Subject | Re: [IBO] Which version of InterBase is free for commercial use... |
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Author | Helen Borrie |
Post date | 2006-03-08T23:11:59Z |
At 08:57 AM 9/03/2006, you wrote:
original IB 6 beta sources. Apart from a handful of bugfixes that
the Borland crowd harvested from the Firebird tree in 2000, it's
"bugs-and-all".
Try Googling "Interbase 6 open source". There are possibly still
some sites that have those old binaries available for download.
Recommendation: don't use it!!!!!! Why would you, when Firebird has
six years of fixing Borland bugs and adding enhancements?
problems, ask on the firebird-support or ib-conversions lists.
sometimes sell off software that they have stopped using. You can
also sometimes find old software at Amazon.com, in the "used"
classification. Use the search engines.
Firebird features. You can usually massage old Delphi source code, though.
Borland's marketing policy. And, as a rule, it's quite hard nowadays
to attempt to resolve issues with very old Delphi or IBO versions.
Helen
>1)Which version of InterBase is free for commercial use...and where IOnly the old version of IB 6.0 that was built by Borland from the
>can find it.Plesae send me a link.
original IB 6 beta sources. Apart from a handful of bugfixes that
the Borland crowd harvested from the Firebird tree in 2000, it's
"bugs-and-all".
Try Googling "Interbase 6 open source". There are possibly still
some sites that have those old binaries available for download.
Recommendation: don't use it!!!!!! Why would you, when Firebird has
six years of fixing Borland bugs and adding enhancements?
>2)Can Firebird server work with interbase GDB?Yes; with limitations depending on versions. If you have conversion
problems, ask on the firebird-support or ib-conversions lists.
>3)Where I can find Delphi 5 licence for sale?Try eBay. Borland sometimes auctions old stock on eBay and people
sometimes sell off software that they have stopped using. You can
also sometimes find old software at Amazon.com, in the "used"
classification. Use the search engines.
>4)Is it Delphi 9 compatibile with IBO Objects?Yes, IBO 4.5 and above.
>5)Is it last version of IBO Object compatibile with previousNot always. Old versions don't always implement later Delphi or
>(1998-2000), ...asking to be shoure that my program will not chrash?
Firebird features. You can usually massage old Delphi source code, though.
>6)Is it to much questions?:)It's OK for a one-off question, but this list is about IBO, not about
Borland's marketing policy. And, as a rule, it's quite hard nowadays
to attempt to resolve issues with very old Delphi or IBO versions.
Helen