On Friday 09 September 2005 12:49, Raji Sridar wrote: First take what I say with a grain of Salt.... You're asking a Derby list so you're going to get a positive and biased response. The short answer is yes.
> Hello Derby Users, > > I recently subscribed to this group. > We are evaluating a open source database for a windows based network > management product for the commercial market. > The criteria is to have zero cost, zero admin, small footprint, with max > reliability and good support availability. Derby is really your only option. With respect to other alternatives, I don't believe MySQL is "free" if you're going to embed it in an app for resale. Of all of the "free" RDBMSs, Derby has the smallest footprint, and since its a derivative of Cloudscape, its already been used and proven in the type of application that you're attempting to build. You could use PostGress, but again, you're getting a lot of additional features that you really don't need or want. The only caveat is your "good support" criteria. "Good Support" is relative. You get what you pay for... > We are looking the ability to prototype and develop fast - hence > planning to use Hibernate in conjunction with Derby. > We are not looking for database features like client-server, redundancy, > replication, high availability, 2-phase commit..... > For these criteria, do you agree that Derby is the best choice? > Please give your opinions and suggestions - I appreciate and value your > opinions. > > Sincerely, > Raji As I said, you're going to get a biased response. I like others are looking at Derby from a similar perspective. The only drawback is that Derby is under GPL. So as long as you follow GPL's rules, you're ok. -- Michael Segel Principal MSCC (312) 952-8175
