Java DB (or Derby) will appear in several Sun products and NetBeans IDE 5.0 will have a Derby (or Java DB) plugin.

So, now we're going to have IBM's Cloudscape vs. Sun's Java DB vs. Apache Derby. Confusing? Chaotic? Not really. The three are really the same piece of software. It's just a matter of branding, packagin and support.

And as a developer I really don't care that much as long as I'm able to work with great people in the Derby community and make a great product: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet." - Shakespeare

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