Startup time for Derby

[David Van Couvering]

I am here at OSCON and a user of Derby was complaining rather 
energetically to me at the cost of startup time for Derby.  He said this 
is a real problem for running unit tests, as this is compounded by 
running multiple tests, each one starting up a new database.

I was wondering if other users out there have a similar complaint and if 
you can give a sense of how important this is.  If you can describe your 
specific usage pattern that would be very helpful.

Thanks!

David