Hi,

>i Mark, do you really mean this? Because of one tool opting not to support
>irebird, development of Firebird should be restrained? If IBX was the only
>way to go, you might have a point. But you wrote yourself that FIBplus
>looks interesting, and IB Objects have won the award "Best Database
>Connectivity" from Delphi Informant two years running (and I'm amongst
>those having voted for it - it's a pleasure to use), so IBX is up to
>serious competition. Nothing prevents you from supporting both Interbase
>and Firebird - except IBX. To me, the logical conclusion would be to ditch
>IBX if you want to ensure compatibility with Firebird in the future.

But in spite of the 'best db connectivity' award, lots and lots of people
still turn to IBX because it simply is available when Delphi is installed...
It comes with the Delphi license -- unlike IBO and FIBPlus... Not that those
aren't worth their money of course :)

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase and Firebird
http://www.interbaseworkbench.com


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