Firebird is mentioned in “Database start-ups bet on open source”

This ZDNet article comments about the new rules in the Database game, where Open Source databases are forcing the comercial ones to review and change the way they do business.

Altought the article gives main focus to MySQL and PostgreSQL in the Open Source area, Firebird also got a mention:

“Other open-source databases available include Sleepycat, Firebird and Derby.”