Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 released

Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 (build no. 11252) is now available for download and testing. Currently only Win32 builds are available, Linux builds will follow shortly.

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Unofficial VisualCLX Patches news!

2005-07-21

Update: VisualCLX patch 3.9

• ShowModal uses QApplication::enterLoop() again
• TSpeedButton/TBitBtn paints grayed bitmap again
• Memory leak in TWindowsFileIconProvider.AddIcon
• TScrollBar.Track wasn't working anymore in 3rdPary compatible patch
• Faster formular hiding when the application is terminated
• and many more.

Update: QThemed 2.0.8

• Grids have a gradient in the fixed cells
• GroupBoxes in GroupBoxes no more forget to paint the background

2005-07-11
Update: VisualCLX patch 3.9Beta for Delphi 7 only BETA area
Download from Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=106820&package_id=116130&release_id=341408)

2005-06-24
Update: FastLinuxRTL

• FastAnsiCompareText and FastWideAnsiCompareText returned wrong value for strings with different length.

Misleading Statements Regarding GPL

"It is interesting to see some companies who supported Open Source are backing off. For example one person told them to do inhouse development they need a license .

what Trolltech told you is absolute garbage and they know it. The GPL v 2 specifically allows you to modify and use GPL licensed software in house without licensing it under the GPL. The GPL only kicks in once the software is distributed.


And MySQL is not being entirely upfront either. What is also interesting is that the new database connectors are being released under GPL only. For example if you were doing .NET development you have to release all of your software under GPL. This switch by MySQL stems from the fact that a court in the US deemed connecting to a database using a standard API is not an infraction of the GPL. As MySQL is trying to squeeze developers and admins to buy commercial licenses I switched to Firebird."

The Father of C# (and Delphi) on the Past, Present and Future of Programming

Anders Hejlsberg is not resting on his laurels. He's off solving a new problem: Finding a way to query XML and other data using .Net-based programming languages.

IBReplicator Server for Linux V1.5.13

IBReplicator Server for Linux V1.5.13 has been released and is available for download.

So Long: Borland's Dale Fuller

So Long: Borland's Dale Fuller by Jason Stamper on Computer Business Review, mentions Firebird.

New version of IBUtils announced

Ales Kahnek announced a new version of IBUtils a free InterBase and Firebird schema viewer and editor, and data managment tool that can "You can browse the database tables data, insert, edit or delete records. The table data can be exported to Excel, Word, RTF, HTML, DBF, TXT, CSV, DIFF, Sylk, LaTeX, SQL or Clipboard."

Jaybird (Firebird Class 4 JCA-JDBC Driver) 2.0 Beta 2

Jaybird (Firebird Class 4 JCA-JDBC Driver) 2.0 Beta 2 has been released and is available for download.

Firebird for the Database Expert

Episode 1 - Indexes
Episode 2 - Page Types
Episode 3 - On Disk Consistency
Episode 4 - OAT, OIT and Sweep

by Ann Harrison...

Borland CEO Dale Fuller Resigns

Borland Software Corp. CEO Dale Fuller has resigned amid projections of poorer than expected financial results for the company's second quarter. Although the company would not disclose exactly why Fuller quit, it announced that his role will be filled on an interim basis by Scott Arnold, Borland's chief operating officer and executive vice president.

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Firebird Internals Episode 3 - On Disk Consistency

Ann Harrison published her 3rd expert whitepaper, this time on disk consistency

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Firebird Client 2.0 Alpha 1 for .NET 2.0 Beta 2 - released

Carlos announced the availability of Firebird Client 2.0 Alpha 1 for .NET 2.0 Beta 2, with the following notes: "For now only source and installation packages (for .NET 2.0 Beta 2) are available. Remember that it's an alpha version and it should be used only for testing. Release notes are here.

Europe Parliament Nixes Software Patent Law

The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposed law Wednesday
to create a single way of patenting software across the European Union,
calling instead for comprehensive rules for granting patents to inventions
in all fields.

Open Source is the Future. Open Source is Now.

Open source databases white paper (firebird, ibphoenix, fyracle mentioned):
pdf download

More papers on the same site http://virtuas.com/opensource.html

kbmMW v. 2.50 Enterprise, ProPlus, Pro and Standard Editions released!

kbmMW v. 2.50 sets the standard for high availability, high performance, high flexibility n-tier frameworks.
It contains the best of breed features for building SOA (service oriented architecture) application servers and clients,
and provides an unprecedented amount of features for supporting EAI (enterprise architecture integration).

Run kbmMW application servers on Win32, Linux and .Net platforms.
Run kbmMW clients on Win32, Linux, Java and .Net platforms.

Use kbmMW's advanced publish/subscribe based messaging framework (The WIB) to build realtime event-oriented application setups
while still having full application server support.

Requiring a 24x7 setup? kbmMW contains a large amount of features to support such setups including advanced
loadbalancing and failover (including clusters, distributed loadbalancing, centralized loadbalancing, teaching and learning
loadbalancers, built in high availability features like detection of stalled requests, Windows Performance Monitor support and much more!)

Requiring a supercomputer like cluster solution? Scale up your processing power by adding more CPU's, more nodes, more servers and let kbmMW automatically handle the cluster for you.

Requiring complex database access? kbmMW bundles support for 35+ database API's on which complex queries can run, and modifications to resultsets (even including complex joins) can be resolved back to the appropriate databases with no coding, all under transactional control.

Requiring all this to work both on the local LAN, on the IntraNet and over the InterNet with the higest possible performance and with all the security options you need? Look no further than kbmMW.

Requiring lots of documentation? kbmMW includes comprehensive helpfiles covering more than 12.000 topics! and more than 350 pages of whitepapers showing step by step how to do!

For more information, please check feature matrix
or contact by e-mail.

Pricing and ordering

kbmMW v. 2.50 ProPlus is a FREE upgrade for kbmMW v.2.0x Commercial license holders!

Delphi to take advantage of multiple threads within the compiler?

Danny Thorpe said:

"I’m also looking at ways to re-architect the compiler itself, perhaps
there is a way we can take advantage of multiple threads within the
compiler, this is something we haven’t pursued in the past."

Read complete interview here.

Open Source ready for paying customers

Business Day writes: "Open source has matured from a free-to-use rebellion against costly brand-name programs to a stage where the products are robust and sophisticated enough for serious business use."

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OSDir: "Oracle under siege"

OSDir writes: "Firebird's oracle mode, nick-named Fyracle, has been quietly building momentum and is perhaps the most developed of the oracle-mode initiatives. About half of its installed base is running the Compiere open source ERP+CRM application and the other half are using it as an Oracle substitute. It looks like the next two years will see a heavily contested battle for Oracle's user base, with both the traditional competitors and the open source community making waves."

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Microsoft Russia saved by GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org

PCLinuxOnline writes that a presentation about Shared Source (SSI) by the head of Microsoft Ukraine was almost ruined when the Windows machine (a Tablet PC) linked to the projector developed problems. The solution was to adopt OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 and ALT Linux Compact 2.3 (A Russian distribution), which was already running on the presenter's laptop (an IBM Thinkpad).

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Upscene Productions starts supporting Oracle

Upscene Productions, the developer of database developer tools like Database Workbench, LogManager Series (IB/FB/ADS/MSSQL LogManager) and Advanced Data Generator is extending their product line to include support for Oracle in their products.

"Supporting Oracle always was one of our goals.", says Martijn Tonies, founder of Upscene Productions. "It has been a long road, but finally, Database Workbench can be your single IDE for your major database engines. The same IDE for Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, InterBase and Firebird. What more can you wish for?"

About "Database Workbench"
Database Workbench is a developer IDE for multiple database engines. It uses a single consistent IDE for your database engines while it's not a generic tool at all. With its modular pricing, you can decide which databases engines you want to have support for.

Besides schema object editting, Database Workbench includes tools for test-data generation, code snippet storage, data transfer and metadata reporting.

Database Workbench has been around for over 4 years and is one of the leading tools for InterBase and Firebird development. Recently, the market share has been slowly expanding to the MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server world. Many customers added new modules to their existing licences because of its cross-database-engine capabilities like Schema Migration and Schema Compare.

About Upscene Productions
Since four years, Upscene Productions is selling it's database tool (Database Workbench) to the public - and with great success. Database Workbench is one of the leading InterBase and Firebird development tools, recently expanded to support other database systems like MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server and today, Oracle.