Say, why does the development license that Apple give Windows NT users only
good for 25 tpm, but Mac OS X users get 50 tpm?
That certainly doesn't seem fair to me.
--Randy Antler
P.S. FWIW, I too have run into the 25tpm stall while debugging WOApps. It is
quite annoying, but hasn't happened often enough to really cause
problems...Yet.
Stephen Gibbs wrote:
> A java applet using EOs makes the tpm pricing model look foolish. With
> client side EOs you will have transactions occurring when you do stuff like
> fetch and save. This means that a very simple applet in the hands of a
> single user can "stall" the server. I have found that even in the
> development stage the 25 tpm model is completely inadequate as I can stall
> the server running simple tests. I can't see how any reasonable java
> application using EOs can be deployed without an unlimited license.
>
> The WO pricing model may have some logic when it comes to serving vanilla
> web pages on the internet, but it makes no sense for Java app development.
> Its sad to see such a great tool crippled by a pathetic pricing model.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Georg Tuparev [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 1:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Unfair WO4 pricing
>
> Folks,
>
> Could anybody comment on the tpm issue when using the new Java client? I
> still had no serious project with Java client, but my first impression was
> that the line is getting hot ;-) How is this translated in terms of tpm's?
>
> later
>
> -- georg --
>
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