--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Miroslav Penchev"
<miroslavp@m...> wrote:

>
> --- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Si Carter" <simon.

carter@t..

> .> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps for naming we should be on Firebird 2006 (alpha/beta xxx)
> >
>
> I am not against such version numbers (it is quite good for the wide
> public).
>
> This idea is not bad - we should take it and thinking on it, but the
> slogan of Firebird is different thing - we should have a remarkable
> slogan.
>

But anyway, why Linux is so popular? It's version number is something
like 2.4. What about Java? Do you think that regular user know what
version is Java VM installed on PC?
I think that version number is not so important - much more important
is the name itself - "Firebird" and good stack of whitepapers.

Cheers,
-------
Miroslav Penchev.