Full issue with bonus article is now available for download for $9.95 US. Preview available for free. Issue will be released later for free download, minus bonus article. Links here.
Firebird 2.0 RC2 Windows Kits are now showing up in some of the mirrors. Links here.
The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the second release candidate of Firebird 2.0, for final testing. The Source tarball and the binary kits for Linux have been uploaded and should be available soon. There will be a delay with the Windows kits so please be patient.
The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release of the first release candidate of Firebird 2.0, for final testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux, including x64 Linux. However, due to hardware failure on the Windows build system, there will be initial delays in accessing the Win32 kits. Patience please!
Dmitry Yemanov launches a Developers' Journal where you can catch the latest comments from the core developers about how things are going.
Carlos Cantu publishes a new "quick-look" guide to Firebird's features and capabilities — Firebird 2-Minute Guide. Several non-English translations are available.
Today Jim Starkey, who led the original Vulcan fork of Firebird, announced that he has sold his Netfrastructure web software business to MySQL AB and will be taking up a full-time job as a developer for the MySQL company.
Dmitry Yemanov has assembled a list of mandatory and optional features defined by the SQL standards and marks how (or if) each one is supported by Firebird versions.
The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the release of the second Beta of Firebird 2.0, for testing. Download kits are available for Windows and Linux, including x64 Linux. Happy testing!
A new Yahoogroups list has been set up to help get Firebird developers and prospective employers in touch. It would be a good place to post if you have voluntary skills you'd like to share with the project, too. Click to go to the list's home page.