--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:

>
> It will be interesting to see whether the aggressively protective
> stance taken by ye Olde TeamB volunteers in the InterBase camp during
> the past six years will carry over into "TeamC[odegear]" in the
> future. The fact that Borland came forward spontaneously to provide
> some considerable sponsorship for the recent Firebird conference
> indicates some degree of thaw on the Borland side of the now-ancient
> crevasse...
>
> ./heLen
>

A little off-topic but FWIW, I read daily the Borland/Codegear
newsgroups and I've seen some changes to positive in a lot of things
and attitudes coming from them (I mean CodeGear). I would not be
surprised if in the next release of the BDS drivers or data providers
for Firebird and the dbExpress, BDP.NET or IBX components would appear :-)

Cheers,

Guillem