Hi Nico,

Nico Callewaert schrieb:

> Hi list,
>
> I'm furious. I developed a project with Interbase, now Firebird as our database. The system is already 1,5 year up and running without any problem. Now my boss contacted a consultant to give his opinion about our IT infrastructure. His comments were : "Firebird is open source, it's a risky database, and you're depending on the goodwill of a few INTERNET PEOPLE who are developing the database. YOU SHOULD MIGRATE TO MS SQL SERVER". I could kill that man. I invested day and night in the development of the project. O fcourse my boss will listen to a consultant who is wearing a tie and walking with a briefcase. Now I'm looking for that article that Interbase wons the second place for the best database. It was choosen before SQL server, DB2, etc etc. Does anyone remember
> that article , Where can I find it ?

In addition: Early in 2000 we did a comparison between Oracle 8.i,
MS-SQL Server 7 and Interbase 6 due get a decision base for the proper
db system for our project, a production control system.

Interbase outperformed M$-SQL Server by a factor of up to 6! In
addition, the poor programming facilities in MS-SQL Server and its very
poor locking of rows made it absolutley unuseable for our needs.

The customer now is using Firebird on a linux cluster for his mission
critical application.

Best regards
Michael Gast