free for free as well as commercial apps

- Its in Java (also J2EE certified)

Have a look at:
http://www.daffodildb.com/one-dollar-db.html

Cheers,
Ladi