Goodbye, Derby. I will miss you. We used to be such close friends, but we kind of lost touch the last couple of years since I semi-retired. Thanks to Rick and the gang for such a great product.
_________________________________________ John I. Moore, Jr. -----Original Message----- From: John English <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 9:13 AM To: Rick Hillegas <[email protected]>; Derby Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Retiring Derby On 24/09/2025 01:59, Rick Hillegas wrote: > Java 8 was the last Oracle LTS release which bundled Derby as JavaDB. > Later on, JavaDB was removed from Oracle Java 8 and Java 7 according > to this page: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javadb.html > MySQL became Oracle's preferred open source database. Amazing, considering what a pile of crap MySQL is: complicated to configure, lacking in features... I use Derby on several long-running projects and will continue to do so, whatever happens. It's simple, reliable, has a full set of SQL features, and supports Java functions for useful extensions (e.g. string matching uses regexes, special-purpose formatting, ...). Perfect, from my pov. Oh well. Sic transit gloria Derby. So long, and thanks for all the fish... -- John English -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com
