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Author: Cantu
I'm the owner of the www.Firebase.com.br site and the author of the books Firebird Essencial, Firebird 2 and Migration Guide to Firebird 3. Loving Firebird even before it was born!
CodeGear sends congratulations to Firebird
Sriram Balasubramanian (InterBase R&D engineer ) wrote a “congratulations” post in his blog for Firebird’s “SourceForge Project of the month” nomination.
FB versions usage in Brazil
FireBase online poll (with almost 1,000 votes) shows the following results:
1.5x [50%]
2.0x [36%]
2.1 [12%]
1.0x [2%]
Poll question is: What is the most recent version of Firebird that you are using?
Firebird 1.5.5 is Released
The Firebird Project team is pleased to announce the release of Firebird 1.5.5. This bug-fix release adds no new features but addresses a few bugs and security issues that have turned up in the 11 months since v.1.5.4.
Sourceforget.net Marketplace
Article on ZDNet about Sourceforge Marketplace mention Firebird as a “major Open Source” project. Read more here.
Firebird 1.5.5 RC1
The Release Candidate of Firebird 1.5.5 is now available for testing. This sub-release introduces a few bug and security fixes backported from the Firebird 2.0.x branches. These test builds are available for Windows and Linux 32-bit platforms. You can download it here.
Pictures from Russian Conference
You can check a lot of pictures from the recent Russian Firebird Conference here.
Flash RAM instead of harddisks
Check the comments and you will find a very known “bird” 
How to influence Firebird’s roadmap
Maybe a few people know (or use it), but anyone can actually influence in what new features should appear in the next FB version, or what bug should get priority in fixing, etc. This can be done in the Firebird Tracker. The “Find Issues” menu item can be easily used to find out what new features, improvements or bugs are already registered. Of course, you can register new tickets if your issue isn’t listed yet. To increase the priority, you need to be logged-in and VOTE for it.
Do you protect your databases?
Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers
You can protect your Firebird server by blocking (Firewall) internet access to port 3050 in your database server. Changing the Firebird port to other than the default one may also help to difficult attacks.