Re: [Firebird-website] Wake up email

[Milan B. <mi...@pa...>]

Alexey Kovyazin wrote:
> To report any problem, please create issues at Tracker.firebirdsql.org 
> in the Web site section http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/WEB 
> (issues with wrong section will be not considered).
> 
> Please feel free to ask any questions.

I already created a tracker item for the following, but maybe it's worth 
discussing here:

It seems to me that the website is missing the page with links to GUI 
administration tools.

Anyone interested in trying out Firebird would come to the website 
expecting to get a functioning database server and graphical 
administration tool. I understand that tools are not developed by the 
project, but I believe it is very important to list some graphical 
administration tools on the website. Otherwise, many people would come 
to a wrong conclusion that this is a console-mode only product and 
dismiss it without discovering all the features.

If you do not want to promote commercial tools, please include open 
source tools like FlameRobin. You can add an "administration tools" 
section to the "Downloads" page. The "administration tools" page would 
have a proper warning that "tools listed here are 3rd party tools and 
not developed by the project" or something like that.

BTW, this could be a good revenue source for the Foundation, to ask a 
small annual fee from commercial tool developers to list their products 
on this page.

Regards,

-- 
Milan Babuskov
http://www.flamerobin.org