Correct - the issue being that an ODBC driver has been written but isn't
free (but not expensive either). It will be free when the developer who
wrote it has covered his costs.
I suspect the Open Source (IBPhoenix) and Borland versions are otherwise
identical but whether an opensource db suits a commercial product is a
matter of choice and convention. Plenty of people buy MS products when
competing products offer the features they need and are cheaper/ more
reliable. With IB you can give users the choice of paying or not but you
cannot give it the MS logo.
Personally, I think choice is great and IB stacks up pretty well for most
applications.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Scadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 11 June 2001 11:15
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: RE: Re: [DUG]: Tuning SQL
> Yes it is (I thought) - and theres the Firebird project stemming from it.
As
> I understand it the only difference between the Open source version is
that
> Borland wont give it their certification - you are free to buy licences
and
> get the certification if you so require.
And the issue over an ODBC driver for it. You can buy the one that ships
with
Borland Interbase separately however.
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