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Author: Cantu
I'm the owner of the Firebase.com.br site and the author of the books Firebird Essencial, Firebird 2 and Migration Guides to Firebird 3, 4 and 5. Loving Firebird even before it was born!
In-memory databases
SAP may have stumbled onto an Oracle killer: in-memory technology that could, in theory, quash the need for a relational database in some cases.
Read full article here.
Borland/DevCo and Turbo*.*
Not direct related to Firebird, but as a great number of Firebird users are also Delphi users, this is interesting news…
DevCo will release, in a few weeks, Turbo versions of its products, as free and low priced versions! Check more info in the following links:
www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2000205,00.asp
www.turboexplorer.com
Press release at www.turboexplorer.com/TurbosPressRelease.htm
InstantObjects 2.0 final release
On behalf of the InstantObjects team, I am proud to announce the final release of the long-awaited version 2 of InstantObjects.
Download URL:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/instantobjects/InstantObjects-2.0-src.zip?download
What is InstantObjects?
New high volume Firebird based web site – CyberEars.com
August 3rd 2006
Tech Solutions Inc., in a joint venture with Alesis Corporation, announce
the new audio media and Podcast hosting website CyberEars.com built on the Firebird 1.5 SQL database
Read more
Oracle: Open Source No Threat in Enterprise Database Space
Oracle is holding its own in the open-source database space, while not seeing any competition in the enterprise database market from open-source companies, Bob Shimp, the vice president of Oracle’s technology business unit, told eWEEK July 31.
Read full article here.
FB 2.0 RC4 is coming…
The releases notes for FB 2.0 RC4 is already available here. Installers and binaries are currently being built.
Huge success case using Firebird!
DBA Software, provider of manufacturing (MRP) solutions for small business, announced that its decision two years ago to base its flagship product, DBA Manufacturing Next-Generation, on the Firebird open-source SQL database has been an unqualified success.
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“Our free single-user system, which anyone can download from our Website, is testimony to Firebird’s ease of installation,” continued Zumwalt. “Over the past 18 months, more than 10,000 companies have downloaded and successfully installed our manufacturing software without any support assistance.”
Read full article here.
Deadline for sending FB Conference papers
If you want to be a speaker in the next Firebird International Conference, the time for sending speaking proposals is almost over. More info here.
3rd Firebird Developers Day – Report
The report about the 3rd edition of the Brazilian Firebird Developers Day is now online in both portuguese and english. The main index allows you to check reports of the previous editions too.