Subject RE: [ib-support] OT: Sports tank (was: comments re: attracting users to Firebird)
Author mikko.laiho@nokia.com
> From: ext Martijn Tonies [mailto:m.tonies@...]>
> > >
> > > BTW, Mikko, are you using IB at work?
> > >
> >
> > Claudio,
> >
> > Yes. The application is Component Information
> > System used internally in Nokia. In -95 I chose
> > Delphi as the tool for developing the next generation
> > and IB came bundled with Delphi 1 kit.
> > In the beginning I used IB for getting quickly first
> > prototypes up and running but quite soon I became
> > convinced that IB is just the right kind of database for
> > that particular application and I abandoned plans of
> > switching over to Oracle at later stages. Now using
> > IB5.6 and there are plans to move over to IB6 or FB,
> > choice is still open.
> >
> > --Mikko
>
> If you select Firebird - better bring it out in the open -
> larger companies using Firebird - always good for some
> publicity I guess :)
>

Yes, I fully agree. But maybe it would be wiser not to publish
any details before appropriate parties in our company are
consulted.

--Mikko