With Firebird’s 25th anniversary behind us, this edition looks forward, focusing on the challenges of understanding and operating long-lived database systems. It explores how performance and behavior often emerge from interactions across the system, rather than from isolated components, and examines how database vulnerabilities are assessed and interpreted in practice.

As always, the issue is presented in a clean, print-friendly layout designed for enjoyable reading, whether on screen or on paper.

The latest issue is available only to all Firebird Associates and Firebird Partners. It will be available to the general public in June 2026.

Also, the December 2025 issue is now available to all readers.