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<P align=left><SPAN class=035124503-01052007><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=160514102-02052007>H</SPAN>ere's the
announcement made at the GemStone BOF at Smalltalk Solutions 2007. I added
GemStone specific terminology in parentheses to make it clearer to those of you
already using GemStone. It was a great BOF, wish you all could have been
there.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN class=035124503-01052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-- Monty</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Seaside under
GLASS</STRONG></FONT></P></FONT>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Introducing a powerful new way to
deploy desktop-like web applications --<SPAN class=035124503-01052007>
</SPAN><STRONG>GLASS: GemStone, Linux, Apache, Seaside,
Smalltalk.</STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>You may already be familiar with the
advantages Seaside has over Ruby on Rails. But you may be concerned that Seaside
lacks native persistence or won<SPAN class=035124503-01052007>'</SPAN>t
scale.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>By running your Seaside application in
GemStone, you<SPAN class=035124503-01052007>'</SPAN>ll gain a Smalltalk based
Application Server and OODB that:</FONT></P>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Provides fully transparent persistence that
doesn<SPAN class=035124503-01052007>'</SPAN>t require Object-Relational
Mapping</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scales to over a hundred billion objects and
thousands of simultaneous connections</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Supports fully ACID transactions to handle
concurrency conflicts</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Handles up to 150 HTTP requests per second</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>Directly loads Monticello packages into a GemStone
VM</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P></LI></UL>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>GemStone/S is proven technology currently
deployed in numerous global 2000 companies in the financial, container shipping,
manufacturing, and utilities sectors.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a comparison of several 64-bit
editions of GemStone/S that will be available in Q3 of 2007:</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=32>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=center width="23%" height=32><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>GemStone/S Web
Edition</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=center width="23%" height=32><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>GemStone/S LE</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=center width="23%" height=32><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>GemStone/S</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Price</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>Free!</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>$7000/year</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><I><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>Call</FONT></I></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Number of objects </FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>64 million</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>256 million</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>138 billion</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>CPUs Used </FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>1</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>2</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>unlimited</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><B>
<P align=right><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>Max </SPAN>RAM</FONT><SPAN
class=035124503-01052007><FONT size=2> <BR>(</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>Shared Page<SPAN class=035124503-01052007>
</SPAN>Cache Size<SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>1 GB</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>2 GB</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>32768 GB</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B>
<P align=right><FONT face=Arial size=2>Max <SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>Disk (</SPAN>Repository Size<SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>)</SPAN> </FONT></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>4 GB</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>64 GB</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>8192 TeraBytes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B>
<P align=right><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Max <SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>Server Processes (</SPAN>Concurrent Sessions<SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>2</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>10</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>10,000</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B>
<P align=right><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>Clustered Servers <BR>(</SPAN>Remote Gems<SPAN
class=035124503-01052007>)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Linux </FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Solaris, AIX, HP-UX </FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>VisualWorks Clients</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>VA Smalltalk Clients</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>no</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Web Clients</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width="32%" height=16><B><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=right><FONT size=2>Squeak Tools</FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>yes</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P align=right><FONT size=2>Support </FONT></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>Community</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>20 hours/year</FONT></FONT></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width="23%" height=16><FONT face=Arial>
<P align=center><FONT size=2>Std 9x5 or or
24x7</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FONT face=Arial>
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<P align=left><FONT size=2>Other configurations between GemStone/S LE and the
full version of GemStone/S are available through subscription or perpetual
licenses. Contact </FONT></FONT><A title=mailto:sales@gemstone.com
href="blocked::mailto:sales@gemstone.com"><FONT title=mailto:sales@gemstone.com
face=Arial size=2>sales@gemstone.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>
for inquiries.</FONT></P></FONT></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>