Free Tools for BIRD.
Bird Software Solutions is the main contributer to the open source project Eclipse Free BIRD Tools. The project is governed by the Eclipse Foundation in a transparent , vendor nuetral fashion.
Eclipse Free BIRD Tools provides a free and extendable workspace/studio which generates a working implementation of BIRD and its transformations. The studio and platform run on the desktop and stores data as flat files.
BIRD Software solutions provides a commercial studio which generates a working implementation of BIRD and its transformations. The studio and platform run as a web application and stores data in a database, and re-uses parts of the open source core project.