Firebird Won 2 Sourceforge Community Awards

From InfoWorld:
SourceForge unveils the winners of the ‘open-source Oscars’
“…The Firebird relational database was another double winner, being voted both best project for the enterprise and the project providing the best user support.”

Firebird 5th International Conference

This years conference will be held in the Telekom Conference Hotel in Hamburg, Germany. There are different international flights to Hamburg. We recommend to check www.air-berlin.com with a lot of european destinations and very cheap pricing. Hamburgs international airport code: HAM http://www.ham.airport.de/index_en.phtml

There is a public train station nearby conference hotel. A map of the location with traveling infos will be send to all visitors

This year we have a special entry level track on thursday and friday. For advanced visitors you find a seperate thread. In the codecamp, you can ask on both days the experts and let them analyze your real world problem. On saturday you will find more general session topics.

Early bird conference fees (valid until 20th sep 2007):
-Full Conference Package 599 Euro *
3 days conference, 4 nights in the conference hotel
(17.-21.) , breakfast, lunch, dinner, evening events

-Conference Only Package 399 Euro *
3 days conference, lunch

-Main Conference Day only Package 169 Euro *
saturday only conference, 1 night in the conference hotel (20.-21.), breakfast, lunch, dinner, saturday evening event

-Main Conference Day only 99 Euro *, saturday only
conference, lunch

* all prices excl 19% VAT, required for all visitors 2nd visitor discount 10%, 3rd visitor discount 15% Please use the website www.firebird-conference.com or email info@h-k.de or fax +4970042397378 to send us your reservation. We hope to see you in Hamburg.

Naturally, we are still looking for sponsors! If you have been thinking about being a conference sponsor, NOW is the time to act. It is also possible to add special product sponsoring packages. Please contact hklemt@ibexpert.biz as soon as possible.

Taken from Firebird News

New site Firebird FAQ

Hi guys, there is a new site for Firebird, it is Firebird FAQ
This site is built by Firebird users, for Firebird users to answer the most frequently ask question (FAQ). It's also has a good index to separate question topic. So if you want to know more about this fenomenal database, check it out :)