Thomas Steinmaurer won the article contest staged as part of the Mind-the-Bird Campaign. The winning articles (in MS Word format) can be downloaded from the M-t-B Benefits page (scroll down) or read in HTML format at the IBPhoenix website.
Jiri Cincura announces the V.2.0.5 sub-release of the Firebird DDEX Provider for Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010.
The Firebird core team is pleased to offer a release candidate of Firebird 2.0.6 for 32-bit Windows and Mac Intel platforms and 32-bit and 64-bit Linux. Please test well and report any problems to Firebird-devel.
Tomorrow's webinar "Technological history of Firebird - 3 decades of innovations" will be presented by Ann Harrison at 14:00 GMT 8 April. [Now finished]. Download as zip (10.5 MB)
Today's the day for Dmitry Yemanov's webinar "SuperClassic: new architecture in Firebird" at 15:00 GMT. [Now finished]. Download as zip (35 MB)
Carlos Cantu announces a Firebird V.2.5 article-writing contest as part of the Mind the Bird campaign, with cash prizes. Deadline: April 16.
The second round of voting is open in a contest to choose artwork to celebrate Firebird's 10th anniversary. Five candidate entries to five for a final poll. Vote today: you have only until March 24! [Voting finished: March 24
The first round of voting is open in a contest to choose artwork to celebrate Firebird's 10th anniversary. Full color and black-and-white versions are supplied for each artwork entered. This voting stage will reduce the candidate entries to five for a final poll.Vote today and have your say! [Voting finished: March 22]
Dmitry Kouzmenko today formally announced the Mind the Bird! campaign to try to raise Firebird's public profile as Firebird 2.5 approaches release. Whether you are new to Firebird or you have been around for many of Firebird's almost 10 years, there is something interesting for you. To find out and to join up, visit the Mind the Bird! website.
Jiri Cincura announces a new 2.5.2 sub-release of the ADO.NET provider for Firebird. It is mainly bug fixes but includes some minor internal improvements. Download links here. Complete list of changes here.