> OK! I know that this question is going to have a lot of people rolling
> their eyes and asking "How stupid can anyone be?". Hey, I have spent
> years perfecting that particular trait :)
>
> But the question... Is it possible to run say MySQL and Firebird on the
> same computer at the same time?

Sure. I have a machine here that runs Firebird, MySQL, Nexus and
two Oracle instances.

This machine, of course, isn't a production server as all these services
have to compete for resources. I use it for testing and it works fine.

With regards,

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