----- Original Message -----
From: "Nando Dessena"
To: <ib-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ib-support] Re: assign same trigger to different tables


> > > How stable is Firebird ? I need to put a big website in production.
Would
> > you bet on Firebird stability ?
> > Do you bet on IB stability? I don't: I use Firebird in all my clients.
>
> InterBase (except perhaps version 5.x with x < 6) and Firebird are among
> the most stable pieces of software I have ever dealt with. The fact that
> Firebird carries a couple (hundred) of bugfixes (together with some
> all-new bugs, to be honest) does not make InterBase any less stable nor
> any more buggy than it would be if Firebird didn't exist.

I was playing a little with the subject.... Anyway, my idea was to answer
him saying that they are people that works just with FB. Maybe it was better
this way:
Do you bet on IB stability? I use Firebird in all my clients.

> Did you bet on IB5.6 stability a couple of years ago?
Do you bet in any software stability? Ops, I'm doing it again...

> I am saying this just because I have noticed a general tendency to dump
> each build when a newer version is out, saying that the older one has
> suddenly become crap. :-)
Yeap. But this is just a Marketing business: why will people buy a new
version if the version they had it's enough? We must give something very
good to let people upgrade their products or use a better marketing
approach....

> Do I bet on IB stability? Of course I do. Do I use Firebird for my
> clients? Of course I do.
You're right !

Artur