Migrating from mssql to firebird: pro and cons

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Published on 2010-06-03T08:40:39Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 8:44 UTC
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i am considering the migration for 3 reasons:

1) SQLSERVER installation is a nightmar, expecially for 1-user software. Software installs in 10 seconds, SQLServer in 1 hour. Firebird installation is much easier.

2) SQLSERVER runs on windows server only

3) My customers have all the express edition

4) i am not using any advanced feature, I am now starting using filestream, but the main reason for this is that Express eidtion has 4/10GB db size limit

So these are all Pros of moving to Firebird.

Which are the cons?

I can also plan to support both platiforms, but this will backfire I fear.

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