> >>I understand version numbers don't mean anything but the
> >>perception may be otherwise. With PostreSQL at version 8.0
> >>and MySQL at 5.0, Firebird
> >>1.5 may appear to be lagging in terms of perceived maturity.
> >>
> >>If we're trying to win a mindshare war, we might as well
> >>start with the
> >>basics. Consequently, I would like to propose bumping the
> >>next version
> >>of Firebird to 7.0.
> >
> >
> > IMO this would be a very good idea, it would certainly give perception

of

> > maturity to those that don't know its background.
> >
> is not a good idea
> look at java they have jumped from 1.4.x to 5.0 !?
> and doesn't look too good (just things done in rush)
> also linux kernel is at 2.6.x and seems to be mature

Then again, the Java version numbering always was messed up :-)

In we're going to renumber Fb, then let's not do Fb 7 (which is
silly, see above), but make it Fb 2005 ... Internal version: 2.

This works for MS (SQL Server 2000), Borland (Delphi 2005)
and many many other companies.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
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