Interbase was started in 1984, first released in 1985 I believe.. PostgreSQL started in 1986 (not sure when it was 'released').
I think Interbase has been in the mainstream longer however. > -----Original Message----- > From: raptor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 5:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Databases - which one > > > On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:05:11 -0400 > "brett holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > |I'm looking for a database for use on my home systems - > |doesn't have to handle large transactions. I was planning > |on using PostGRESQL but noticed Firebird and was doing > |some reading on it. Any pros or cons, experiences of one > |vs the other? > | > |Thanks. > > ]- I will bet on Firebird. :") I have used PostgeSQL in the > past and was not so impressed... at that time it lacked alot > of features (notably outer joins), now I think it is OK. > Some good feature of PG object-oriented TABLE > specs(inheritance) and such.. Interbase have been around for > much longer time. > > > As I wrote earlier : > ]- firebird(interbase) - multiversioning engine(i.e not lock > based), small-footprint, install&forget, fork&threaded variants, > subselects/joins/triggers/etc all is there... very simple way > to add new functions via Delphi/Kylix or C (UDF) > - SUSPEND in stored-procs i.e. stored-proc may behave like > normal TABLE ( i.e. SELECT * FROM storedproc() ) > - before/after triggers > - The creator of interbase still work on FireBird. > - afaik interbase is used in M1 tank :") > - from all DB I know, it is avail. on more platforms that others > - long history, do u remember Borland was No1 in DB > - there is records of working DB as large as 200-400GB > http://firebirdsql.org/ > http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?> op=history&id=beginning > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
