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CNET News: IBM to Make Java Database Open Source

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create
an open-source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java
database, CNET News.com has learned.

“In conjunction with the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo next
week, Big Blue is expected to detail the open-source initiative,
code-named Derby, according to a source familiar with IBM’s plans.
The software will be governed by the open-source Apache Software
License and stewarded by the Apache Software Foundation, the source
said…”


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