On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 13:13 -0500, Kyle Gonzales wrote: > Very true. Screw MySQL... except that many free software projects use > MySQL as their backend. A problem for sure.
Wouldn't be a problem if developers chose a real solution instead of the fastest one they could grab their hands on and get the job done with. Makes no sense to me, since Firebird predates most RDBMS history wise. Much less became open source before allot of the popular FOSS applications that use a RDBMS were even created. Along those same lines, PostgreSQL doesn't get as much love as MySQL, but is not as neglected as Firebird. Lots of FOSS applications have support for PostgreSQL and MySQL. Firebird is the red headed step child. I tried for years at LWE to get the various magazines to do an article on Firebird. Even put them in touch with principles. I sware MySQL was paying them to do articles on them. Much less at times paying for advertising and that made articles bias :( To this date I have yet to see ANY Linux publication do anything on Firebird. Which is very sad. Considering at one point even MySQL had the creator of the core of Firebird working for them, Jim Starkey ;) Also found out not to long ago that SAS is a major contributor to Firebird, development wise, for some time now. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
