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Sleepycat Software, Inc.
Company typePrivate company
IndustryComputer software
GenreDatabase software
Founded1997
FounderMargo SeltzerandKeith Bostic
Defunct2006
FateAcquired
SuccessorOracle Corporation
Headquarters
Lincoln, Massachusetts
,
U.S.
Key people
Michael Olson(CEO)
ProductsBerkeley DB

Sleepycat Software, Inc.was thesoftware companyprimarily responsible for maintaining theBerkeley DBpackages from 1996 to 2006.[1]

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Berkeley DBisfreely-licenseddatabase softwareoriginally developed at theUniversity of California, Berkeleyfor4.4BSD Unix.Developers from that project founded Sleepycat in 1996 to provide commercial support after a request byNetscapeto provide new features in the software.[2]In February 2006, Sleepycat was acquired byOracle Corporation,which continued developing Berkeley DB.[3]

The founders of the company were spousesMargo SeltzerandKeith Bostic,who are also original authors of Berkeley DB. Another original author, Michael Olson, was the President and CEO of Sleepycat. They were all atUniversity of California, Berkeley,where they developed the software that grew to become Berkeley DB. Sleepycat was originally based inCarlisle, Massachusetts[4]and moved toLincoln, Massachusetts.[5]

Sleepycat distributed Berkeley DB under aproprietary softwarelicense that included standard commercial features, and simultaneously under the newly created Sleepycat License, which allowsopen sourceuse and distribution of Berkeley DB with acopyleftredistribution condition similar to theGNU General Public License.[2]

Sleepycat had offices inCalifornia,Massachusettsand theUnited Kingdom,and was profitable during its entire existence.[6]

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References

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  1. ^Fowler, Adam (2015).NoSQL For Dummies.John Wiley & Sons. p. 125.ISBN9781118905623.
  2. ^abBrunelli, Mark (March 28, 2005)."A Berkeley DB primer".Enterprise Linux News.Archived fromthe originalon 2008-09-06.Retrieved2009-04-28.
  3. ^Babcock, Charles (February 14, 2006)."Oracle Buys Sleepycat, Is JBoss Next?".InformationWeek.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-05-15.Retrieved2007-01-17.
  4. ^"The Sleepycat Software Contact Page".Carlisle, Massachusetts:Sleepycat Software, Inc. 1997-05-12. Archived fromthe originalon 1997-12-10.Retrieved2010-04-14.
  5. ^"The Sleepycat Software Contact Page".Lincoln, Massachusetts:Sleepycat Software, Inc. 2000-06-08. Archived fromthe originalon 2000-12-05.Retrieved2010-04-14.
  6. ^"About Sleepycat"(PDF).Lincoln, Massachusetts:Sleepycat Software, Inc. 2006-01-04. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2006-03-15.
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