flamerobin is included in debian
Work was done by Damyan Ivanov (with the help of mentors.debian.net) . Here is the proof on debian-mentors mailing list and Damyan’s request for sponsorship
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Loading...16 cores mips cpu ready – just in time for the firebird port
here is the article about the new 16 cores mips cpu , On cnet there is an picture with full server built around that cpu [it might work with firebird on linux mips ]
ps: anyone with an ultrasparc t1 (niagara) based system and linux loaded on it?
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...oracle and linux and firebird = rant of the day
Here are some rants about oracle, linux and oss databases
Will Oracle ever befriend Linux and actually prove that something can be given in return? At present, Oracle competes with and destroys some of the business that MySQL, Firebird, and PostgreSQL have conquered with Linux and pure Open Source software.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...ASP and Firebird
This paper is about Firebird and ASP pages, the most interesting thing is that it shows how to use transactions within ASP pages, which is not so common. [Ed: pabloj is my hero, we need more articles like this one ]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...eRuby: Using Ruby DBI for database connectivity
Here’s a list of the Linux and Windows database drivers for ruby and links for downloading them. All from Firebird and MySQL to Oracle. The tutorial also shows how to install the DBI abstraction layer for Ruby to get database connectivity and use it to create write once use everywhere Ruby code.
via dzone.com
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...OpenOffice Calc and Firebird through ODBC
This is meant to be a quickstarter in using OpenOffice 2.0.3 and Firebird on Windows.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...RC4 is out… and, there will be RC5.
Release Candidate 4 for Firebird 2.0 should start to appear in the mirrors today. Unfortunately, due to a late-breaking issue that was reported and confirmed after these builds were in the system, it should not be treated as production-ready, yet.
The issue has been addressed and is undergoing QA now. RC 5 should appear before the end of the month. In the meantime, please look at the fixes between RC3 and RC4 and check that any issues you had have been satisfactorily resolved.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Voting: please support me in the contest
Dear friends!
Please VOTE for me (Marina Novikova) at the contest (Attention: my NUMBER is 475). The voting will end this Sunday, every vote is very important (now I am second, 400 votes to the leader).
You can read about my website InterBase World .
Please VOTE for me (Marina Novikova) and I will have a chance to win a 2-week trip to the surf-riding school in Indonesia, Bali.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...SAP and in-memory DBs
While SAP has no designs to be a database vendor—it tried and failed with MaxDB, which is now part of the MySQL community—sources close to the company have suggested that SAP could be working on a hybrid approach or something similar. “Basically there is no reason SAP couldn’t work with IBM and others on making [in-memory] work well on hardware,” said a source close to the company who requested anonymity. “Probably that’s the company that would be the most benefited. The vendor that [it] would be most disruptive for would be Oracle.”
Read full article here.
EdNote: Would Firebird be a good candidate?
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...New poll at FirebirdNews
We have a new poll in the site, specially directed to people going to Firebird Conference 2006, in Prague.
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