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FirebirdNews: Get to Know Firebird in 2 Minutes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 8, 2006

“If you are reading this paper, this is probably your first
encounter with the Firebird RDBMS. This paper will present to you
the main features of the Firebird database. At the end, I am sure
you will be anxious to download its lightweight installer and try
it out yourself.

“Firebird is derived from Borland InterBase 6.0 source code. It
is open source and has no dual license…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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