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Firebird supports software for patents!
but firebird does not support patents for software! just kidding đ
The reason why i wrote this is because on the firebird conference i was informed by a visitor about http://www.epoline.org. He is working for one of the largest german patent lawyer companies that uses the firebird server since a long time already. Their main database has about 400GB of patent informations. Epoline ist the official software required by European Patent Office for submitting patents in all European Countries. He expects that there about 23000 patent lawyer in the EU who must use this software to submit patents. It can be downloaded for free from http://www.epoline.org (about 170MB) and it does install and use the firebird server 1.5. With this information we now know that there are at least 23000 additional firebird installations in Europe. I will try to get some more background informations from the people behind this software.
This infomation might be useful for discussions regarding firebird reference users.
See you on next firebird conference in 2008 or on the firebird 2008 world bbq tour
Holger Klemt
www.firebird-conference.com
EMS Data Import 2007 for InterBase/Firebird version 3.1 is now available
EMS Database Management Solutions are pleased announce new version of Data Import for InterBase/Firebird 2007 – a powerful tool to import your data quickly from MS Excel 97-2007, MS Access, DBF, XML, TXT, CSV, MS Word 2007, ODF and HTML files into your database tables. EMS Data Import 2007 is available and can be downloaded from the download page Whatâs new in Data Import for InterBase/Firebird 2007 version 3.1 |
DB Comparer 2007 for InterBase/Firebird ver.3.0 released
EMS Database Management Solutions are pleased to announce You can download the latest version at: www.sqlmanager.net/products/ibfb/dbcomparer/download |
installing firebird+sharpdevelop+.net provider
An small howto with firebird+sharpdevelop+dot net provider (in spanish)
OdbcJdbc v2-0-Beta Ver 02.00.00.0144 released
there is an new snapshot here OdbcJdbc v2-0-Beta Ver 02.00.00.0144 http://www.praktik.km.ua/
soon it will be added here too
SQLAlchemy 0.4.0 Released
Michael Bayer writes:
I’m very happy to announce that we’ve put out 0.4.0 final. Thanks to all the contributors as well as all the beta testers who have helped us move through six beta releases, just to make sure we’ve got everything right (or as much right as we can). For those still working with 0.3, its time to upgrade ! đ Lots of folks have already done it and it’s not so hard. I think this is the most well documented and easy to use SQLAlchemy yet, and its definitely the fastest by a wide margin…
Firebird 2.0.3 RPMs for Fedora 8
Arkady Shejn have updated his repository for upcoming Fedora 8 release.
Free Firebird PHP Generator 7.10 released
SQL Maestro Group is happy to announce the release of Firebird PHP Generator 7.10, freeware Firebird GUI frontend that allows you to generate high-quality Firebird PHP scripts for the selected tables, views and queries for the further working with these objects through the web. |
New version features:
- BLOB fields now can be represented as pictures. It is also possible to add, edit, and delete the images directly from the generated web application.
- Starting with this version our software allows you to create web-pages with hyperlinks.
- Firebird PHP Generator now supports creation of look up menus based on a custom value list.
- The wizard window becomes resizable. Also it can be maximized or minimized.
There are also some other new features. Full press-release is available here:
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/news/company/4685/.
Where Firebird Foundation Funds go?
From the FF blog:
We are currently funding 9 regular grant allocations. Where there are links, you can go and read the developer’s latest report.
- Development & Coordination (Dmitry Yemanov)
- Code Scrutineering (Claudio Valderrama)
- International Language Support, DSQL & Code Scrutineering (Adriano dos Santos Fernandes)
- Security/Code Devel. (Alex Peshkoff)
- QA & Testing (Pavel Cisar)
- QA Testing (Philippe Makowski)
- Core Development (Vlad Horsun)
- .NET Provider (Carlos GuzmĂĄn Ălvarez)
- Foundation Administration (Helen Borrie)