Great progress has been made with the integration between HSQLDB and OpenOffice.org, and I seriously believe that with version 2.0, OpenOffice.org will finally have a powerful integrated database for all-day use. This is thanks to the HSQLDB project, and in particular thanks to Fred Toussi, who dedicated a lot of voluntary time to this project, and significantly pushed it by fixing bugs and implementing wanted features.
I want to take the opportunity to renew the below call. There's still work to be done on both sides, and while the OpenOffice.org part is sponsored by Sun, there's no such patron for HSQLDB itself. So, if you'd consider visiting http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/web/openoffice.html and donating, this would be for the benefit of both the HSQLDB and the OpenOffice.org project. Regards Frank Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems, Inc. wrote: > Over the last months, we have worked on providing OpenOffice.org Base > with a built-in database engine, namely HSQLDB. > > This required work in OpenOffice.org's code, and *substantial* work in > HSQLDB code - more than we originally estimated. It's definately true > that without the invaluable, voluntary help of the HSQLDB project > maintainer, Fred Toussi, we would not have reached the current status, > by far. In addition, there's still some work to be done, and some > desired features to be implemented. > > While OpenOffice.org work is paid by the project sponsor's, in > particular Sun Microsystems, Inc., there is no such funding available > for the HSQLDB project. > > If you want to support the HSQLDB integration in OpenOffice.org, and > help to ensure that OpenOffice.org gets a compelling, powerful database > engine, making it the ultimate open source office suite database > solution available, please consider donating to the HSQLDB project: > > Visit > > http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/web/openoffice.html > > and learn what you can do to help making this integration a success! > > > While we, as the core OpenOffice.org project, have - with Sun > Microsystems, Inc. - a major sponsor paying a lot of our bills (e.g. the > hosting at collab.net, and the majority of active core developers), not > every open source project is equally lucky. Since "open source" does not > automatically imply "free beer", I definately believe that the approach > chosen by the HSQLDB project is worth your consideration! > > Even if you can't help by donating, please spread the word about the > above site, so others with an equally large interest in the HSQLDB > integration know about it. > > Thank you, and Regards > -- - 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]
