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CodeGear sold to Embarcadero
Today was announced that Embarcadero is buying CodeGear (Borland division responsible for programming tools, including Delphi and InterBase).
Sun to Begin Close Sourcing MySQL - time for alternatives like firebird
“From the MySQL User’s Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base.”
Read the rest of the article on slashdot
There are many posts about firebird too
Also another interesting blog about this community split
General tips for FirebirdCS on Fedora , Centos, RHEL
The Evolution Payroll service-bureau system from iSystems, LLC employs a three-tiered architecture, with the backend being one or more Linux servers running the Firebird SQL database. Evolution is able to split the load across multiple DB servers on a per-client basis. As Service Bureaus grow, it’s common to add new DB servers to the system, [...]
SQL Compact Edition or Firebird Embedded ?
I need to choose an embeded database for my Windows desktop application programmed in C# .NET.
New Camaro db engine - better than Maria
Read the answer to the question “Anyone here ever used the Firebird db engine?”
Origin of the firebird/interbase port 3050
Here is the question on Firebird-Support group
> How did port 3050 get selected as the “gds_db” service port. Was it
> chosen arbitrarily or is there some interesting story behind it? Maybe
> Jim Starkey’s phone number in Groton?
No story there at all. It was just a number that nobody else seemed
to be using at [...]
Linux Gains Windows Muscle with LAMP/WAMP/FLAP/FWAP stack
One of the most important recent developments in the open source world is the rise of integrated open source enterprise stacks. Many run on Windows, too, so they offer the Microsoft IT community a range of interesting — and free – alternatives to traditional [...]
Is time to vote firebird in SF Community Choice Awards 2007
Here is the page for voting firebird http://sourceforge.net/community/index.php/landing-pages/cca07/
News via phoronix.com
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Last year it was at Linux World Boston where the winners of the Source Forge Community Choice Awards were announced. Among the winners [...]
Firdbird 2.0 vs the World - post of the day on [Firebird-Architect]
rvbyron wrote on [Firebird-Architect]:
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Hi all,
I have seen some comparisons of Firebird to other open source
databases, however, the list is not very extensive. Further,
most [...]
Firebird job for the weekend - on rentacoder
Job for the weekend : Add Stored Procedures To Firebird Database
Another interesting one is about crypting stored procedures in Firebird.
Keep your eye on the Firebird related jobs
Follow the Progress of JRuby on Rails
Charles Nutter has been keeping an updated page of Rails test run results that shows progress towards the goal of a fully-functioning JRuby on Rails. Members of the JRuby team have already demonstrated Rails applications working on JRuby, and even ActiveRecord talking to databases via JDBC. To be clear, what we’re talking about here is [...]
Oracle licenses Open Invention Network patents
I guess patent “protection” apply to firebird too
Oracle has signed a patent agreement with the Open Invention Network (OIN).
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OIN is an association of major companies from the IT and entertainment electronics sector that [...]
PHP Interbase Extension Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
PHP Interbase Extension Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
BugTraq ID: 22976
Remote: Yes
Date Published: 2007-03-15
Relevant URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22976
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Summary:
The PHP Interbase extension is prone to multiple remote buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the application fails to perform boundary checks [...]
Log Buffer #24: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Welcome to the 24th edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of the database blogosphere.
Open Source On The Air - Episode 9 - some words about Falcon Engine
This week we’ve taken a break from the political.
So for the LA Update, we have a word with Arjen Lentz about some of the new features in MySQL and the “in development” Falcon Engine.
Feature of the day - in firebird
Firebird has a limitation for table names length
But only at creation time !
Read more on vtiger forum
16 cores mips cpu ready - just in time for the firebird port
here is the article about the new 16 cores mips cpu , On cnet there is an picture with full server built around that cpu [it might work with firebird on linux mips ]
ps: anyone with an ultrasparc t1 (niagara) based system and linux loaded on it?
oracle and linux and firebird = rant of the day
Here are some rants about oracle, linux and oss databases
Will Oracle ever befriend Linux and actually prove that something can be given in return? At present, Oracle competes with and destroys some of the business that MySQL, Firebird, and PostgreSQL have conquered with Linux and pure Open Source software.
MySQL sees an end for old databases
End of life for mysql 3.x and 4.0.x versions , time to switch to an better
alternative database system : firebird
(we have free source and binaries for all versions)
Here is the full article
Interview with Paul Ruinzendaal (Fyracle)
Available here (you need to login to read the full interview).
Firebird Questions .NET
I’ve just released a new experimental site: http://www.firebirdquestions.net/.
It is a searchable and browsable archive of firebird-net-provider mailing list.
Noteworthy features:
Updated automatically every 60 seconds
Search is powered by Lucene.Net and Seekafile Server.
You can browse the history by threads.
You can skip to next/previous thread by hitting ‘j’/'k’ keys.
All e-mails protected.
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
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No Lobbysts As Such - The Fight Against Sofware Patents in Europe
Florian Müller’s memoir-style book has been released under the Creative Commons license this month.
On 377 pages, Mueller tells the story of the legislative process that ended in July last year with a landslide vote of the European Parliament against a proposal for a software patent directive.
The book is now available on the Internet for download:
http://www.no-lobbyists-as-such.com/NoLobbyistsAsSuch.pdf
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