New Support Sub-Forums
I have created two new support Forums, they are Linux/Unix and Windows. These forums are for discussing Firebird on specific OSs.
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Category: General news
Firebird related news
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The FBNews list will handle special announcements and news about Firebird related subjects.
You should not expect to get too much email from the list, since it will be used just for really important/interesting announcements.
Why this?
Firebird is an open source project, and anyone can download and use it without giving any personal information. This is great! But there is one major drawback: the project doesn’t have a database of currently users, and so, it is almost impossible to do a quick direct contact with them, to let them know about new versions, patches, conferences dates, etc.
This list will try to fill this gap.
— Carlos H. Cantu
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PS: The FBNews list is readonly. You can’t post to it.
DB Comparer 2006 for InterBase/Firebird ver.2.1 released
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EMS Company is pleased to announce You can download the latest version at: www.sqlmanager.net/products/ibfb/dbcomparer/download |
Firebird Foundation blog
FF just started its own blog. You can check the first posts here.
More info about Falcon
Here you can find more information about the new MySQL engine. Falcon is the new “toy” from Jim Starkey 😉
Firebird bigger than MySQL on Windows
Marten Mikos says that 40% of MySQL is on Windows. Taking an installed base of 5 mln, this means about 2 mln on Windows. Firebird is 70..80% on Windows, so >2 mln. Marten further wants to be partners with Microsoft. "Hi Bill, I've just hired Firebird's Jim Starkey to write Falcon and compete with SQLServer head-on. Want to be friends?"
Read more here
Birds, Dolphins and now… Falcons (isn’t Falcon a bird?)
“At the MySQL’s fourth annual users conference, Jim Starkey, a database trailblazer with InterBase and currently a MySQL senior software architect, will discuss MySQL’s developing storage engine, code-named Falcon, said Zack Urlocker, executive vice president of marketing Cupertino, Calif.-based MySQL. The conference kicks off Monday in Santa Clara, Calif.” – Read more here.
SQL Query 2005 version 2.2 released!
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EMS Company is pleased to announce You can download the latest version at: www.sqlmanager.net/products/ibfb/query/download |
JDBStudio 0.0.6 released
Arek Heldt has released version 0.0.6 of his Java based GUI admin tool for Firebird and Fyracle. JDBStudio is a database tool written in java thus runnable on many operating systems. It simplifies browsing, editing and querying of databases by providing an intuitive and consistent Graphical User Interface. JDBStudio is an excellent replacement for Oracle SQL*Plus, Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer and tens of other similar tools. Don't be fooled by the low version number.
Read more here
Solid to GPL part of its database
ZDNet writes: "Solid Information Technology, a proprietary database vendor will take its solidDB Storage Engine open source, under the GPL, starting in June. Solid has its base in telecommunications and has 3 million copies out at places like Alcatel, Cisco, EMC, HP, NEC, Nokia, and Nortel." The open source part will be another transactional back-end for a MySQL front-end. New developer experience: porting your apps between different back ends of the same database system.
Read more here