Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft - Mailing list pgsql-benchmarks

"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/