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Firebird Relational Database 1.5 Final Out

Posted by simoniker on from the the-other-white-meat dept.

firebirdy writes "The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that the v1.5 release of the Firebird database engine is now available for immediate download. The v1.5 release represents a major upgrade to the engine, which has been developed by an independent team of voluntary developers from the InterBase(tm) source code that was released by Borland under the InterBase Public License v.1.0 on 25 July 2000. Development on the Firebird 2 codebase began early in Firebird 1 development, with the porting of the Firebird 1 C code to C++ and the first major code-cleaning. Firebird 1.5 is the first release of the Firebird 2 codebase. Install packages are currently only available for Windows and Linux but other platforms should follow shortly." This product is not to be confused with newly renamed Firefox web browser, which was also called Firebird for some time.

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  1. Woohoo! by DarkHelmet · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm so glad this version of FireBird renders CSS properly... no wait...

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  2. Look up! is it a browser, is it a OS? by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    no it's a database!

    1. Re:Look up! is it a browser, is it a OS? by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe someone can figure out how to merge it into the EMACS source tree. Then it can be all three.

      --Dan

  3. Re:Firebird for web sites by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firebird works really good for Web sites.
    Much better than Internet Explorer.

  4. In other news by nebaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Due to trademark infringement potential and other potential confusion, Firebird Database Engine has just changed its name to

    F------d Database Engine

    More news to follow.

    P.S. For any lawyers, etc. reading this, the above is an example of "parody", not subject to the definition of "slander" or "libel".

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  5. Right by pheared · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, I typed in slashdot.org but somehow I ended up on freshmeat.net. wtf?

    1. Re:Right by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If this were another pointless MySQL upgrade, you'd have a point. But this is a real database.

  6. Re:Firebird(tm) and why I just don't care by MyHair · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firebird is SQL, not relational.

    Yip yip yip! Ow! I sprained by brain!

  7. One Firebird... by holizz · · Score: 5, Funny

    to serve up pages, one to view them... and one Firebird to rule them all?

  8. Re:Only got one thing to say about Firebird: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mysql easy?? I couldn't even begin to get it to install so I had to revert old school and use a sheets of paper and a filing cabinet for my database.

  9. Re:Bleh by jejones · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the writers of the Firebird BBS would have something to say about who chose a name already taken by another project.

  10. Re:This project by nelsonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    You only need a single DBMS and it will be included in the next point release of emacs.

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