> Well, let me play devils advocate for a moment.
> Let's see,
> - number of releases from Borland post IB5.6 -> 2 (IB6.0, IB6.5)

But 5.6 did not actually work, you HAD to use the 5.1 gds.
Ditto IB6.

> - number of releases from Firebird -> 0

And I am using it in the field without any problems.

> We (the compnay that I work for) can not and will not ship beta, RC, etc.,
> code, only release code. We've been asking here (Mers until it went down),
> when is FB 1.0 going to be released. All we ever hear is "real soon". The
> link someone posted to IBPhoenix regarding RC2 says the same thing, that is
> RC2 will be available "soon".... We (the company that I work for), may have
> to go to Borland for IB, since "real soon" has been a "real long time" ;)

I run 24/7 systems over flaky BT networks. The first version
that actually achived this was the Firebird Build338 despite
my having paid lots of money to Borland for a working
package.

Borland Usable Releases - 0
Firebird Usable Releases - At least 1

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