OpenOffice 2.0

[Werner Punz]

Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:

> think the new database component is built on Java.
> 
You are right, OpenOffice usese HypersonicSQL a database which
basically originally was developed as a plain java solution
which can be embedded into other java apps.
It is not the worst database out there (although also not the best, 
which still in my opinion is postgresql, giving the huge variety of OSS 
databases)

Why they chose hypersonic over others still is somewhat a miracle to me, 
does not really fit to the project itself.
HSQL would be the typical choice for having an embedded DB in a java 
server, but under this circumstances postgres or firebird definitely 
would have been more suitable.