Re: New Era, VB, Delphi, PB
In article <57vmbp$7lb@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Billy Wheeler <billy@west.co.za> wrote: >Not so. NewEra allows full three-tier partitioning where you can access code >and objects across multiple machines in the same network. It's *not* just a >case of running something on the data server. That was just one case where >the Delphi approach would fall down. [snip] >OK, but you obviously weren't aware that NewEra does support "your" kind of >partitioning as well. NewEra uses a message based service to allow >synchronous *and* asynchronous comms between any number of application >servers. So, yes, look at those other products, but (certainly in South >Africa) Informix has a major price advantage over things like Forte. >Ciao, >Billy Thanks for the info Billy (and I don't think I can take credit for "my" kind of partitioning ;-> ). Does Application Server work on Unix (does NewEra 3)? I've heard stuff about "runtime" support, but little about development. Is Application Server only available on Windows (NT)? I'd imagine that they got it to work in multiple platforms, since it is mostly the GUI stuff they've had trouble supporting on Unix. Are they using messaging in the development environment itself? I saw this in Prolifics, where they saved code and objects in a library, and the library was on a remote machine that wasn't even NFS mounted. So even time you open a library or screen or object, you can actually send a message to request the object, set the lock, etc. Then you only need source-code control on one machine, and the service can take care of all the details. It is pretty cool. Its really easy to move stuff to remote machines, and you don't even need to restart the services to update them. What messaging technology is used, and what does it support (load balancing, reliable queuing, etc)? Is it part of Universal Server, or can it run on multiple machines? Are they using ORB's, DCE, Corba, etc? How do Universal Server/Web Server/Application Server fit? Thanks for the info, Mark McNulty Consultant mmcnul@jyacc.com Note- these views are mine and not those of JP Morgan or JYACC.