[Valentina 2.0 TIP] Picture field // RE: yet another RBdatabase question

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 3/27/05 9:13 PM, "Lynn Fredricks" <lfredricks at proactive-intl.com> wrote:

Hi Stephan,

What you think now ?

Lynn, have explain thay Valentina Office Server is NOT for application
developers as you.

APP developers should look to VDN with with Embedded Server.
With VDN you can for $600:

    a) develop ANY number of applications with embedded server.
    b) sale any number of copies of these apps wit Vserver/5

Cool? We think this is cool for developers.
You sale 1000 copies, get profit, and DO NOT pay us nothing.  :-)
You sale 10,000 copies, get profit, and DO NOT pay us nothing.  :-)

You can for some tasks even handle 10-20-30+ users.
If you will use connect-work-disconnect trick

One of Valentina Server users have report that when they have switch to this
trick, instead of V4MD LOCAL open/close trick, they have get speed up in 17
times. 

Why it is faster? Because server DO NOT close db if you disconnect from it,
And it keeps db in cache.

I think that connect/disconnect trick can handle even 50 users easy.
Of course all depend on task and how you program it.
For example, you can use client-side cursors. This will copy data to client
computer, so user can disconnect and still browse data.


>> Just looked at the prices list (Valentina Server 2) and it
>> seems that license is "number of connections" based. From
>> $300 (per platform) for 5 connections, to $1500 (per
>> platform) illimited connections. That is very expansive.
>> 
>> What is VDN Platform ?
> 
> Not very expensive if you look at various solutions out there.
> 
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com/en/products/developer/vertical/PLATFORM
> 
> VDN is a two year maintenance program for developers. Right now you can get
> it for Director or REALbasic. The REALbasic one includes both Mac and
> Windows ADKs and is the version for Valentina 2 Embedded Server. Meaning,
> you can distribute server apps with the base five connections *royalty
> free*. You can also deploy an unlimited version for $400 per deployment.
> Connections let you expand on your per deployment -- for example -- if you
> want to give one of your customers a 10 connection deployment, you would
> need to add five connections to the base five.
> 
> As you can see, you also receive the following benefits with VDN Platform:
> 
> -Valentina 2 Office Server Developer Editions. You can use these internally
> for your own business or testing purposes.
> -Reseller discounting on Valentina 2 Office Server. This is a 20% discount
> -10 VDN Connections. You get 10 of these to start selling to your customers
> -Upgrades for two years for the ADKs
> -Since it's a "Pro" ADK, a free copy of Valentina Studio Administrator
> -Access to a special VDN Forum
> -Priority fixes
> -Other Goodies
> 
> We are putting together a Valentina Solutions Partner list which will be
> available on the Paradigma Website. These will be drawn from the VDN
> membership.
> 
> If you already have Valentina for REALbasic 1.1, you can get $100 off of
> Platform Edition, ie $499.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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