Hello Craig,

On Sep 03 00:22 94, Craig Swanson of 1:202/354 wrote:

 MS>> method 2 (OMG persistent framework). The object is 
 MS>> duplicated to each client. There are automatic update 
 MS>> methods on the server, so each client has up-to-date 
 MS>> objects.

 CS> This is much more tricky -- storage consistency is hard to 
 CS> manage in such an environment.

objectStore OODB uses this approach too. you have a local object cache, and
objectStore manages the consistency on all machines! (but, the RTFees of
objectStore are unbeliebable).

 CS> Moreover, after years of programming I have built up an 
 CS> inherent distrust of code written by other people.  Often 
 CS> the interfaces are weird, the code is buggy, and I end up 

:-). Thats exactly my feeling. But, you should read the SomObject Toolkit
Users Guide. There is simple no question on my side after reading it. All
possibilities are considered. It is well structured. really an impressive
product and description.
Mario

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