3rd Firebird Developers Day – Report
The report about the 3rd edition of the Brazilian Firebird Developers Day is now online in both portuguese and english. The main index allows you to check reports of the previous editions too.
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!
VistaDB 3.0 – World’s First Fully Managed Embedded SQL Database
The SQL databases available for the .NET Framework today, including Microsoft SQL Server 2005, SQL Everywhere, MySQL and Firebird are all based on unmanaged architectures. Therefore when developers create .NET Framework-based applications that embed any of these SQL databases today, the result is an unmanaged application that does not conform to Microsoft’s guidelines. VistaDB 3.0 changes this by enabling developers build fully managed .NET Framework-based SQL database applications that can run natively on desktops, mobile devices and web servers.
Full article here.
Embeddable database update to add MIPS
Firebird 2.0 article in LinuxDevices.com:
A project maintaining a lightweight, embeddable database is on the cusp of a major version release. Firebird 2.0 will feature a new MIPS architecture port, as well as new features such as derived tables, support for “execute block,” increased table sizes, and better index code.
Check full article here.
FDD – a real success!
In the last saturday (29/July), around 600 Brazilians participated in the Firebird Developers Day conference (third edition). This year we had the presence of Holger Klemt (IBExpert) and Alexey Kovyazin (IBSurgeon) as international speakers, as well other great names of the Brazilian Firebird community. Unfortunatelly, Ann Harrison was not able to be here, but we hope to see her in the next year. A report with photos will be online in a few days.
FB 2.0 support in Mandriva
Philippe Makowski posted in FB-Support:
Just to inform you and despite it is not yet official, but Mandriva is soon releasing their Corporate Server 4 distro and on the same time, their will be an official Firebird 2.0 package that will be available as additional software for this version.
Mandriva Corporate Server is the sell with support from Mandriva and the Firebird will be supported by IBPhoenix.So if you need an 5-year Product Maintenance, professional support, Mandriva will be a good choice.
Of course, the package will be also available from Cooker.
New Bulgarian translation for FB 2 Min.
The “Get to know FB in 2 minutes” paper was translated to Bulgarian by Todor Kichukov. Now the paper is available in 12 languages!
FDD in printed media
Jornal de Piracicaba, the local Piracicaba’s newspaper has published today a notice about the 3ยบ Firebird Developers Day. An online version of the notice can be read here (in portuguese).
Buyer nailed down for Borland tools biz
Borland is expected to announce a deal during the next few weeks having picked a buyer from a shortlist of three candidates narrowed from 10, sources told The Register. The deal is believed to be worth between $100m and $150m. More info here.
New IBO subrelease supporting FB 2.0
The new IBO subrelease (4.6Bc) supports all the new features of Firebird 2.0. You can download a trial and get more info at the IBO site.
Tassie newspaper tames open source Firebird
ComputerWorld site published an article about Firebird:
Weeks praised Firebird’s “super server” architecture, which is a “drop-in replacement” for MySQL and can do whatever MySQL can do “with its eyes closed”. – Read full article here.