Report of the 4th Firebird Developers Day
The report for the 4th FDD edition is now on-line in portuguese and english. You can check some pictures of the conference.
Author: Cantu
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Firebird Developers Day – tomorrow – in Brazil
Tomorrow the 4th edition of Firebird Developers Day will happen in Brazil, with the presence of almost 600 people, and many international speakers. See all information about the conference at the official site: www.FirebirdDevelopersDay.com.br
Running two or more versions of Firebird simultaneously under Windows
Paul Reeves guide for running two or more versions of Firebird server in the same machine is now available here.
“Firebird does not currently support running multiple instances as Windows services. This fetaure will come with V2.1. However, secondary instances may be run as applications. Here is how to proceed…”
Another Major Sponsor: Red Soft Corporation
From Firebird Foundation blog:
Today Vadim Schchepinov, CEO of Red Soft Corporation, a company developing applications over Firebird databases for companies and government agencies in Russia, announced that his company would commit to sponsorship at Silver band or higher, with an indication of intent to assist the Foundation over any cash flow problems that might arise in the current year. We will try to provide more detail after the AGM and before the start of the general meeting next month to discuss Firebird’s future management and funding arrangements.
AGM Next Week
From Firebird Foundation blog:
Another reminder to members that our Annual General Meeting will start next Tuesday, June 26, at noon GMT. The Agenda is being assembled: you can watch its development by going to the Foundation’s main page and clicking on the AGM logo near the top.
New Silver Sponsor: Apolo Ingenieria
From Firebird Foundation blog:
Our newest corporate member, Apolo Ingenieria, of Colombia, yesterday became a Bronze sponsor and today advanced its contribution to Silver sponsorship. C.E.O. Herman Freddy H.O. said “I am much satisfied by Firebird, I hope to have soon my products with Firebird.” That’s what we need to hear!
Firebird Embedded SQL Programming Guide updated
For those that are interested, the Firebird Embedded SQL guide for RM/Cobol has been updated to include event handling. You can find the guide in either HTML or PDF formats here.
Posted in FB-Support list by Stephen Boyd.
FDD – Conference grid is complete
The Brazilian Firebird Conference (FDD – Firebird Developers Day) to be held in Piracicaba-SP in 14/July has finally completed the sessions grid. Interested people can check the sessions titles and summaries in the conference site.
Firebird mentioned in new Evans Data Survey
Evans Data had put online a new survey for developers, and one of the questions is: Which of the following databases are in use at your company?
Of course, the right answer is Firebird 🙂 You can find the survey here.
Products with special prices in FDD
People coming in the Brazilian Firebird Developers Day conference will be able to register many Firebird related products by a very special discounted price! The list of products includes IB Expert, all the IBSurgeon tools, FIBPlus and BlazeTop and a few others!
If you live in Brazil, it is your chance to participate in a great conference and be able to register your preferred products paying much less!
All the details can be found in the conference site.