Hi,

>> 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.
>
>Speaking as someone who was involved in the decision making process for
>InterBase/Borland to go down the IBX route rather than any other....
>There is nothing special about IBX - it comes from the same roots as

FIBPlus

>(i.e. Greg Deatz's FreeIBComponents), whilst IBO initially came from a
>different background. Both FibPlus and IBO are great products. IBX makes

the

>grade currently simply because of Jeff Overcash's expertise.... without
>Jeff's work on it over the last 18 months or so (and the fact that Borland
>(via Jeff) supply and support it) it wouldn't be as capable as it is now.

IBX is maturing as we speak/work/write/whatever. It's becoming more usuable
( *g* ) by the week/month and I think it's performance is getting better
too. But it's a whole different ball-game compared to IBO - IBO has much
more to offer and will support Firebird (v1 is not a problem, v2 will become
more difficult).

As for me, I'm supporting Firebird and will keep on doing this (boy, am I
glad I'm using IBO :))

What bothers me more is IBConsole... If IBX _really_ becomes incompatible,
there will be no GUI client except, I think, Jasons IB_SQL (very usable
though). Should IB_SQL be the tool of choice for (Win32) builds of Firebird?

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


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