Yes, Martijn makes a good point.

When you tell people you are using Firbird(SQL) version 1, it does
sometimes scare them... First of all, Firebird?? Second of all, version
1???

People are always reassured (a bit) when I tell them that Firebird 1
started from the source of Borland Interbase version 6. Most people tend
to recognise Interbase, well, no, not quite true, but they usually do at
least recognise the Borland brand name. Who cares about a brand name?
The people who often make the final decisions, that's who!

So, as Martin suggests, I would tell them a bit about the History and
say that really it is a version 6 (or is it 7?) project... Well, it has
been around a long time anyway!

Regards
Colin


-----Original Message-----
From: Martijn Tonies [mailto:m.tonies@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2003 9:47 p.m.
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Re: Any idea of numbers of
installations?


Fred,

> I'm new to both FB and this group. I am evaluating FB for possible
> use in some networking projects that some of my clients have planned
> in the near future. But their major concern is going to be "is FB
> ready from 'primetime'?" If I could show my clients that FB is
> already deployed and working reliably in similar applications, that
> would be a major step towards convincing them to choose FB.

Mind you - Firebird is based upon the InterBase source code. A database
engine with a 20 year history - see www.cvalde.com for more on it's
history.

> I would love to know how many actual "production" installations are
> deployed as opposed to "development" or "evaluation" installations.
> Also, some honest testimonials of FB applications in production
> environments would be quite valuable. Perhaps this information
> already exists. If so, a pointer to it would be greatly appreciated.

Well, for one - about 60% ( I believe ) of Russian money transfers (or
whatever, can someone enlighten me here, what did Nickolay create an
application for?) is done through Firebird (very large
application!).

Also, the complete Norway Cancer Registry is stored into a Firebird
database. That is, a registration for each occurence of cancer in
Norway.

So besides any Firebird applications, you should probably also
mention that Firebird is much older than version 1.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird Upscene
Productions http://www.upscene.com


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