Apache Derby a fosil or a real option for database ?
Apache Derby Currently this blog is on a software/infra/solutions architecture era in which questions such as "is this db good for me" or "is this OS easy enough for handling this or that" kind of questions arrise every week. So today is not the exception, so we are questioning is Derby something we should use ? and of course this question comes from the base of the blog philosofi itself that is we need to be aware of every technology that could exist as software engineers since we dont know what a legacy system might be written on, of course I feel the need to check about Apache Derby. Before going deeper I need to show tell you, this technology is no longer the standars but it appears on most legacy or long live java applications/servers and God knows where else(proabably washing machines) , so if you arrived here I would assume you are probably looking for alternatives or just want to wash out your frustation. And yes please use something else as this DB is no ...