Hi John, >>It seems like Sun is wanting to use Derby as the DB engine for future >>Java products. I just wanted to bring it up in case of there is any >>change in tack from Sun management/engineer for the embedded java DB >>that OOo has in v2. > > Folks - any comment please?
OpenOffice.org's database engine is HSQLDB. The fact that OpenOffice.org is sponsored in large parts by Sun Microsystems doesn't mean that we now will switch to Derby. Honestly, I think we need to be *reliable* for our users, and changing a database engine with every few releases is something I wouldn't call "reliable". So, as much as I, as a Sun employee, consider this unfortunate to some extent (maybe if we would have known much earlier, the decision for our database engine would have been different - I don't know, I don't have solid opinion on Derby, yet), I don't see an immediate influence on OpenOffice.org Base. On the medium term, I could imagine that OpenOffice.org will improve on it's collaboration with Derby. On the long term, I could even imagine that OpenOffice.org could ship with Derby, or something like that. However, that's reading tea leaves. With OpenOffice.org 2.0 we decided to integrate HSQLDB, and I'm in *no* way eager to drop this and start from scratch with Derby. OpenOffice.org's database engine is HSQLDB, and will continue to be. Perhaps not for ever (I'm neither a politician nor an attorney, so you will never hear me saying "never" :), but assumedly for a time which allows you, the users, to be *reliant* on the product. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
