04/10/2010
Firebird 2.5 Released
The Firebird project has released version 2.5 of its open source relational database management system.

04/12/2006
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

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

09/10/2006
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.

20/07/2005
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.

22/03/2005
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...

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

21/01/2005
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.