Hello all;

My firm is currently using an Open Source IB extensively across our
enterprise. We are concerned about our upgrade path as we do not
want to incur per server license fees for our product. To this end
we are interested in participating in the FireBird project, however,
several questions as to compatibility have arisen. If anyone can
help answer these Qs, we would very much appreciate the assistance.

What sort of compatibility is supported between IB 6.0.x (Open
Sourced) and FireBird 1.0.x (is ODS the same?; language/syntax
identical?; will client software interoperate with either release?;
etc.)? What, if any, incompatibilities exist?

What are the differences /incompatibilities between IB 6.0.x and
FireBird 1.5? Are these releases' ODSs the same?

What are the differences / incompatibilities between InterBase 7.x
and Firebird 1.5? Do language / syntax differences appear between
these releases? ODS differences?

What about differences between FireBird 1.5 and 2.x? Language
changes?

Thanks very much for your assistance!

Regards,

Hugh J Borst
hborst@...