It seems that people who were using FreeIB+ as a FREE alternative to IB
connectivity had a bad surprise... now it must be registered for comercial
use and they seem to have adopted Jason's TRUSTWARE license... more info :

http://www.second-dream.ru/

In my view this puts IBO one step ahead in the competition... maybe a new
slogan : IBO - no surprises here :)


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Carlos
WarmBoot Informatica - http://www.warmboot.com.br
Interbase-BR - http://www.interbase-br.com

ND> Claudio,

>> > Maybe the trustware scheme itself needs more marketing. But the italian
>> > market for IBO is small anyway...
>>
>> Don't you think that probably the IB market itself may be still small in
>> Italy or not?

ND> Yes it is. But something is moving.
ND> The point is that only a small fraction of the small (but growing) group
ND> of IB developers in Italy seems to use IBO. The BDE, FIB+ and IBX seem
ND> to be preferred alternatives. I suspected that maybe IBO being perceived
ND> as a commercial (thus more costly) product could play a part on this
ND> trend.