* Thomas Fischbacher:

>> No, it isn't.  Berkeley DB offers much richer functionality, including
>> transactions and replication.
>
> However, crashes at unfortunate moments may lead to database
> corruption,

All my crashes could be traced back to operator error and faulty
hardware.  Berkeley DB has a very bad reputation when it comes to data
integrity and durability, but in my experience, this is simply not
true.

> plus the license is a bit strange.

It's a very simple, GPL-compatible copyleft license.  Pretty standard.