Not in the least. I was just trying to make the point that Borland must have foreseen this when they opensourced IB6.0
I think Firebird is a great initiative. IBPhoenix too. Borland would be better off worring about competing with SQL Server than Firebird. I have heard of several projects switch from Interbase to SQL Server in a corporate environment, because Interbase wasn't a company standard db or the PTB had never heard of Interbase. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Win 98 SE > > > Which if you take the position that Borland considers Firebird a > > competitor > > > now makes a certain kind of sense (at least from their view :-) > > > > A competitor of their own (Borland's) making. > > Seems you are upset by this... I think it's great. It will continue to > push the development of both database's to be better. A definate win-win > for us developers. > > Until the feature sets get further apart, I don't see a reason why you > would want to support both Interbase and Firebird. Most of the features > are the same (at the moment). I recall reading that one of the interbase > component 3rd parties (can't remember but there are only 3 of them Borland, > the ones used in Quick Desk and the ones used in Workbench) was hoping to > remain Interbase and Firebird compatible. > > > JED > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
