Subject Re: [Firebird-general] 20 years of Firebird since 1981?
Author Lester Caine
Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>> From what Ann says - Both.
>>The Interbase name was first used in 1984,
>
> Actually no. In 1984 the product was Epic, the language
> that became GDML was Epilogue, and the other tools had
> similar names. A trademark search later it became
> gds/Galaxy, which explains some of the obscure constellation
> names (e.g. pixus). A very temporary CEO caused the name
> to change to InterBase in 1986.

We will pin down the fine details of history some day - how about the
40th Anniversary ;)

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Lester Caine
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