I have been a user of BerkeleyDB prior to the Oracle buyout of the
Sleepycat company, going back ~4 years. At this point, it appears
that Oracle's plans for BerkeleyDB are a valid concern.
I work for a company which has products that compete with some of
Oracle's business products. One of our products uses BerkeleyDB. The
Oracle business salespeople have taken to the tactic of undermining
our product by indicating that BerkeleyDB is inferior technology, and
unreliable. Hence our product is unreliable. They are sowing fear &
doubt about BerkeleyDB. It wouldn't surprise me if the people in
charge of BerkeleyDB at Oracle were surprised by this.
If this trend is likely, then it does seem as if any commercial use of
BerkeleyDB is probably unwise. I wanted to pass this experience along
to the general public.
