>>>>the "Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing" (http://www.faw.at)
>>>>in cooperation with "Fabalabs Software GmbH"
>>>>(http://www.fabalabs.org) have made a new Open Source DBMS evaluation
>>>>document available, comparing Firebird 1.5.2, Ingres r3 3.0.1, MaxDB
>>>>7.5.0.23, MySQL 4.1.10 and PostgreSQL 8.0.1 in different areas.
>>>>
>>>>The document can be downloaded here:
>>>>http://www.fabalabs.org/research/papers/FabalabsResearchPaper-OSDB
>>>>MS-Eval.pdf
>>
>>>Wow, it's thorough document.
>>>People, have a look.
>>>I just read some lines here and there for now.
>>
>>I did read it when Thomas posted it, and found it very interesting.
>>And, I just re-read it again just to see if I missed something the
>>first time I read it. And, I did miss something, Thomas's name is on
>>this document.
>>
>>The Firebird team seems to be on the right track with FB 2.0 and
>>the future FB 3.0.
>>
>>And, I have to say, hats off to Thomas and his colleagues for this
>>document.
>
>
> Indeed, a very interesting document ( I read it too ). The future of
> Firebird
> can be very interesting, as can be the future of the other engines...

More or less, but I'm not sure if the Open Source model of Ingres will
succeed. The source is available, but development is AFAIK still done by
CA and having a talk with a CA representative, it's pretty hard for
"outsiders" to actively help with development. He doesn't see a
"community" around Ingres Open Source right now, which is one of the
most important thing around Firebird and its success, IMHO. MaxDB is
somewhat closed development as well, namely done by SAP employees.

> Firebird isn't even doing too bad in this evaluation...

Yes, indeed.


Regards,
Thomas