--- In [email protected], Reinier Olislagers <reinierolislagers@...> wrote: > > Noticed this LibreOffice issue tracker item > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51780 > > ... where people want to replace the existing embedded Base database > with Firebird embedded. > > Hope it gets done - would probably be a nice boost to the Firebird name > from a PR perspective as well as make it easier to work with > Base+Firebird...
Sorry to dig this old thread but is done :) and we can test it from LibreOffice 4.2 Firebird has now been integrated into LibreOffice http://www.ahunt.org/2013/07/firebird-now-in-master/ This will give an estimate of > 25 Mil potential users if we consider 2011 numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#Users_and_deployments And for the easy of use part: Firebird will be the Base default database engine
