> I have just published a performance benchmark paper which includes
> Firebird in its tests.
> http://devloop.org.uk/documentation/database-performance/
> I hope you will find some of these results interesting, as I did.
> I am planning on making a new series of tests, including an optimized setup.
> Please bear in mind that the scope of the benchmark is limited (not
> trying to do what TPC does).

You actually compared MyISAM (MySQL) against the other databases...
Unbelievable. Thats like comparing apples v's oranges. Perhaps
you might want to compare a MySQL transactional storage engine against
the rest of the databases. Except they don't really have one of their
own yet.

Paul