Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 6 > derby

Apache Debry started out its life as a Java database project called \"JBMS\" that was developed by a developed by a small start-up back in 1997 during the first \"dot com\" boom. That startup, called Cloudscape, was acquired by the Object Relational database vendor Informix, which in turn was acquired by IBM. IBM renamed the database after its original authors, Cloudscape and after adding a lot of functionality to it and using it in various projects, donated it to the Apache Software Foundation in 2004.