Re: [Firebird-devel] Firebird vs Interbase

[Jason W. <jwh...@ib...>]

> The IBX open source project is hosted by Borland and commanded by a Team =
> B member.  So far, no answers have been forthcoming (despite months of qu=
> estions) as to whether IBX will ever rise up to meet Firebird enhancement=
> s.

The TeamB member said he would do nothing to support Firebird without
mincing any words about it. IBX will remain true to InterBase and if
Firebird maintains a similarity with the existing API then the two should
still get along. But, anything new and different added to Firebird will not
be supported in IBX. I would also be concerned about IBX tailoring itself to
features in InterBase in a way that will make it unable to work with
Firebird. Someone will inevitably have to fork IBX in order to keep the two
getting along and considering the alternatives that would be a foolish
endeavor.

The biggest disadvantage about IBO is I don't have the port to Kylix
finished yet. I've had some heavy deadlines with my day job and family
situations which have prevented me from spending the concerted time
necessary to accomplish this. I am determined to get it done and have
someone contracted to work on it. Other than this, IBO should be the most
versatile and operable component set to work with if you like to not be
constrained by your component set to work a specific way. IBO is designed to
allow flexibility to use the full range of dataset operations in as
efficient a manner as possible.

Regards,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com