Firebird quedó en 3er lugar en votaciones de "Base de datos del año" en el sitio LinuxQuestions.org. Más información: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2008-linuxquestions.org-members-choice-awards-83/database-of-the-year-695616/
Interesante uno de los comentarios sobre esas votaciones: [i] Firebird for sure ! Could be used in closed source apps Very small footprint DBA-free Feature rich Fast Reliable Standard Compliant Stable I am sure that if you give it a try you will be surprised, mainly the MySQL guys... [/i]