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What do you think about FirebirdSQL.org?

January 17, 2008 Cantu 6 comments

Do you think that Firebird official site needs a facelift and be replaced with a new one, with a clear, professional attractive design? Please vote in our poll (look at the sidebar in the main page) and let us know.

A detailed explanation of the answers is:

No, it’s fine as is. – meaning that you are satisfied with the currently design and sections of the site.
Yes – meaning that a change would be welcome
Yes, for sure! – meaning that site *really needs* to be improved
Yes, and FB logo too – meaning that site needs to be improved, as well the Firebird official logo.

Note: Depending on the results (yes x no), a complete survey with detailed “requirements” for the changes will be built and put online.

PS: This poll is being promoted by FirebirdNews site. There are no guarantees that the people responsible for the currently firebirdsql site will do anything based on the poll results.

Sun, MySQL and the return of integrated solutions

January 17, 2008 Cantu Leave a comment

Post in ZDNet mentions Firebird. Check the excerpt from the full article:

There are many open source projects that offer respectable database technology including Axion, Firebird, MaxDB, PostgreSQL, Ingres and quite a number of others including an old friend, MUMPS (I was a software engineer at a company that created MUMPS-based solutions in the late Jurassic period)! If Sun tries to “squeeze” the users of MySQL, it is likely that these organizations will simply move to another platform and say goodbye to MySQL and Sun. Do you agree with my line of reasoning?