Hi,

At April 19, 2005, 17:29, Rafael Szuminski wrote:

>> > Firebird: LEGEND - Now and Here!
>>
>> Why not. I see several good variants of "legend" theme here. Just not
>> quite sure about the English language - is it correct.
>>

> Sorry I am kind of late to the game here but please accept a few words
> of advice:

> Comming fresh from a UNSUCCESSFFUL pitch for Firebird to my managers
> (long story/this has been gooing on for the last 12 months), here are
> the list of major objections to firebird:

> 1. It's new, it's unproven

If 20 years of existence is unproven, then most of the software out
there is probably just not usable. Firebird originated as Interbase in
1984. If you want the whole timeline, look here:
http://www.cvalde.net/ibRoadmap.htm

Also, here's another link to look at(in that list, if my memory serves
me well, Distributel is now using Firebird):
http://www.cvalde.net/WhoUsesIB.htm

Here are links of sites and applications powered by Firebird:
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&s=1113943362:422400&page=ibp_powered_firebird
http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_users_firebird

If those links don't help convince your managers, I don't know what
will. And, we also use Firebird for our custom and retail
applications.

> 3. No commercial backing in the US

IB Phoenix(www.ibpohoenix.com) would be one of the US companies that
backs up Firebird. And, a member of IB Phoenix is Ann Harrison, she
saw the birth of Interbase, and has been with it almost all the time
since then. And, is now part of the Firebird team. So, what better
person to get commercial backing from. And, her husband is Jim
Starkey, one of the brains behind the creation of Interbase, and
currently working on the Vulcan project, which will give SMP support
to Superserver.

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)