> For me it was quite interesting since we currently think about using
> Firebird or PostgreSQL in a project. IMHO PostgreSQL is close to
> Firebird if you look at the characteristics. Therefore it isnot easy
> to choose.

note, there is one more thing that i did not mention. if your database
is heavy on updates (mine wasn't), Firebird might be slower because of
garbage collection. in my tests i had a steady performance degradation
after some updates/deletes. but that was not relevant for our
application sice 99% it is used in read-only mode.

best regards,
roman rokytskyy