Thread: Re: Web Development with Database

Jim,

> I've been having very good results using Enhydra (see
> http://www.enhydra.org, or
> specifically for the open source version,
> http://enhydra.enhydra.org).  This
> uses JDBC.

Unfortunately, Lutris just CLOSED the source for the Enhydra project
according to the news.  The open-source version will cease to be
available, if it has not already.  Quite a few people are justifiably
pissed at Lutris for this.

-Josh

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Hi Josh,

No, not exactly true.  They closed the source for the *enterprise* (J2EE)
edition -- which AFAIK had never been approved for production use in the first
place -- due to Sun's licensing restrictions.

Enhydra Classic (see the second URL in my original post) is still open source,
and Lutris has emphasized that it will continue to be so.  See the interview
with Lutris' president Yancy Lind on JDJ, particularly the last two sentences on
this page:
http://www.sys-con.com/java/article2a.cfm?id=1182&count=9258&tot=8&page=7.  The
beginning of the article including the interview is at
http://www.sys-con.com/java/article.cfm?id=1182.

IMHO, Enhydra Classic remains a very nice alternative to use with Postgresql.

Regards,
Jim
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Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> > I've been having very good results using Enhydra (see
> > http://www.enhydra.org, or
> > specifically for the open source version,
> > http://enhydra.enhydra.org).  This
> > uses JDBC.
>
> Unfortunately, Lutris just CLOSED the source for the Enhydra project
> according to the news.  The open-source version will cease to be
> available, if it has not already.  Quite a few people are justifiably
> pissed at Lutris for this.
>
> -Josh
>
> ______AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS___________________________
>                                        Josh Berkus
>   Complete information technology      josh@agliodbs.com
>    and data management solutions       (415) 565-7293
>   for law firms, small businesses        fax 621-2533
>     and non-profit organizations.      San Francisco

Jim,

> No, not exactly true.  They closed the source for the *enterprise*
> (J2EE)
> edition -- which AFAIK had never been approved for production use in
> the first
> place -- due to Sun's licensing restrictions.

FYI, according to Sun there is no such restriction and they never had
any conversations with Lutris regarding the enterprise edition one way
or the other.  But that, I think, is a discussion for the online
editorials.

> Enhydra Classic (see the second URL in my original post) is still
> open source,
> and Lutris has emphasized that it will continue to be so.

Great!   I'm glad to know that.  After reading two LinuxJournal articles
about Enhydra, I was dissappointed to hear that it would be unavailable.

-Josh

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