Re: New Era, VB, Delphi, PB

> Ok, I tried to hold back, and avoid entering the battle, but I must > point something out here. NewEra allows some code to be run on the > data-server, but that isn't really what application partitioning is > about either. People have been running code on the server since > stored procedures where invented. New Era is only now doing what > Oracle's Developer 2000 already allows you to do, which is share > code between the DATABASE server and the Client. 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. [Major snip] > My point here is not that New Era isn't OO, or bad, but that real > advantages come from using true partitioning. It is another tool, > like OO, that we can use to make our work easier and better. 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. <falls off soapbox> -- Ciao, Billy +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure... | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+