eWeek: Sleepycat Upgrades Berkeley DB

“Sleepycat Software is rolling out an update of its Berkeley DB
open-source embedded database that’s geared to serve as a sturdy
base for Berkeley DB XML, the company’s first native XML data
store.

“Both Berkeley DB 4.2 and the general-availability release of
Berkeley DB XML will be out in June, said officials of the Lincoln,
Mass., company. The XML product was released to alpha late last
year and has been in beta with about 400 people for the past two
months.

“Berkeley DB 4.2 rolls up recent bug and scalability fixes and
also provides better performance on multiprocessor boxes, officials
said. The software features a new collections-based Java API. It
also includes documentation and support for a smaller compiled
version of the product’s library, for use in constricted
deployments such as cell phones…”

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