Re: Object-oriented Databases
Ashley Aitken <[email protected]>
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Oh ... and one more thing: OODBMSs seem to fall into two camps: 1. Heavyweight OODBMSs Old school OODBMSs Trying to be the "Oracle's" of OODBMSs Trying to do the SQL of OODBMSs Expensive Not selling well Looking for niches (e.g. media databases) E.g. Ontos, O2, Cache, Objectivity, ... 2. Lightweight OODBMSs New school OODBMSs A new and simpler approach to OODBMS Less baggage (from SQL etc.) Free and open source or cheap Generating quite a bit of interest E.g. DB40, ObjectDB, ... In particular, checkout <http://www.db4o.com> Cheers, Ashley. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)