12/04/2006
Firebird V2.0 Final released
This release contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code and more

10/13/2006
Borland's Developer Tools Group Introduces InterBase® 2007
Multi-Platform, Embeddable SQL Database Combines Enhanced Durability and Performance with Low Total Cost of Ownership

10/09/2006
Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5
Firebird 2.0 Release Candidate 5 is currently being released. It will take at least a day or two for all the various kits to become available via the Sourceforge mirrors.

07/20/2005
Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 released.
The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the availability of Firebird 2.0 Alpha 3 for immediate download and testing.

05/05/2005
Firebird 2.0 Alpha 2 released.
The Firebird Project is pleased to announce the availability of Firebird 2.0 Alpha 2 for immediate download and testing.

03/22/2005
Firebird 2.0 Alpha 1 released.
This release contains a large number of new features, including derived tables, support for Execute Block, increased table sizes, new improved index code, expression indices, and much more...

03/08/2005
Firebird 2.0 Call for Testers
The Firebird Project will soon be releasing the first public \'alpha\' release of Firebird 2.0.

01/21/2005
MySQL and FirebirdSQL Top Open Source DB List
New research from Evans Data shows the two open source databases running neck and neck in deployments.

01/10/2005
Firebird database readies SMP release
Firebird developers are due to do an alpha release of version 2.0 later this month...

12/26/2004
FireBird 1.5.2 released.
The full release of Firebird 1.5.2 for Linux and Windows has been placed into the production download area.