True, I should have said Firebird (based on Interbase 6.0). > -----Original Message----- > From: Fernando Lozano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Oracle-like" databases on Linux > > > Hi Brenden, > > > Interbase (aka: Firebird) is open source and free. It has a very > > small footprint, easy to administer, fast and has some pretty nice > > advanced features (replication, shadowing) > > > > http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ > > > Well, not exactly. Firebird is a fork on the Interbase code > which was released under an open source license by Borland. > Today they are mostly the same code, but Borland is evolving > its own proprietary version (and not updating the open source > version) and the firebird team is implementing their own new > features and bug fixes. Someday they'll become so different > as Sybase and MS SQL Server (MS database was born as a Sybase > port for intel cpus). > > > []s, Fernando Lozano > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/re> dhat-list >
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