[Seaside] [ANN] GemStone BOF at Smalltalk Solutions 2007

[Nevin Pratt]

Ah, good to hear!  I knew I must be missing something, because otherwise 
the announcement didn't make sense.

Nevin

> Yes, that's because its GemStone 64 bit version, not 32 bit one. 
> Latest and greatest as they say, not to worry :)
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Boris
> (Sent from a BlackBerry)
>
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> Sent: Tue May 01 09:52:51 2007
> Subject: Re: [Seaside] [ANN] GemStone BOF at Smalltalk Solutions  2007
>
> Boris Popov wrote:
>
>         GemStone 2.x free edition: 2gb ram limit, 4gb database size, 
> 64 million objects, 2 gems max, no VW or VA connectivity - Squeak 
> only, seaside and monticello built in, fastcgi support, database can 
> be used as monticello repository, free sandbox website for those 
> wanting to play with it hosted by GemStone, that's about it, but I'm 
> sure GemStone will provide more details as well.
>        
>         Cheers!
>        
>         -Boris
>        
>
>
> GemStone 2.x?  That was released in, what, 1987? or 1986?
>
> I think GemStone 4.x was out in the early 90's.
>
> Are you sure you got that product rev number right?  Those stats seem 
> reminiscent of 4.x (but naturally without VW or VA GemBuilder).
>
> Why would they do a new Squeak GemBuilder for such an old product? 
> (even if it's a stripped down GemBuilder, which I'm sure it is).
>
> Also, a few years ago I had to resurrect a GemStone 4.x system for a 
> consulting gig.  It wouldn't even run under Win XP without a lot of 
> hoops being jumped through.  One such hoop, if I recall, was the 
> inability to work with the filesystem.
>
> And, I don't think Linux was even a gleam in anybody's eye for 
> GemStone 2.x.
>
> Maybe I'll await further details, as I'm sure I'm missing something here.
>
> Nevin
>
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