| Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] 20 years of Firebird since 1981? |
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| Author | Lester Caine |
| Post date | 2004-09-07T05:27:27Z |
Miroslav Penchev wrote:
The Interbase name was first used in 1984, but even that is based on the
prior Rdb API which was in production earlier.
Perhaps we need to tidy the wording, but my reading of the history is
that both dates are correct.
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Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services
>>Huh? The Firebird homepage says:From what Ann says - Both.
>>"It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names since
>>1981. "
>
> I notice that, but I read on site www.delphiplus.org that on 4.09.1984
> first two source files of Interbase server was come. Who is right - 1981
> or 1984?
The Interbase name was first used in 1984, but even that is based on the
prior Rdb API which was in production earlier.
Perhaps we need to tidy the wording, but my reading of the history is
that both dates are correct.
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Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services