Linked by Andrew Youll on Tue 5th Jul 2005 16:46 UTC, submitted by HSQLDB 1.8.0 Released
HSQLDB is the leading SQL relational database engine written in Java. It has a JDBC driver and supports a rich subset of ANSI-92 SQL (BNF tree format) plus SQL 99 and 2003 enhancements. It offers a small (less than 100k in one version for applets), fast database engine which offers both in-memory and disk-based tables and supports embedded and server modes. 
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Well, what kind of GUI are you talking about? Yes there is a GUI for it, but it is rather trivial. I would suggest using SQuirrel SQL Client - http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net . You can view table structure, run sql queries and all that stuff with all jdbc drivers.
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As for the comment about 'M$ ruling the desktop', I take it that you haven't done any real enterprise application development; Access really doesn't come into play in those areas.
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But, again, try that client, it works great. I haven't used version 2 yet, but I have been using 1.x for years.