> >Especially if it brings us in line with competitors and increases
> >**perception** that FB is mature enough for markets where it could easily
> >dominate.
>
> It wouldn't. Any CTO who judges the maturity of a product on its version
> number or its marketing hype should be relegated to tea-maker.

This could open up a lot of jobs ... :-)

> >Firebird already has that advantage, it has been around since 1984 (if I
> >read all the recent posts right), it has had features for many years that
> >MySQL is only just getting (SP's, triggers etc) this should give us a
> >natural advantage in the market place as these features have been tried

and

> >tested for a long time.
>
> IMO, a lot of you people are far too focused on competing in featurosity
> contests. That's what startups do, because they must woo market share in
> order to survive. We're not a startup. 200 new customers and 10,000 new
> customers have precisely the same effect on our bottom line.
>
> Instead of wasting hours theorising about version numbers and ways to woo
> fools and idiots, get cracking and write white papers. Join Connect! and
> DO something. Document first-hand experiences from your organisations and
> your customers about what Firebird does for you/them. Write how-tos,

share

> your knowledge. *Those* are the things that impress smart people.

Either way, we disagree a bit on the versioning, but hey ...

I'm getting some MySQL knowledge (as some might have noticed) and
it might be useful to write a comparison on those...

With regards,

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