Re: Future of McKoi?

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The software I worked on that had a McKoi database (implemented prior to my
arrival) had many problems. Its data got corrupted often; I am surprised to
hear you say you've never even had a hiccup.

Alex

On Jan 28, 2008 3:57 PM, M. A. Sridhar <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am interested in the Mckoi database because I think it has been the best
> one I've seen among all the pure Java databases I've evaluated. I have tried
> pointbase, h2, hsqldb and cloudscape/derby, in the context of a fairly large
> CRM app I have been involved with. Each had its own set of issues. Pointbase
> wasn't as fast, nor was cloudscape or h2 (at the time I tested them -- a few
> years ago). hsqldb was actually quite a bit faster, but I seem to recall
> that it wasn't supporting transactions properly. I even tried sqlite, but
> there were some issues with blob support in its JDBC driver.
>
> By contrast, I've had Mckoi deployed in production for quite a while now,
> and never had a hiccup -- no data corruptions, no management headaches,
> nothing. It just works. So it be a real pity to see this project die.
>
> Regards.
>
> M. A. Sridhar
> m_a_sridhar at yahoo dot com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alexander Finger <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:29:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Future of McKoi?
>
> do not bother with mckoi. Check out Derby instead.
>
> On 1/26/08, Alex Molochnikov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Is McKoi database still actively developed and supported? The last
> release
> > was made 3.5 years ago...
> >
>
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The software I worked on that had a McKoi database (implemented prior to my arrival) had many problems. Its data got corrupted often; I am surprised to hear you say you&#39;ve never even had a hiccup.<br><br>Alex<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Jan 28, 2008 3:57 PM, M. A. Sridhar &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">I am interested in the Mckoi database because I think it has been the best one I&#39;ve seen among all the pure Java databases I&#39;ve evaluated. I have tried pointbase, h2, hsqldb and cloudscape/derby, in the context of a fairly large CRM app I have been involved with. Each had its own set of issues. Pointbase wasn&#39;t as fast, nor was cloudscape or h2 (at the time I tested them -- a few years ago). hsqldb was actually quite a bit faster, but I seem to recall that it wasn&#39;t supporting transactions properly. I even tried sqlite, but there were some issues with blob support in its JDBC driver.<br>
<br>By contrast, I&#39;ve had Mckoi deployed in production for quite a while now, and never had a hiccup -- no data corruptions, no management headaches, nothing. It just works. So it be a real pity to see this project
 die.<br><br>Regards.<br><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(200, 200, 200); font-size: 92%; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 400px; padding-top: 4px;">M. A. Sridhar <br><code style="font-size: 92%;">m_a_sridhar at yahoo dot com</code></div>
<div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="Ih2E3d">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Alexander Finger &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
To: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:29:53 PM<br>Subject: Re: Future of McKoi?<br><br>
do not bother with mckoi. Check out Derby instead.<br><br>On 1/26/08, Alex Molochnikov &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; Is McKoi database still actively developed and supported? The last
 release<br>&gt; was made 3.5 years ago...<br>&gt;<br><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Mckoi SQL Database mailing list&nbsp; <a href="http://www.mckoi.com/database/" target="_blank">http://www.mckoi.com/database/</a><br>
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