Download Firebird 1.5

Databases are often used to store large amounts of data. Since these are easier to maintain and approach than a simple text document in which the data is recorded. Well-known names are of course Oracle with its Oracle 9i database, IBM with the DB2 database and Microsoft with SQL Server.

Firebird originates from the InterBase database of Inprise Corp (today Borland Software Corp), the history of InterBase and Firebird is here to read. This relational database supports various operating systems on which it can be installed, such as Linux and Windows, among others, allowing it to be widely deployed.

They recently released version 1.5 whose changelog here can be read. The following release notes are available:

The Firebird Project is pleased to announce that the v1.5 release of the Firebird database engine is now available for immediate download.

The v1.5 release represents a major upgrade to the engine, which has been developed by an independent team of voluntary developers from the InterBase(tm) source code that was released by Borland under the InterBase Public License v.1.0 on 25 July 2000.

Development on the Firebird 2 codebase began early in Firebird 1 development, with the porting of the Firebird 1 C code to C++ and the first major code-cleaning. Firebird 1.5 is the first release of the Firebird 2 codebase. It is a significant milestone for the developers and the whole Firebird project, but it is not an end in itself. As Firebird 1.5 goes to release, major redevelopment continues toward the next point release on the journey to Firebird 2.

Install packages are currently only available for Windows and Linux but other platforms should follow shortly.

Your Firebird Development Team[break]The following downloads are ready:
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Linux i686 – FirebirdCS RPM
Linux i686 – FirebirdCS tarball
Linux i686 – FirebirdSS RPM
Linux i686 – FirebirdSS Tarball
Windows – Embedded
Windows – zipped