> In a debate on comp.databases.oracle.server
> I was engaged in a debate about IB/FB's
> MVCC model and various other issues about
> whether IB/FB was a "toy" db - exclusively
> Oracle people tend to be very snobbish about
> other RDBMS's to the point of downright
> ignorance, rudeness and stupidity.

Yes, they sure are. I could name a few from the top
of my head without problems :-)

> Anyway, as part of this debate, I wrote a
> post of analysis/opinion (my own) as to the
> reasons why IB/FB (well IB really, because
> it has more to do with the history than
> today's situation) doesn't have a bigger
> share of today's database market and wouldn't
> be seen as a major player.
>
> Here is a link to that post
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/
> comp.databases.oracle.server/
> browse_frm/thread/2670caeb2f80c3ff/
> 35fea96bc782948a?lnk=st&q=Interbase+group
> :comp.databases.oracle.server+author
> :paul@...&rnum=1&hl=en#35fea96bc782948a

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