For those interested to know how FB 3 protocol was improved to work
better over internet:

http://www.firebirdnews.org/firebird-3-protocol-benchmark/

Spoiler: Now you should think twice before saying that MySQL is faster ;-)

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Carlos
Firebird Performance in Detail - http://videos.firebirddevelopersday.com
www.firebirdnews.org - www.FireBase.com.br