Artur,

> Could you please inform me about the 'compiler story'?

As you correctly stated, compiling FB1 under windows requires an MS C
compiler (most people use MS VC) -- there is a long/ugly history about
the use of the MS compilers...

The good news is that one of the goals of FB2 is a port to C++, which
should mean that the windows build can be built using gcc (cygnus).

I don't know any further details, perhaps you could post some questions
to the Firebird dev list and this might be something that you can work
on/contribute to the project.


Sean