[ Thanks to mariuz for this link.
]
“Jim Starkey, the original creator of InterBase which became
Firebird, just made it publicly known that he now works for MySQL
AB.“My company, Netfrastructure, Inc., has been acquired by MySQL,
AB. As part of the agreement, I will be working full time for
MySQL. I expect to lurk on the architecture list from time to time
and may contribute the occasional wolf-o-gram, but I will not be
taking an active part in Firebird development. Although Ann will
work for MySQL, part time, translating from wolf to English, she
will continue to be active in the Firebird project…”