This is good news !
You solve nothing by sending critics to OS or RDBS producers.
Let's develop something we can debug.

I can help with Pascal, Delphi, C++, Paradox, Interbase.
I worked on compilers, data base accounting systems, mathematical packages.

Waiting for IBDI task list,

Dorin Ionescu

----- Original Message -----
From: Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
To: <IBDI@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:51 AM
Subject: [IBDI] Important!


> Hi all,
> To judge from the number of unsubscribes we've had so far, the new list
> went out minus the introductory letter.
>
> Here it is. Stay tuned!!!
>
> Helen
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> -----------------------------------------
> InterBase Developer Initiative
>
> The time has come for the InterBase Developer Community to assemble and
> make a serious and concerted stand for a product that we all hold very
> dear. We all know the value of InterBase and many of us have a great
amount
> invested in this product. We have rallied for years to convince Inprise
> (Borland) to take our gem and market it such that it would rise to the
> level of respect it deserves. This never happened but things are different
> now. The time to intensify that difference is now.
>
> Inprise has recently been forced to take a very serious look at InterBase
> due to the resignation of three top managers. It is a time of great
> announcements without any clear declaration of intent but it does appear
> that Inprise is beginning to listen to the developer community. Now that
> it is public knowledge that Inprise intends to spin off InterBase as an
> independent company with the potential for developer investment, this is
> truly an exciting opportunity for us all.
>
> The developer collective now has the opportunity to acquire majority
> ownership of this newly establishing company and officially begin what we
> have been doing all along, market and support the product.
>
> Taking InterBase into the open source arena will give us the great benefit
> of enabling us to work collectively on the product and, in time,
accelerate
> its development in a way that will ensure that Interbase increases its
lead
> on the nearest competing technologies. It also makes deployment of our
> applications much more affordable.
>
> With the Linux niche ripe for a highly efficient, easily managed, fully
> transactional SQL-compliant database, the market/mind share that can be
> grabbed up is tremendous. We stand to be the "Oracle" of the next wave of
> technology to sweep through this new millennium.
>
> We believe the developer collective has the skill, talent, vision and
> determination to make this not only work but thrive. We have people (Jason
> Wharton, Pavel Cisar and more) with first-hand experience as directors of
> Open Source initiatives. Some of this experience goes back a long way in
time.
>
> We cordially invite everyone who has an interest in InterBase's future
> success to rally under this united banner and make our voice ring clear.
If
> we organize and unite right now the synergy will carry forward and place
us
> in the best position to respond quickly as Inprise's plans unfold. If we
> unite quickly, we place ourselves in the best position to present
arguments
> to influence those plans.
>
> The purpose of this group/list-server is to focus on acquiring a majority
> share of the new InterBase Company and to involve everyone in planning and
> implementing the strategy and structure of the development community that
> will surround our newly acquired InterBase.
>
> *******************************************************************
>
> Please understand that we are not asking you for any money.
> Our buying plans are not dependent on contributions from developers.
>
> *******************************************************************
>
> Various list-serve threads, along with Internet-based activities, will be
> directed at determining the developer consensus and the voice that will be
> heard in the wider community.
>
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> We are setting up at least one web-site at http://www.Interbase2000.org
and
> have registered another. Jason has written an InterBase client
application
> to enable you to submit information into a database for storing the
> community's views. Please stay tuned as these critical pieces come
on-line.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jason Wharton <jwharton@...>
> Dalton Calford <dcalford@...>
> Helen Borrie <helebor@...>
> Pavel Cisar <pcisar@...>
> Tim Benest <thb@...>
>
> for the InterBase Developer Initiative
>
>
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