Subject RE: [IBO] FreeIB+ - now it's comercial !!!
Author Teng Koh Jye
I noticed that the download version of fibplus does NOT contain nag screen.
This saves people like me (who use the components to learn to database
programming) a lot of trouble.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos H. Cantu [SMTP:ibo@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:38 PM
> To: Nando Dessena
> Subject: [IBO] FreeIB+ - now it's comercial !!!
>
> 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 :)
>
>
> []s
>
> 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.
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