“From the MySQL User’s Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base.”
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There are many posts about firebird too
Also another interesting blog about this community split
The appliance is based on an unspecified hardware platform from MBX running Gentoo Linux, the Apache web server, PHP scripting, and the open source Firebird SQL database.
The Evolution Payroll service-bureau system from iSystems, LLC employs a three-tiered architecture, with the backend being one or more Linux servers running the Firebird SQL database. Evolution is able to split the load across multiple DB servers on a per-client basis. As Service Bureaus grow, it’s common to add new DB servers to the system, and this Evo Tip covers the steps required to take a fresh Fedora Core system and prepare it for Evolution.
I’m doing some performance tests today with our three different database backends: MySql, Firebird and SQL Server.
I need to choose an embeded database for my Windows desktop application programmed in C# .NET.
We have similar databases running on MySql, Postgresql and Firebird. One of the reasons for moving away from MySql was that the UTF8 support didn’t work properly.
Read the rest of the article here http://nikolajlindberg.blogspot.com/2008/03/firebird-vs-postgresql.html
I'm pleased to announce the 0.9.4 release of SQLObject.
