Some answers... (The one's I know)

> I read Jim Starkey's and Ann Harrison's historical documents to find
> the meaning of the ``gds'' suffix: Groton [MA] Database Systems. That
> prompts a few more questions (maybe FAQ-worthy):
>
> 1). I take it that's the origin of the 'g' prefix to commands such as
> ``gbak'', ``gstat'' and so on. Correct?

Correct - 'g' = Groton

> 2). What's the derivation of the equally-ubiquitous ``isc''?

Interbase Software Corporation

> 3). There's a static archive library file file in Interbase,
> ``libgds_pyxis.a''. What's this for?

Dead/deprecated -- ignore it.


Sean