On 6/13/05, Martijn Tonies <m.tonies@...> 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
>
> " I came across the following document posted to the mysql mailing list toda
> y. "
>
> Yep, that was me ;-)
>
> > http://leithal.cool-tools.co.uk/?p=3
> > http://www.postgresqlfr.org/?q=node/252
>
> With regards,
>
> Martijn Tonies

is good we have some eyes there :)
from the paper i see firebird 1.5.2 still have some limits
if we want to use it with very large databases :
unlimited table number, unlimited size ... etc

I will try to see what are limits with fb2.0 or vulcan


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