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- Subject: Re: 4D Server
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- Date: 15 Sep 92 20:34:23 GMT
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- thierry@ozrout.uucp (Thierry Daigneault) writes:
-
- > Just wondering if anybody here went to the launching of the Server and 4D
- >3.0 last week in France? How was it? Any interesting info we should know
- >about?
-
- Here is the piece on the new 4D and Server from this weeks issue of
- TidBITS:
-
- TidBITS#142/14-Sep-92
- =====================
-
- [Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-142.etx; 28K]
-
- 4D Goes Server
- --------------
- by Jean-Philippe G. Nicaise -- nicky@etca.fr
-
- For a change the hot news comes from France. The first
- International Development Conference of ACI (known in the US as
- ACIUS) held in Paris provided the (final?) announcement of the
- next version of 4th Dimension and of the long-awaited 4D Server.
-
- Warning: US and International 4D version numbers are two less than
- the French one. So 4D version 5 in France equals 4D version 3 for
- the US and International markets. Sorry for the confusion - blame
- ACI (ACIUS).
-
- After seven years ACI has outfitted itself with new clothes in the
- form of a new company logo (it looks like an "ex-libris," an old
- seal of a 12th century publisher), a new 4D logo (no more
- impossible 4, sigh), and new boxes.
-
- On to the technical stuff. 4D Server is a normal application that
- runs on a dedicated Macintosh and serves data to 4D Client
- applications located on other Macs in your network. No more file
- sharing! And it looks fast - 15 clients is a piece of cake, even
- with a LocalTalk network. Check your favorite Mac magazine for
- benchmarks in a few months - I'm sure they will have them soon.
-
- 4D Server can also serve structures and modules, which means that
- multiple people can modify the structure of the database while
- other people use it. If you use modules such as 4D-Write or 4D-
- Calc the server will transfer them to the client's RAM, presumably
- speeding execution and reducing network traffic. The client is
- intelligent enough to keep the module in memory in case you need
- it later, further increasing speed and reducing traffic.
-
- 4D Server handles multiprocessing so what you did with 4D before
- can be considered as one process. One (and only one) window is
- attached to a process, but you can have as many processes as you
- want. This enables you, for instance, to build floating windows.
-
- With 4D Backup you gain access to better security. 4D Server
- creates a log file containing all modifications of your database.
- If your data file crashes, if you accidentally delete 10,000
- records, or if your dog unplugs your server, the log file will
- save your life. Security maniacs will be able to feed another Mac
- server with the log file every hour (or even more often) to keep a
- complete logical mirror of the database. They can use that backup
- immediately if something happens to the main server.
-
- 4D version 5 includes all the features of 4D Server (speed
- increases, multiprocessing capabilities, and the security log
- file) but is only single-user. New versions of 4D Compiler, 4D-
- XREF, and 4D Mover are also available.
-
- ACI has copy-protected 4D Server with an ADB dongle on the Mac
- server. Three clients means three simultaneous people working on
- the server, but you can have more than three Macs which holds the
- client application. 4D version 5 asks for the key disk only at
- installation, so PowerBook users can now travel without their 4D
- key disks.
-
- ACI will release 4D version 5 by the end of September and the
- Server by mid-October. Here's a rundown of the pricing:
-
-
- 4D Server prices
- 3 clients 9 000 FF (French Francs) $1,495 US
- 6 clients 15 000 FF (2 000 x 3) $2,495 US
- 10 clients 21 000 FF (1 500 x 4) $3,495 US
- 15 clients 27 000 FF (1 200 x 5) $4,495 US
- 20 clients 33 000 FF (1 200 x 5) $5,495 US
- 50 clients 69 000 FF $11,495 US
- unlimited 75 000 FF $15,000 US
-
-
- Upgrades from 4D version 4 to 4D Server:
- 4D v4 to 4D Server: 4D Server, 3 clients, 50% discount
- 4D v4 Runtime to 4D Server: 4D Server, n clients, 50% discount
-
-
- Single-user prices
- 4D v5 new 6 200 FF $895 US
- upgrade 1 400 FF $195 US
-
- Compiler v2 6 000 FF $1,000 US
-
- 4D v5 Runtime 1 200 FF $195 US
- Runtime x 4 3 600 FF $595 US
- upgrade 150 FF $25 US
-
- Information from:
- ACI propaganda
- Golden (French Mac magazine), #7 -- Oct/Nov-92
-
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