Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Opensource

Don Baccus wrote:


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> So they'll sell 5.6 but maybe 6 will be free?  Strange.  Rumor on Slashdot
> is that they've lost their key developers (a month or so ago).

     If THAT's the case, man, then they try to get back experienced
     programmers for development and support for free via the internet. Then
     it would take some time until they're able to offer professional
     support.

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> And (in response to Jan), yeah, I know outer joins are scheduled
> to be completed in 7.1.  Personally, the interbase news leaves me
> yawning.  Postgres, since 6.5, is meeting my needs just fine.

     Was Marc IIRC. Anyway, most of our proposed features appear in time or
     with a 25-50% overrun. What's absolutely strong for free+open software.
     And moreover, almost every serious bug, that is fixable without
     destroying anything else, get's fixed in a couple of days or weeks. The
     reason for the latter is, that we have a fistfull of programmes who
     work for years now on the code. Some of us since the release from
     Berkeley. That are key developers, who know intuitively into what
     region of the code to dive if some strange misbehaviour is reported.

     So if Inprise really lost them, they have a severe problem.

Jan

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