Origin of the firebird/interbase port 3050

Here is the question on Firebird-Support group

> How did port 3050 get selected as the “gds_db” service port. Was it
> chosen arbitrarily or is there some interesting story behind it? Maybe
> Jim Starkey’s phone number in Groton? 🙂

No story there at all. It was just a number that nobody else seemed
to be using at the time. And don’t ask me to remember a 25 year old
phone number … I barely remember my current number!

Cheers,

Ann