Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source

Kaare Rasmussen <kar(at)webline(dot)dk> wrote:

> In case you didn't notice:
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000725/ca_inprise_2.html

Yes, and now the story is up on slashdot:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00%2F07%2F25%2F1439226&cid=&pid=0&startat=&threshold=-1&mode=nested&commentsort=3&op=Change

So if anyone feels like taking time out to do some
evangelizing, this might be a good moment to say a few words
about Postgresql vs. "Inprise, The Open Source Database".

In particular, this guy could use a detailed reply:

> Interbase
>
> (Score:4, Interesting)
> by jallen02 (:-( .) on Tuesday July 25, @09:06AM PST
> (User #124384 Info) http://gdev.net/~jallen
>
> I found myself wondering exactly what Interbase could do
> for me. So I dug through their site (not hard to find)
> and found this lil gem
>
> Interbase Product Overview
>
> Interbase has some very awesome features. The overview
> took the tone of a semi marketing type item yet it was
> infomrative and if you read through some of the garbage
> its rather clear to see as a programmer/developer what
> Interbase offers.

> Some of the features that stuck out in my mind from the
> over view.
>
> -Small memory footprint
> -Triggers
> -Stored Procedures
> -User Definable Functions with some 'libraries' per say
> already defined for math and string handling
> -Alert events
>
> EX:A certain item goes below xyz dollars it can send an
> alert using some sort of constant polling method. I am
> not sure exactly what this one was.. but basically it
> looks like whenever changes are done to the table if
> certain criteria are met it can call up a stored
> proc/UDF or something. This is a bit more powerful than
> a trigger or a stored procedure since you do not have to
> do any speical coding on a insert/update/delete.
>
> Some other interesting things... There was a *LOAD* of
> case studies on the interbase site.
>
> Case Studies
>
> I looked at some of these and they were real industry
> proven case studies IMO.
>
> Its Free.. and it has a good reputation
>
> You can buy support for it
>
> It appears to be VERY ANSI Compliant and supports all the
> trappings of MS SQL Server.
>
> It also claimed to be self optimizing... anyways hope this
> provided a little information.