-----Original Message-----
From: philip copeman [mailto:philip@...]
Sent: 23 July 2004 03:42
To: johan@...
Cc: lester@...; pvalentijn@...
Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] XML / Philip Copeman


Johan, Lester - I will get back to you shortly - I am on a deadline to
release (Yes even in Open SOurce we have deadlines)

I will deal with this MySQl / INterbase thing as soon as I have finnished
the release.

Paradox to Interbase or MySQL is not trivial otherwise I would have doen ot
a whiel back

In the meantime here is a TurboCASH Database converted from Paradox to
Forbird.

More info at www.turbocashuk.com


Pieter (copied here) has been working on the My SQL verison.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johan van Zyl" <johan@...>
To: <Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <philip@...>
Sent: 23/mm/2004 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Firebird-general] XML / Philip Copeman


Thx Lester!
CCing this to Philip Copeman - maybe he will climb in here himself now.
Greetings
JVZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Lester Caine [mailto:lester@...]
Sent: 23 July 2004 02:33
To: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] XML / Philip Copeman


Johan van Zyl wrote:

> TurboCash is VERY well established accounting package (it is now open
> source) and is developed in Delphi using Paradox at the moment. He is
> looking to move to another databse, he is leaning towards MySQL and I want
> him to switch to FireBird. He is aiming to have 2 million TurboCash users
at
> a stage. Wouldn't it be nice if they all used FireBird?

Moving a Delphi application from Paradox to Firebird should be a 'no
brainer' - I wouldn't expect the same for MySQL so I don't see what the
problem is ;)

> So I am trying to get Philip to get involved in this mailing list and took
> it upon myself to post some of his opinions here.

I for one share his views of Borland :)
And I treat MySQL with the same suspicion - THEY will WANT a cut of 2
million users - Firebird would just LINE a cut ;)

> Please bear with me/us. I would really like a major accounting system to
> switch to FireBird.

*I* would love to kick Sage into touch, and a Firebird based package
would attract me, but we are missing information! Is the idea to replace
delphi with something else as well? In which case create a web based
package? So restricting to a particular engine is counter productive,
and may users have no option BUT to use MySQL because of the blinkered
view of the ISP's ?

--
Lester Caine
-----------------------------
L.S.Caine Electronic Services


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