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"tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us (Tom Lane)" wrote in pgsql.benchmarks:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Michael Dean wrote:
>> 
>>> Also keep in mind that CA released Ingre (forerunner to Postgre), IBM 
>>> released the improved code from Informix, and Borland firebird.  So 
>> 
>> What source code has IBM released?
> 
> Cloudscape, a pure-Java SQL database (though I'm not sure that that's
> what Michael meant).

    	Interesting.  Is it also free?

    	I've always thought that HSQLDB would be a good enough free 100% Java 
database engine for very small stand-alone projects.  Does CloudScape fit 
into this realm, or would you consider it to be a higher grade?

    	    	HSQLDB - 100% Java database
    	    	http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/