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In article <1992Jul29.235333.26338@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
breck@ganzer.ecs.umass.edu () writes:
 
>
>I just talked to a fellow who is using the beta version of 4D 3.0.  He
>loves it.  I told him about the 4D app I'm going to be developing and
>he told me to WAIT to start writing the user interface part of it 'til
>the release because I will want to use its multiple windows and
>time-slicing features.  It's that close.  Definitely August.
>--
 
MacWeek this week (cover article) says 4D 3.0 and assorted other upgraded
offerings from Acius will be shown in Boston at MacWorld Expo in the middle
of August.  Shipping isn't supposed to begin until sometime in September.
$195 upgrade from 4D 2.2.x to 3.0.  4D Calc or Write (one, I forget which)
is also going to be released in September.  The dataserver also should ship
in Sept, but pricing has not been set yet.  The article does not state one
way or the other if re-writing will be required for 2.2.x dbases to run under
the dataserver.  4D 3.0 dbases are supposed to run under the dataserver with
no problem.  Run-time lisencing was not mentioned.
Oops!  The compiler 2.0 is alos supposed to be released in Sept.  List
continues at $1000.  4D 3.0 will list for $895, according to MacWeek.
4D 3.0 sounds really nifty, but a $195 a shot, plus an undetermined amount
likely to be a couple grand, I don't forsee our site upgrading anytime
real soon.  Particularly if the upgrade will require extensive re-writes of
existing code.  We've got several years worth of new products in the pipe
already, and re-writes would push those back a couple more years.  Job
security is great, but I do like to see the end of the tunnel every now and
then...  And some of these bugger took a couple years to finaly get right,
and I'm not ready to tackle them again.
 
 
 
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>Liam Breck     breck@zonker.ecs.umass.edu
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Bill Jamison
rwj@engr.latech.edu