[ Thanks to Pavel Cisar
for this link. ]
“After comparing what are commonly thought of as the two most
common and most popular open-source databases–MySQL and
PostgreSQL–I was floored by the amount of mail I received
regarding my ill-advised omission of the hotly popular Firebird
open-source database.“It just goes to show: If a product is freely downloaded, yet
unmarketed, it can be extremely popular and still escape
journalists’ attention. The point is underscored by a recent poll
in LinuxQuestions.org, in which Firebird placed a very close second
to MySQL in Member Choice Awards for Best Database of the Year
2003…”
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