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Jack Mason wrote:
> If I understand the licensing fees, with a three computer system, it 
> would cost us $3,200 to license InterBase 7+.  Is this about right?  If 
> so, as a small business, it prices us right out of the marketplace.

I don't believe that is correct. The server license is several hundred 
dollars (and allows, I think, up to four connections), and about $150 
for each client license, with 10-packs available at a discount. Don't 
quote me on the exact numbers, but it's very affordable, especially if 
you need the dozen or so major features that FB doesn't have. Don't get 
me wrong, I love the new Firebird 2.0 release, but it still doesn't have 
some of IB's best features, and it takes the FB team a couple years to 
finish each round of new features.

Check out page 15 of this link:

http://www.borland.com/resources/en/pdf/white_papers/ib_vs_SQLServer.pdf

IMHO, there are only 2 databases in the world: IB/FB and Oracle. IB/FB 
work extremely well for about 98% of the projects most people are 
involved in, and for the others, there's Oracle. SQL Server just barely 
released their first version (2005) that supports row versioning, and it 
is turned off by default. If you read articles about the feature, there 
are warnings to only turn it on if you really need it. IB/FB and Oracle 
have had row versioning perfected for ages.

My $0.02.

Loren