--- In IB-Architect@onelist.com, "Andy Gibson" <andy@r...> wrote:

> I was wondering what the situation was with regards to
> licenses for Interbase. Will they exist? and if so, will they
> cost approximately the same?

Version 6.0 will be free - free to use, free to distribute.
ISC (Interbase Software Corporation) will sell "certified"
copies, but even they can be distributed without any fee.

> Also, any statistics on how widely used Interbase is? I have
> seen it used a lot in the UK, but in the US it seems to fall
> foul of Oracle / SQL Server.

Several million kits have been distributed with Borland
products.

Ann