[DUG] Why InterBase

[Phil Scadden]

>  >> SQL-server is the only other database with a feature-set that could 
>  >> compete for our particular needs.
> 
> DB2, PostgreSQL?

No - must be able to host ESRI Spatial Data Engine, replication, and various
other bits I think. Last time we seriously looked the intersection of requirements
came down to only 2. ESRI SDE isnt widely implemented.

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