“Inprise Corp. soon plans to outline the future of its InterBase
database division, and the possibility of opening the database’s
source code is squarely on the table.”
“The Scotts Valley, Calif., company is expected to make an
announcement about InterBase next week following the resignations
of three top InterBase managers earlier this month — moves that
triggered a flood of speculation about the future of the
15-year-old database….”
“A source close to the company said Tuesday that opening the
InterBase source code is being considered by Inprise
executives. Such a move would encourage application
development for the database and drive deployments in corporate
IT.”