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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
>
 
 
Bill Jamison
rwj@engr.latech.edu

In article <168346822.ST25370@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU> ST25370@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU writes:
> 
>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.
>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.

Liam,

4D 3.0 will be worth the upgrade. It has its own multi-tasking kernel,
allowing you to run multiple processes concurrently, such as
performing multiple data imports in different windows while
sorting and printing a large report in yet another window. The
multitasking technology used in the 4D kernel is rumored to be based
on the UNIX kernel.

The upgrade will not require a major rewrite. The only problems you
may encounter are with externals. Of course, you will need to add additional
code to your databases to take advantage of 4D 3.0's new multitasking
capabilities.

If you are running a multiuser database, then you will have to upgrade to
the 4D Server. 4D Server is multi-user 4D. 4D 3.0 is single-user 4D.

Best regards,

    Brian K. Martin, M.D.
    Martin Information Systems, Ltd.
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