Re: Comparing databases

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>I really really think that Interbase/Firebird is good stuff, and I am
>>constantly surprised that it doesn't get much exposure.
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> Yep, we are too, and I have to admit I suspect that PostgreSQL is part
> of it --- in some ways, I am sure we have sucked up users and devlopers
> that might have gone to Firebird if we weren't here.

Back a few years when my company was looking at open-source databases
(and $$$ dbs also), Firebird and Postgresql were the top two contendors.
Unfortunately, we had also decided that Solaris x86 was going to be our
platform (this is back during Sol7 when it seemed like Sun was going the
right direction) and the only Solaris x86 Firebird info I could was
somebody posting in a Russian usenet forum that he began testing a port.
(Had to use AV tools just to read the message.) I see in the FB
downloads page that Solaris x86 is supported now but the initial release
date of 02-02 would have been years too late for us.