Free DB special Blaise Pascal magazine
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Firebird 2.5: The Real and The Only alternative to #MySQL
The Firebird 2.5 article is in Italian language
And here is the translation (with highlights from Firebird 2.5 press release)
l progetto Firebird ha da poco annunciato il rilascio della versione 2.5 del suo database relazionale opensource.
Le novità di questa release sono abbastanza interessanti ma ovviamente gli sforzi maggiori sono stati fatti per migliorare l’affidabilità, le performance e la scalabilità del database. Philippe Makowski, presidente della fondazione non-profit Firebird Foundation ha dichiarato che il rilascio di Firebird 2.5 è un passo importante sia per il progetto stesso, visto che cade in questi giorni il suo decimo anni di vita, che per l’intero mondo opensource.
D’altronde, come dargli torto: la comunità sta cercando ormai da un bel po’ di tempo un degno sostituto di MySQL che, nonostante i proclami di Oracle, pare sempre più lontano dall’iniziale predisposizione all’opensource. “Molti nostri clienti utilizzano senza grossi problemi database Firebird che spaziano dai 200 ai 400GB”, ha dichiarato Stewart Sping, CTO della Watermark Software. “I miglioramenti delle performance di Firebird 2.5 permetteranno sicuramente di raggiungere risultati ancora più entusiasmanti”. Firebird 2.5 è disponibile sotto forma di pacchetti binari per piattaforme Windows e Linux a 32 e 64 bit. Maggiori informazioni e download sono disponibili su questa pagina
Recorded Firebird 2.5 Launch webinar
Recorded Firebird Launch webinar is available at http://www.mindthebird.com/download/firebird25launchwebinar041010.zip .
FB 2.5 Press Release in PT-BR
I just made available for the public, the (Portuguese-Brasil) translated version of the Firebird 2.5 Press Release!
Thanks to all FB developers for the great work!
Open Source Databases Have Come of Age
These are by no means the only open source databases designed for embedding. Firebird, for example, is a descendant of the Borland Interbase product and has a strong following.
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Firebird 2.5 to be included #MEPIS #Linux
Seems to be a popular (12th place on DistroWatch ) distro based on Debian
Firebird-2.5 will be available this evening in the MEPIS 8.5 testing Community Repository.
FB 10th anniversary logo package
The zip file with images of different sizes and formats of the Firebird 10th anniversary logo contest’s winner artwork is now available. You can use the images in your website and products to promote Firebird everywhere!
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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Mind the Bird!
Time to start the global community activation campaign about Firebird 2.5 release! Help to spread the word, join MindTheBird now, and let’s put Firebird under the IT media spotlights!
Firebird 2.5 – german article
Thomas Steinmaurer made available for public download the PDF of his article about Firebird 2.5, published previously in the Entwickler Magazin.