IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 13:27:50 -0400

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FYI

IBM Latest News about IBM is providing its Cloudscape relational
database software to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), an
open-source organization, hoping to spur innovation for Java Latest News
about Java applications for embedded databases.

IBM is contributing some half-million lines of the latest iteration of
Cloudscape, called "Derby," to Apache, which will oversee efforts to
establish the technology as an open-source database.

Collaboration Is Key

Derby is an embedded Java-based relational database with a relatively
small, two-megabyte footprint. It is targeted at developers creating
applications that do not require an enterprise-class database system,
such as small Web sites, point-of-sales systems and local registries.

"We want to increase activity among developers creating applications for
small businesses Latest News about small business and enterprise users,"
said Rod Smith, IBM's vice president of emerging technologies.
Cloudscape is integrated into a number of IBM software products, and is
a key component of the company's WebSphere Latest News about WebSphere
portfolio, he told NewsFactor.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T
"This is not just about opening the code; we want to work with the
open-source community in developing new applications," said Smith. IBM
expects to deliver a commercial version of Cloudscape in the near
future, he added, based on the same technology as the Apache code.

A Small Step

By releasing Cloudscape code, IBM wants to placate the open-source
community, which has called for Big Blue to increase its contributions
to developers working in the open, says Yankee Group analyst Dana Gardner.

"This gives Java developers a database they can extend and improve
through the open-source environment, but it won't change the
enterprise-software landscape," Gardner told NewsFactor, describing
Cloudscape as a residual product from IBM.

open source Latest News about open source and Web services, and that
would be a way to demonstrate their commitment," he argued.

IBM announced support for Derby from Linux distributors, including Red
Hat Latest News about Red Hat, Novell Latest News about Novell, SuSE
Latest News about SuSE, Turbolinux Latest News about Turbolinux and Red
Flag. In the coming weeks, the open-source code will be available for
download from Apache.org. Meanwhile, IBM is providing a binary copy of
the Derby code at www.developerworks.com.

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