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List:       openoffice-discuss
Subject:    Re: [discuss] Database for OpenOffice
From:       Hermann Kienlein <hermann () kienlein ! com>
Date:       2002-03-17 8:46:14
Message-ID: 3C9457D6.59581A09 () kienlein ! com
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Sander Vesik schrieb:
> 
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 jens.oo@idealo.com wrote:
> 
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > > > After reading through several parts of the OpenOffice site, it appears
> > that
> > > > OpenOffice is not going to include the Adabas database engine in its work
> > > > (due to copyrights of Software AG).  Has anyone checked into using SAPDB
> > in
> > > > the OpenOffice distro?  SAPDB was originally Adabas code that SAP
> > purchased
> > > > from Software AG and then open sourced.
> >
> > I once asked the same question and got the answer that yes, they looked
> > at SAPDB. The main reason why it was dismissed were (if I remember
> > correctly):
> >
> > 1. SAPDB is very resource hungry (hard disk, ram), more then acceptable
> > for the small needs of the usual end user.
> 
> It is almost as big (source code wise) as the whole of OOo if not bigger,
> so I'm not sure how to go about including it. I'm not sure bundling
> something considerbaly smaller yet still quite full featured like
> PostgresQL (licence was also a plus last I looked) would in practice
> considearbly dis-advantage somebody. But I'd personaly much rather have it
> be something even smaller like say hsqldb and just integrate it really
> well...
> 
And It dont work on a machine where you have installed Adabas too, like
some
people you use both SO and OOo. And is as difficult to handle like
Adabas 
(for an end-user).


> > 2. it does not work on Win98
> >
> > > > Greg Miller
> >
> > Jens-Uwe
> >
> > PS:
> > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=122539&listName=discuss
> >
> 
>         Sander

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