Jim Starkey leaves MySQL
Jim Starkey, creator of InterBase, who was working for MySQL developing the Falcon engine, is leaving MySQL, probably to start some new technology.
Jim Starkey, creator of InterBase, who was working for MySQL developing the Falcon engine, is leaving MySQL, probably to start some new technology.
From IBExpert Team: We have published new Firebird Training Videos on google video. The videos were recorded during the firebird Conference 2007 and gives you an introduction into the most important Firebird database technologies. The access to the videos (total about 8 hours) is free for everyone. IBExpert customer can find a link in the customer area where to download the videos in uncompressed avi format.
By Jiri : Well, not so back as you might think, but the incompatibility between Beta 3 and SP1 Beta 1 is gone. I’ve done some new methods etc. so it’s now at least able to work in totally simple cases. In next weeks I’ll try to review all the changes and push the support little bit further. You can download current state from weekly builds.
You can read the progress reports for this year on various engine development areas
This article was originally created for Databazovy Svet (in Czech) and covers a little bit more about this topic. This shortened version is focused only on solutions for Firebird, without any other stuff. Read more
Is open source software a part of your daily computing life? Now is your chance to sound off about it. Sourceforge.net, an online community that hosts open source projects, is accepting nominations for its annual Community Choice awards.
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At the end Firebird is mentioned for the last year awards] Read more
SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards: Hey! You! Are you sick of letting the big hardware companies, tech blogs, and mainstream media decide which open source projects deserve widespread attention? So are we. That’s why we created the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards, and we need your nominations!
This link is for firebird nomination
The deadline for submitting papers to the International Firebird Conference is 15/June. If you want to speak in the conference, submit your proposals now.