Also because Oracle was kind of a dick (as usual) with the license after BDB 6.0.12. A lot of projects have switch away from BDB for that reason, others still

Also because Oracle was kind of a dick (as usual) with the license after BDB 6.0.12. A lot of projects have switch away from BDB for that reason, others still rely on BDB 5.3. Also, I kind of agree that BDB is a bit of a nightmare to work with.