This OLEDB provider is being updated to become more compatible with FB 2.0. From the news page:
“In the open source world, we are always flattered when changes are attributed to open source,” said MySQL Chief Executive Officer Marten Mickos. “But the enormous price pressure and the desire among customers to get away from licensing fees is self-inflicted and not a result of open source. Open source just happens to be the perfect answer to the cry.” – Read more here.
Please take a moment to vote on our currently poll. You can find it at the sidebar of the site. It will help the project to find out what are the priorities of Firebird users.
The article TECH FILES-Business Intelligence II: Software that tells a story in BarnStablePatriot mentions that Firebird is supported by Interactive Reporting 2.4, published by Interactive Reporting.
OpenDBX: An unified database API and C library plans to include Firebird support in its next subrelease. Read more.
Notice has been given that the Firebird Foundation Inc. shall convene on 26 June 2006 at Noon GMT in the FFMembers mail list forum for its Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers for the new session. Please bookmark the Agenda page. During the notice period, its content will expand to include nominations (as they come to hand) and links to reports and last year’s Minutes.
The fourth Firebird Worldwide Conference will take place at the Andels Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic from the 12th November 2006 until 14th November 2006. The Andels Hotel is a new 4-star hotel, which is located very close to downtown, just across the river. Room tariff is from €99.00 (Euros) per night.
We are now calling for Speakers and Papers, as well as looking for Sponsorhip.
More information here.
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The release notes of Firebird 2.0 is now available in HTML format here.
As shown in this article, the state of “Rio Grande do Sul” (in Brazil) moved his GIA application from InterBase to Firebird 1.5.2 in its version 6.8. GIA is an application used probably by thousands of companies in that state, to pay their monthly tributes.
