--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Rood <kevinarood@...>
wrote:

>
> Why do so few web hosting companies provide Firebird as a database

option, but most provide Mysql (or Postgresql) as an option?

>

My guess is that FB doesn't receive respect, just like IB never did.
Borland never seriously marketed IB. It never got name recognition.
So, here we are.

BTW, since I cannot find affordable ISAPI hosting and there are few FB
hosting choices, I am exploring hosting my own web site. Check out XP
Pro's IIS 5.1 support. It's cool. Won't let you run a business, but
you can at least host your FB database app during development and
decide later whether you want to go commercial.

Cheers,
SamsoftUS