> > 1) Were any of you aware of this change to the licensing, as we haven't

been

> > told of the change?
>
> No. But thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Again no, but as a VAR I wasn't told about 5.6.1 or sent anything specific
about 6.0, maybe I fell off the loved list as I kicked off when Paul et al
left Borland.

>
> > 2) Why haven't Borland reduced the cost of the license by 3/4 to

compensate?

>
> I'm not that they they should, necessarily. Despite the licence clearly

stating

> that you must purchase licences for each user the four connections per

user

> thing left the whole policy open to abuse. Now it is clarified. I am sure

that

> is their thinking. And the only guide to whether it is right or not will

be in

> the year end accounts.
>
> Of course, they have now alienated yet another group of customers, so it

doesn't

> seem commercially to be a sensible decision. But then commerce, sense and
> InterBase parted ways quite a while ago (imo).

This is going to severly affect people who use multiple connections per
application, multi-threading springs to mind immediately, it has just leapt
from sensible pricing to outrageous pricing.

>
> > 3) Is Firebird 1.0 for Win32 going to be ready soon?
>
> It is coming on. We are hoping to see a Beta One shortly.

For us that are too dim, incapable or lacking in time to compile or even get
CVS up and running, I would be willing to pay IBPhoenix a small sum of money
for the same service that Robert (MERS) provides (daily builds), although I
would prefer, if paying, to have a history of builds (and only rebuilt when
changes are made) with narrative release comments. I would have thought
that at say $5 - $10 a download IBPhoenix could make some cash out of that
(I'd buy $200 worth of credits up front). I have the .9.4 (I think) build,
but looking at the checkin logs, it seems a long way from the current
working set.

I have been unhappy with the little (nothing) I have been able to contribute
to the whole FB 1.0 due to the steep learning curve I needed to climb to get
up to speed.

Anyway, good luck to all who are working hard on 1.0, I am very excited & am
looking forward to using it in earnest. There is a beer waiting for any
active contributor in Manchester (UK).

JAC.