--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine <lester@...> wrote:

>
> > Ingres has the longest history among all open source database

projects, spanning more than two decades

>
> When did they open source Ingres and was it round before Interbase?
>

I recall evaluating Ingres back in 1987... but it was around long before.

It was opened sourced earlier this year (or last).

More details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres