> Who was it said "Bad publicity is better than no publicity"?

I don't know, but all that people will remember 5 minutes after reading
the write-up is that Firebird is one of the open source databases to
consider, never mind all the errors in the write-up.

Where did this guy get his information? Did he contact Ann or did he
just put words in her mouth ?? This guy for sure did not contact me
about oracle mode.