Re: Busy WebCatalog
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 32784
interpreted = N
texte = I figure I am out of my league here, but here's an idea-Grant how outrageous would it be to dummy down a final verison of WC4 so it fixes the threading issue while not giving away free the new 4 tags?-JohnBob Minor wrote:> Are you saying the problem will NOT be fixed for 3.0.? That you will not > rewrite it for 3.0? My concern is that I have a lot of 3.0 users who have > bought my product, don't you think its unreasonable to expect them to > uprgade to remove these bugs. I don't mind it I will upgrade because its > prudent as a developer, but I doubt I can expect them to upgrade. Would you > say then that it is a bad idea to build applications for resale using > webcatalog unless I tie them directly to SmithMicro? > > > We have completely rewritten the multithreading model for 4.0 in > > order to address problems like this. We have hired computer > > scientist consultants who are experts in multithreading to write > > sophisticated code that addresses issues of deadlock, interthread > > communication, multithreaded caching, and multiple simultaneous > > resource allocation. We have hired unix experts in PTHREADS, > > CTHREADS, Solaris Threads. This is how we are acknowledging and > > addressing the problem. > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I figure I am out of my league here, but here's an idea-Grant how outrageous would it be to dummy down a final verison of WC4 so it fixes the threading issue while not giving away free the new 4 tags?-JohnBob Minor wrote:> Are you saying the problem will NOT be fixed for 3.0.? That you will not > rewrite it for 3.0? My concern is that I have a lot of 3.0 users who have > bought my product, don't you think its unreasonable to expect them to > uprgade to remove these bugs. I don't mind it I will upgrade because its > prudent as a developer, but I doubt I can expect them to upgrade. Would you > say then that it is a bad idea to build applications for resale using > webcatalog unless I tie them directly to SmithMicro? > > > We have completely rewritten the multithreading model for 4.0 in > > order to address problems like this. We have hired computer > > scientist consultants who are experts in multithreading to write > > sophisticated code that addresses issues of deadlock, interthread > > communication, multithreaded caching, and multiple simultaneous > > resource allocation. We have hired unix experts in PTHREADS, > > CTHREADS, Solaris Threads. This is how we are acknowledging and > > addressing the problem. > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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