On 6/10/05, Thomas Steinmaurer <ts@...> wrote:

> >>>>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...
> >

Yep cold fresh shower is good sometimes :)

Others have seen the paper

http://leithal.cool-tools.co.uk/?p=3
http://www.postgresqlfr.org/?q=node/252

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