Firebird is again in the running for Sourceforge Community Choice awards. This year we have nominations in 3 categories: Best Project, Best Project for Enterprise and Most Likely to be the Next $1B Acquisition (yes, indeedy!). We scored two awards last year, along with a generous donation from the Sourceforge parent company. It all helps, folks, so roll along to the voting site with your SF username and password at the ready and let's see if we can do it again. Results announced later this month at OSCON.

The Firebird Documentation Project coordinator (Paul Vinkenoog) is pleased to announce that the first volume of the Firebird Language Reference Update series, for Firebird 1.0.x and 1.5.x, is now available in both HTML and PDF formats. Other volumes will follow, each encompassing a macro release. Translations are under way.

"Work-in-Progress" release notes for the forthcoming Firebird 2.5 Alpha are available for browsing online.