Yesterday, Slashdot profiled the new Open Office 2.0 BETA with what was referred to as an "Access-like application." That "Access-like application" is HSQLDB (misidentified as hSQL). Slashdot story: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/20/1517206&tid=185 First Review: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20293 "One noteworthy addition to this upcoming 2.0 OO.o release is the HSQL Embedded database engine a fast Java-based embedded database engine that once surprised everyone by beating IBM's Cloudscape (now also open sourced) and even C++ databases. Also included is a user friendly database application dubbed "OpenOffice Base" which allows you to effortlessly create both databases, queries and reports using helpful "wizards". Current 1.x versions of OpenOffice lack an embedded database and only the commercial StarOffice product includes one in the form of the bundled "Adabas D" licensed from Software AG, but even then such a friendly database front-end is missing from SO7." BETA Release Intro and download page: http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html Congratulations to the OO.o team and thank you for the vote of confidence in choosing HSQLDB as your database of choice. Interested HSQLDB developers and documentation writers, I'm sure, would be welcomed with "Open Office.org arms" should they with to help the OO.o effort by submitting documentation, suggested code snippets and templates and tips and tricks to the OO.o team. Michael J. Cannon dedmike Project Manager, hsqldb.org
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