PointBase
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PointBase is relational database management system (RDBMS) written in the Java programming language.
History
In 1998, Bruce Scott, a co-founder of the Oracle Corporation (with Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates), started PointBase Inc. with Jeff Richey (an architect of Sybase) and Daren Race. It was written in pure Java, supported DCOM and CORBA, and was an object–relational database. It was designed to integrate the internet and databases. PointBase Inc. was established in San Mateo, California, then moved to Mountain View, California. Like Java, PointBase was aimed at portable devices.
In the early 2000s, it was the database that was shipped for free with the Java platform.{{Cite web |last=Azul |date=2023-08-01 |title=The Checkered History of Oracle Java Pricing |url=https://www.azul.com/blog/the-checkered-history-of-oracle-java-pricing/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Azul {{!}} Better Java Performance, Superior Java Support |language=en-US}}
In 2003, the database was acquired by DataMirror of Markham, Ontario.
In September 2007, IBM acquired DataMirror.{{cite news|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/IBM-Grabs-DataMirror-Technology/|title=IBM Grabs DataMirror Technology|last=Prince|first=Brian|date=16 July 2007|work=eWeek|accessdate=12 May 2011}}
Today (2012) PointBase's SQL Engine is part of Oracle's WebLogic platform.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=PointBase - Company Profile - Tracxn |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pointbase/__JFzLiF8-wtASHUIU6OFEQ_s2PLgE0pVGwiYASOnlhG4 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=tracxn.com |language=en}}
Applications
It has been shipped with the Oracle WebLogic Server, a Java EE server.
PointBase is supported only for the design, development, and verification of applications; it is not supported for enterprise-quality deployment. The evaluation license of PointBase has a database size limit of 30 MB.{{Cite web |title=Using PointBase |url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13218_01/wlp/docs92/db/pointbase.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=docs.oracle.com}}
=Versions=
- PointBase Server Edition
- PointBase Mobile Edition
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www2.sys-con.com/itsg/virtualcd/java/archives/0406/davison/index.html History of PointBase]
- [http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~nn/csc309/guide/pointbase/docs/html/htmlfiles/pbsystemTOC.html Guide to PointBase]
- [http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13218_01/wlp/docs92/db/pointbase.html Oracle BEA WebLogic Pointbase Reference]
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Category:Java (programming language) software