Dariusz Zelichowski wrote:

> Wouldn't it be too hard to decide which setup to leave? How
> can you decide for me whether I need CS or SS, or embedded
> without risking that I loose my interest in the database.
> Each one of the versions seems to have a benefit the others
> don't, but also suffers from "features" the others are free
> of.

The fact that you can ask that question means that you are well on the
way to understanding Firebird ;)

The 'Beginners Guide' should be able to say - Install X and do this and
get a new user interested. THEN the details can be dealt with :)

> I think that it would be much more beneficial to FB
> community if a major Linux distro included it by default,
> and that we might want concentrate our efforts around that
> goal. If Fedora, or Mandrake or others include Firebird
> then everybody will suddenly loose their confusion ad
> FireBird Foundation can not only keep the current versions,
> but even add new ones, including FireBlue for boys and
> FirePink for gals.

Now that the confusion with 'the other Firebird' has been resolved, the
reasons for not doing it can be squashed, so yes - every distribution
should have at least FB1.5 on it.

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