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You can still download the open source version of IB from
http://mers.com but why would you want to? Development was stopped
years ago and it has problems with the latest versions of Windows (XP,
2003). Find a database that is still being developed and you  will have
fewer problems.

-- 
Bill Todd (TeamB)

Abraham wrote:

> Is it still possible to download Interbase open source? 

	Yes:

http://mers.com

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Where did  you get the idea that IB 6 is the only open source database
in the world? :) At this point the problems that IB 6 has with XP and
2003 are annoying but not critical. You have to disably hyperthreading
in the system BIOS if you have a hyperthreaded processor because IB 6
is actually slower under hyperthreading. Access to isc4.gdb is slower
on XP because system restore backs up any file with a .gdb extension
every time it is changed. The first connection to Win2003 is very slow
due to a change that Microsoft made in the TCP/IP stack. The problems
can only get worse as new versions of Windows are released. If you want
open source to reduce costs that is fine but I cannot see how you or
your users benefit from using an open source database that is not being
developed when there are other options.

-- 
Bill Todd (TeamB)

The last time I checked all other versions of IB had to be paid for and if 
the budget is tight, open source sounds like the answer. How expensive is a 
database that is still being developed? I think budget plays a big role in 
the choice as to which db. The last time I worked with open source was with 
Win 2000 & 2000 server. Worked great then. Is it so bad now with XP? 
Actually, I know a few systems that still works great with IB 5.5 and Win XP 
+ Win 2000 server. In 5 years not 1 of those db's ever fell over. I really 
like IB and can vouch for a stable db. Didn't know open source was so bad.

"Bill Todd" <no@no.com> wrote in message 
news:438cc562$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> You can still download the open source version of IB from
> http://mers.com but why would you want to? Development was stopped
> years ago and it has problems with the latest versions of Windows (XP,
> 2003). Find a database that is still being developed and you  will have
> fewer problems.
>
> -- 
> Bill Todd (TeamB) 

Hi Abraham,

It's not quite true that development of the open-source Interbase stopped years ago.  Borland has stopped development of it, but an active open-source community (including one of the original IB developers) has continued work on it.  The project is now called Firebird (presumably because Interbase is a trademark owned by Borland).  They have made many improvements since the IB 6.0 codebase was released.  Check it out here:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/

Regards,
Luke.

"Abraham" <aprozesky@hotmail.com> wrote:
>The last time I checked all other versions of IB had to be paid for and if 
>the budget is tight, open source sounds like the answer. How expensive is a 
>database that is still being developed? I think budget plays a big role in 
>the choice as to which db. The last time I worked with open source was with 
>Win 2000 & 2000 server. Worked great then. Is it so bad now with XP? 
>Actually, I know a few systems that still works great with IB 5.5 and Win XP 
>+ Win 2000 server. In 5 years not 1 of those db's ever fell over. I really 
>like IB and can vouch for a stable db. Didn't know open source was so bad.
>
>"Bill Todd" <no@no.com> wrote in message 
>news:438cc562$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>> You can still download the open source version of IB from
>> http://mers.com but why would you want to? Development was stopped
>> years ago and it has problems with the latest versions of Windows (XP,
>> 2003). Find a database that is still being developed and you  will have
>> fewer problems.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bill Todd (TeamB)