This is another very interesting Java database: http://www.mckoi.com/database/
It seems to be able to handle bigger databases than HypersonicSQL. Although it is GPL, maybe there is something to learn from it. Have fun, Paulo Gaspar http://www.krankikom.de http://www.ruhronline.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:30 AM > > Paul Hammant wrote: > > > > Stefano, > > > > >What about asking the Hypersonic folks to donate the code to the ASF > > >first? > > > > > >I was thinking about that the other day now that the deal with > the dbXML > > >folks is done: we'll have a native XML database under > xml.apache.org and > > >was thinking about the missing RDBMS software and hypersonic seemed to > > >me a good starting point. > > > > > >It might be a good thing to try with them first and if they reject the > > >deal, I think it's a good thing to incubate it here or over > > >jakarta-commons. > > > > > An idea. I am a committer on that project too > > Oh, gosh, sorry, I didn't know that. > > > and my feeling is that it's direction is not one to change. > > Ok, perceptions from the inside are a very good thing and I trust you on > that. > > > I've already adapted Hypersonic to > > be a "second class" phoenix block, but being close to the code recognise > > it needs a massive refactoring. > > I sure understand that. The design patterns that make up Avalon are > useful only if applied since the beginning of the software design, > otherwise, they look more messy than elegant and do more harm than good. > > > The main issue is that the original > > team dispanded and lost interest. The new team is carrying on, but I > > think there is a license issue. Copyright holders can reassign, but I > > think it would be difficult to contact all contributors. > > Good point, besides, if you say the community is undergoing a transition > and the code needs massive refactoring, there's no point in doing this. > > So, you have my +1 to start this RDBMS project overhere (even if I think > I lost my developer status on this project :) > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>