Re: Minute of Silence for the "Altura Toolbox"
Lee Hinde (rhymes with wind) sez: >If I had young children I'd read this to them at bedtime tonight. Hush, little partner don't say a word Universal's rising like a big firebird It will fly over platforms all Altura's at the base and it's ten feet tall If you ask when it'll be released I can't say, but you'll be pleased Will the documentation be in Acrobat? Laurent then says, "Why would you want zat?" -- -- Tom Dillon 825 N. 500 W. DataCraft Moab, UT 84532 tomdil...@datacraft-inc.com 720/209-6502 -- The focus of the pilot should not be on the dead fly stuck to the windshield. --- Sunastar -- ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
Re: Minute of Silence for the "Altura Toolbox"
...and they lived happily ever after. The End. :-) On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Lee Hinde via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com > wrote: > If I had young children I’d read this to them at bedtime tonight. > > > > On Apr 17, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Peter Jakobsson via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > > > > Being something of a “4D fossil” myself as one of our more celebrated > peers once put it, I couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at the quietly > announced retirement (see 4D Blog) of an equally entrenched but possibly > far more productive contemporary and felt I couldn’t let this news pass > without at least a minor ceremonial hat tip ;) > > > > As a bit of historical background, those who joined the community during > the last 15 years are perhaps blissfully unaware of this piece of epic > elastoplast which has held 4D’s cross-platform existence in place for the > best part of a quarter of a century. As such, it only predates Google, > Netscape Navigator, the Pentium Processor, DVDs and Windows 95 for starters. > > > > But lets go back to 1994 and the pivotal ‘pre-rollout’ of the most > advanced database in the universe at twin 4D Summits in the US and Europe > (Lille, France was the one I attended). Running on Mac, Windows AND UNIX, > it incorporated a virtual machine layer which meant the design team only > had to code for 1 platform. It also ticked just about every wishlist item > anyone has had in the 25 years since and - best of all - it wasn’t even > vapourware. I actually saw LR in front of a Sun Spark workstation run a > 10-second sequential search on 10,000 records which probably represented > the modern-day equivalent of mining a whole bitcoin to yourself in a single > day. > > > > There was only 1 problem. > > > > Although 4D Universal’s resplendent virtualisation gymnastics would > insulate it from hardware diversity, it wouldn’t insulate it from Mick > Jagger who was about to launch the world’s most widely adopted O/S the > following year. Nor would it mitigate the deafening clamor from impatient > 4D users demanding Windows compliance yesterday - no last month - with full > networking support for IPX/TCP and all known PC hardware and right now with > no delay for postage or other unnecessary hold-ups. > > > > Handily (or tragically depending on your point of view), something > “turned up”. I vaguely remember a presentation the next year where it was > announced…”we’ve actually stumbled upon a very handy tool that just lets > us….”. > > > > And so the world’s greatest database was put on ice and a new 25-year > quest engaged known as “Escape from Altura Toolbox” that made an Indiana > Jones tale look like a round of golf. Inexorably entwined with Apple’s own > “Escape from O/S 9” trauma, subsequent abortive attempts at least delivered > on symbolism with working titles such as “Goldfinger” and no-doubt several > others that never even made it off The Laurent’s & Asmae’s dinner napkins. > > > > That they’ve finally done it is a testament to perseverance of the 4th > kind (and possibly some kind of clever programming too ;) ). > > > > Congratulations to all concerned ! > > > > ** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ** > ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
Re: Minute of Silence for the "Altura Toolbox"
If I had young children I’d read this to them at bedtime tonight. > On Apr 17, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Peter Jakobsson via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > Being something of a “4D fossil” myself as one of our more celebrated peers > once put it, I couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at the quietly announced > retirement (see 4D Blog) of an equally entrenched but possibly far more > productive contemporary and felt I couldn’t let this news pass without at > least a minor ceremonial hat tip ;) > > As a bit of historical background, those who joined the community during the > last 15 years are perhaps blissfully unaware of this piece of epic > elastoplast which has held 4D’s cross-platform existence in place for the > best part of a quarter of a century. As such, it only predates Google, > Netscape Navigator, the Pentium Processor, DVDs and Windows 95 for starters. > > But lets go back to 1994 and the pivotal ‘pre-rollout’ of the most advanced > database in the universe at twin 4D Summits in the US and Europe (Lille, > France was the one I attended). Running on Mac, Windows AND UNIX, it > incorporated a virtual machine layer which meant the design team only had to > code for 1 platform. It also ticked just about every wishlist item anyone has > had in the 25 years since and - best of all - it wasn’t even vapourware. I > actually saw LR in front of a Sun Spark workstation run a 10-second > sequential search on 10,000 records which probably represented the modern-day > equivalent of mining a whole bitcoin to yourself in a single day. > > There was only 1 problem. > > Although 4D Universal’s resplendent virtualisation gymnastics would insulate > it from hardware diversity, it wouldn’t insulate it from Mick Jagger who was > about to launch the world’s most widely adopted O/S the following year. Nor > would it mitigate the deafening clamor from impatient 4D users demanding > Windows compliance yesterday - no last month - with full networking support > for IPX/TCP and all known PC hardware and right now with no delay for postage > or other unnecessary hold-ups. > > Handily (or tragically depending on your point of view), something “turned > up”. I vaguely remember a presentation the next year where it was > announced…”we’ve actually stumbled upon a very handy tool that just lets > us….”. > > And so the world’s greatest database was put on ice and a new 25-year quest > engaged known as “Escape from Altura Toolbox” that made an Indiana Jones tale > look like a round of golf. Inexorably entwined with Apple’s own “Escape from > O/S 9” trauma, subsequent abortive attempts at least delivered on symbolism > with working titles such as “Goldfinger” and no-doubt several others that > never even made it off The Laurent’s & Asmae’s dinner napkins. > > That they’ve finally done it is a testament to perseverance of the 4th kind > (and possibly some kind of clever programming too ;) ). > > Congratulations to all concerned ! > ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
Minute of Silence for the "Altura Toolbox"
Being something of a “4D fossil” myself as one of our more celebrated peers once put it, I couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at the quietly announced retirement (see 4D Blog) of an equally entrenched but possibly far more productive contemporary and felt I couldn’t let this news pass without at least a minor ceremonial hat tip ;) As a bit of historical background, those who joined the community during the last 15 years are perhaps blissfully unaware of this piece of epic elastoplast which has held 4D’s cross-platform existence in place for the best part of a quarter of a century. As such, it only predates Google, Netscape Navigator, the Pentium Processor, DVDs and Windows 95 for starters. But lets go back to 1994 and the pivotal ‘pre-rollout’ of the most advanced database in the universe at twin 4D Summits in the US and Europe (Lille, France was the one I attended). Running on Mac, Windows AND UNIX, it incorporated a virtual machine layer which meant the design team only had to code for 1 platform. It also ticked just about every wishlist item anyone has had in the 25 years since and - best of all - it wasn’t even vapourware. I actually saw LR in front of a Sun Spark workstation run a 10-second sequential search on 10,000 records which probably represented the modern-day equivalent of mining a whole bitcoin to yourself in a single day. There was only 1 problem. Although 4D Universal’s resplendent virtualisation gymnastics would insulate it from hardware diversity, it wouldn’t insulate it from Mick Jagger who was about to launch the world’s most widely adopted O/S the following year. Nor would it mitigate the deafening clamor from impatient 4D users demanding Windows compliance yesterday - no last month - with full networking support for IPX/TCP and all known PC hardware and right now with no delay for postage or other unnecessary hold-ups. Handily (or tragically depending on your point of view), something “turned up”. I vaguely remember a presentation the next year where it was announced…”we’ve actually stumbled upon a very handy tool that just lets us….”. And so the world’s greatest database was put on ice and a new 25-year quest engaged known as “Escape from Altura Toolbox” that made an Indiana Jones tale look like a round of golf. Inexorably entwined with Apple’s own “Escape from O/S 9” trauma, subsequent abortive attempts at least delivered on symbolism with working titles such as “Goldfinger” and no-doubt several others that never even made it off The Laurent’s & Asmae’s dinner napkins. That they’ve finally done it is a testament to perseverance of the 4th kind (and possibly some kind of clever programming too ;) ). Congratulations to all concerned ! ** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **
