I've always been somewhat confused by this subject. There's a:

a) free version of Interbase 6.01
b) paid version of Interbase 6.01
c) free version of Firebird

correct?

So how stable is Firebird when compared to Interbase. Naturally they share
the same code base but are they headed in different directions because they
are being managed differently. I apologize if this confusion is taking up
peoples' time.

-Surojit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven T. Cramer" <SCramer@...>
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [ib-support] IB free x IB paid


> Oh boy that is a big can of worms.
> >
> > Is there a paid version of Interbase ?
> Yes!
> >
> > iIf so, what r the differences between the 2 versions ?
> >
> Nothing currently but overtime there could be up to 3 versions of
> interbase. This all depends on how well Borland cooperates with the
> OpenSource efforts of FireBird.
>
> I personally have chosen to go with FireBird. Not because I am a big
> Open Source Fan but because Borland really mislead us in this Open
> Source arena. IBPhoneix offers support packages for Firebird also. And
> the support is a lot cheaper than the paid Interbase. FireBird DataBase
> is Open Source and Free.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Steven T. Cramer
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