Jim,

J> The really hard part, however, comes with the realization that 85% of the
J> mega-database manager is not Interbase/Firebird specific, and with just a
J> little
J> bit more work, could work with an arbitrary ODBC/JDBC (pick one) complaint
J> datamanagers, giving it an independent existence, and changing the economics
J> drastically. And, unfortunately, probably tripling the size * complexiity *
J> reliability. Oh well.

looks like exactly what the Dataphor folks are after (among other things).
www.dataphor.com.

Ciao
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