JW> I am also going to be introducing a driver layer to better facilitate the
JW> diverging paths of InterBase and Firebird. This opens the door to consider
JW> bringing in other SQL back-end systems into the IBO arena. I am open to
JW> receiving votes for favorite DB's you would like an IBO front-end to.

Judging by the speed of IBO development in the latest years, I would
feel much more comfortable if you expend your time/energy just on
Firebird (and InterBase, if you still see market for it) instead of
putting efforts to accept other databases in IBO, at last for now.

I think only after IBO 5 is out and stable (for FB/IB), you could start
to integrate other DBs, not before. So, I would leave the question
about favorite DBs for a later time.

Just my 2c.

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Carlos H. Cantu
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