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Thomas Steinmaurer wrote:
>>> The Classic architecture handles SMP just fine. 
>>
>> Not according to Jim Starkey, the original architect of InterBase -
>>
>> "I understand you you're saying, particularly since I designed it that 
>> way.  But classic doesn't scale well for update intensive 
>> applications, doesn't meet contemporary standards for robustness, and 
>> has unenforceable security.  If you are looking for an existence 
>> proof, yes, it does run on SMP, but not in a manner  attractive to new 
>> users."
> 
> You guys are reading the Firebird lists? Excellent! ;-)

I don't (actually I never have read a single message on any of the FB forums, 
but that doesn't stop people from sending me things they think are interesting), 
someone forwarded that to me.

> 
> Care to keep IBX compatible with Firebird? You would do a "few" Delphi 
> users with IBX legacy apps a favour, I guess.

All Firebird had to do was stay backwards compatible with IB 6.0, they didn't. 
I have explained in the past why I don't have time to work on both IBX and an 
FBX.  Nothing has changed on that front, nor will it.

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