| INPRISE/BORLAND INTRODUCES INTERBASE® 6.0 NOW FREE AND OPEN SOURCE ON LINUX®, WINDOWS™ AND SOLARIS® |
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Proven, Commercial Standard Query Language Database Available at No Cost; Includes Binary and Source Code SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., -- July 25, 2000 -- Inprise/Borland (Nasdaq: INPR) today announced the availability of the source code for InterBase® 6.0, its cross-platform, structured query language (SQL) relational database management system (RDMS). Binary formats for the Linux®, Windows™ and Solaris® operating systems are also available for download, free of charge. With Version 6.0, Inprise/Borland introduces performance improvements, a higher level of SQL92 compliance, and a replication engine. Developers worldwide have built InterBase into a multitude of applications, taking advantage of InterBase's small footprint and low maintenance requirements. Copies of the source code and binary versions for Linux, Windows, and Solaris are available at the Inprise/Borland Web site, www.inprise.com/interbase/. "This is a great day for Inprise/Borland," said Dale Fuller, interim president and CEO of Inprise/Borland. "Combining the energy of the open source market and the power of InterBase will create an explosion of open source applications. Even among commercial application developers, a reliable, low-hassle, free database is big news."InterBase 6.0 has been released under a variant on the Mozilla Public License (MPL) V1.1. Developers using InterBase under this license can modify the code or develop applications without being required to open source them. The open source license applies to all platforms. InterBase 6.0 is the most recent version of the powerful, high-performance cross-platform database known for its low-maintenance requirements and enterprise-class features and performance. In addition to being the first open source release of InterBase, Version 6.0 introduces a number of new features including new data types (long integer, date, time, datetime), extended SQL92 compliance, an open interface for defining new national character sets, plus performance and security enhancements. Availability and Support InterBase 6.0 can be downloaded immediately from the Inprise/Borland Web site at www.inprise.com/interbase/. |
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