Several of these questions can be answered without violating any secrecies. As a beta tester of v5, I can also answer with some authority. See below.
-- Robert Garcia BigHead Technology 2781 N Carlmont Pl Simi Valley, CA 93065 Phone 805.501.1390 Fax 805.522.8557 http://www.bighead.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Alex Kac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:32:41 -0500 > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Witangov5 ?? Vaporware? > > 1) Am I better off using T2k to develop and deploy using JTransit? Absolutely not. You will receive much better performance and compatibility with Witango v5. Jtransit will always have to run on top of a Java layer, and a virtual machine, which will always be slower than natively compiled code, which Witango v5 is. > 2) What does it offer that makes it a T5 release? Is it EXACTLY the same as > Chimera (aka SP2 of T2k)? If it is - then I see no worth in T5. I'll just go > with JTransit or move off to something else entirely. In my opinion, the biggest change is the threading model. As Phil told me at the conference, one of the biggest secrets at Pervasive was that the software was cooperatively threaded. You see, Tango was originally written for the classic Mac OS, which is a cooperatively threaded operating system. Witango v5 is completely rewritten using a preemptive threading model. This makes the server faster, and more reliable. If one user is doing some huge query on your server, it will not lock every one else out until it is done. Once again, in my opinion, this is HUGE. I have tested it, and it makes a tremendous difference. If you remember, pervasive used to state that the standard server was designed for up to 50 users. And if you benctested T2K like I have, you would see why. The performance would die at that level due to the threading. Also, you know all of the bugs that have been a pain in the ass with T2k, that have been whined about over and over on this list, many whinings my own? Well, much attention is being spent at fixing everyone. I have had my own huge list, and it is almost completely checked off. This goes for the editor as well. These bugs will be even more worked out when it goes public beta in a butthair or two. ;-) > 3) Does T5 include the java compiler? I have no information on this, sorry. All of this stuff was discussed at the conference, so I am not giving anything away. The only extra thing I can offer is that I have also seen it first hand. Maybe you should have just asked the questions? I got 2 out of three. As soon as I get permission, I will be posting test results, screen shots, video, and more on http://www.theradmac.com/tools/witango.tml Hope this helps, Robert ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
