Why IBSurgeon supports Firebird?
Last years we saw amazing growth of Firebird, both in terms of users and in terms of installations (official Firebird installer for Windows has optional URL to notify Google Analytics about fresh install, and it shows more than 2000 Firebird installations every day and it grows over time!).
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Last week for submitting artwork for the contest
This is the last week for submitting artworks for the Firebird’s 10th anniversary logo contest. We already have 18 submissions! Check the contest page to see the samples.
Firebird Mythbusters
New presentation “Firebird Mythbusters” http://www.slideshare.net/mindthebird/firebird-mythbusters
Use it for competitive talks to crush the most annoying myths around
Firebird.
Gentle reminder – we still need localized versions of MindTheBird
presentation “Firebird Intro” and “Why Firebird”.
Best regards,
MindTheBird Team
Nine artworks already received! Keep it coming!
We already have 9 submissions for the 10th anniversary logo contest. Hurry up! Deadline for submissions is 15/March.
Wanna win a FastReport license?
Fast Report becomes a sponsor of MindTheBird! campaign. The Firebird ambassador, who will attract most of all new members to the MindTheBird! until March 5, will get free Fast Report Studio license. New member should mention referrer name in the first email to MindTheBird! Google Group.
Firebird Backend working with #Django 1.2
David Elias wrote on django-firebird-dev group
about his backend changes to make Django 1.2 work with Firebird
First artwork received
We received the first artwork for the FB 10th anniversary contest!
Keep it coming! The contest page will be updated from time to time to include new submissions.
Web 2.0 programming with Object Pascal (Part 1)
Leonardo posted in his blog about developing web applications using Delphi/FreePascal. The article uses Firebird 2.1 as data source.
10th anniversary celebration logo contest!
To support MindTheBird (global Firebird 2.5 release) campaign, FirebirdNews is running a contest for logo/artwork to celebrate Firebird’s 10th anniversary! The winning artwork may be used in sites, banners, gifts, etc. all around the world. There is a prize of USD 500 for the winner author!
Get all the details visiting the contest page. Also, help us spreading the new about the contest to all Firebird community and graphics designers list!
PS: Just to be clear, we do not want a new Firebird logo, we need an artwork using the currently logo and indicating the celebration of the 10th anniversary.


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