I have an ongoing affection for this database even though we opted for postgresql as the backend database for our software.
We have a requirement to provide a single user installation from time to time and it always feels like a chore setting up postgresql in those situations.
Firebird's small footprint, the fact that it has both embedded and server modes, requires almost zero administration and the fact that it's a database in a single file are all attractions. Its ancestor interbase was the first to have MVCC and the origins of that database is a David and Goliath story in itself.
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Jim Starkey the inventor of interbase is still involved with Firebird.