internetnews.com: Java Wakes Up Sleepycat

“Sleepycat Software is seeing value in the Java brand. So much
so that it released a new version of its database software, which
is written in pure Java.

“Based on a write-once, append-only log architecture, the
company’s Berkeley DB Java Edition is significant for Sleepycat in
that it keeps them competitive with other database vendors like
IBM, Oracle, Microsoft and MySQL. The software is available for
download now from Sleepycat under a dual-license structure.

“‘We saw a need in the market for a pure Java version of
Berkeley DB database, driven by the need for portability and ease
of development,’ said Sleepycat president and CEO Mike Olson.
‘We’ve had over four thousand downloads of Java Edition already,
and we are very pleased to see such high customer interest in our
new product…'”

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