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> From: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> miker169@...
> Sent: Jueves, 06 de Febrero de 2014 17:42
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> Hello, firstly I would like to put into context my next few
> paragraphs. I am a huge fan of Firebird and sincerely
> appreciate the unbelievable work of the people behind it and
> all its related projects.

No need to apologize. Provided that the propositions are sincere and not
only to stir controversy up, I think they're welcome.

> Also to post this message I had to sign into Yahoo (which I
> only do once in a blue moon) and of course had forgotten my
> password which entailed three further attempts to enter a new
> one which must never have been used before guaranteeing that
> I will forget it next time!!

Why? Don't you have access to an email client? You simply reply to the list.
If you're member, your message is delivered even if you don't remember your
password (this is what I'm doing and I never log into Yahoo). Of course, I'm
assuming you will write from the same email account you registered with
Yahoo, as it's too much to ask it to be psychic.

> I am far from young and hip, but forums are just so much
> better. I am a big fan of wxWidgets and their forum is
> excellent see http://forums.wxwidgets.org/.

This is not an ad, I don't work for any of these companies. Just look at the
bottom of these main pages:
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/forum.php
http://www.diyaudio.com/
http://audiokarma.org/

All of them are powered by the original vBulletin or a customization
provided by a third party. I searched and the company making it is alive.
They even can host the bulletin in their facilities for 180 dollars a year.

> Apart from that I am more than happy with the 2/3 year
> release cycle of Firebird because what I need from a database
> is *stability*. That said I am eagerly awaiting the new
> security features and C++ API in 3.0.

SqlServer 2008 -> SqlServer 2012
In the middle, R1 and R2, but I never had time to read the list of changes.

> The other thing that I think would get more users excited is
> something like MySQL Workbench. I know we have FlameRobin but
> IMHO is Workbench significantly better (sorry).

Nice suggestion, but there're not enough resources (not enough hands).

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