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About Firebird

Firebird is, along with MySQL and PostgreSQL, the most successful open source database for professional applications. Firebird provides all important functionalities that the large databases such as Oracle, DB2, Sybase and MS SQL offer as a matter of course. Views, triggers, procedures, user-defined functions and a stable transaction model provide for a robust and powerful platform for database applications.

The Firebird server can look back at over 20 years development history. It is successdfully deployed by the German Press Agency (dpa) and German Telekom in key applications used by several hundred users. The license model allows it to be deployed - even in a commercial environment - totally free of charge. Firebird is available for Windows, Linux, Sun, Mac and other operating systems.

In 2007 Firebird was awarded the Sourceforge Choice Community Award in two categories:

• Best project for the enterprise
• Best user support

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