Miroslav Penchev wrote:

> Firebird is Legend, so what are legends? They are:
> - Capable ? the legends can be legends only if they are capable for any
> kind of work, they can do anything;
> - Reliable ? if you cannot trust on a legend, on what else can you trust?
> - Easy ? You (as who use Firebird) will do everything easy, because
> "legends" are doing almost everything by itself.

Yup. *Legend* is an extraordinary word. It has no bad connotation in any
language, culture or use. In fact, the opposite is true. It also hits
something deeply in everyone, that's hard to explain but has it's roots
in fairy tales that parents read us in our childhood. Legends are linked
with remarkable deeds, heroes and heroines. People are fascinated by
legends.

Of course, people are not fools, and don't buy "legends" fabricated by
marketing department. But that's not the case of Firebird.
Interbase/Firebird IS legendary database, and its history is read like a
legend: it's very long, full of extraordinary deeds, heroes and
heroines, "evil" opponents, unexpected twists, loses and victories. I
guess that the fact that IB/FB history has all aspects of regular legend
has a vital role in people's affection to it.

To sum it up, I think that the *legend link* fits Firebird perfectly
(the fact that Firebird is a legendary bird aside).

> I am not sure about other languages but in English and Bulgarian ? that
> slogan sounds similar, sounds very impressive and is quite short to
> remember it exactly, to place it everywhere (on menus on web pages for
> example ;) )

It's the same in Czech.

best regards
Pavel Cisar