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From: dml@esl.com (Denis Lynch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: A small gripe
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Date: 12 Nov 90 23:17:05 GMT
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In-reply-to: jad@lanl.gov's message of 12 Nov 90 05:54:38 GMT

In article <5673@lanl.gov> jad@lanl.gov (John De Vries) writes:
   ..... Specifically, Steve was playing around with Interface Builder and
   showed how typically easy it was to hack out a useful interface in
   very little time.

   However, he was using a particular bunch of objects -- namely the
   database object -- to show things off....  Like, I
   want them NOW (as did a largish banking/investment firm), and seeing
   Jobs performance, one might think he wasn't touting vaporware.

   Well, he was, unfortunately.  They are indeed working on these
   objects, but they are not coming out in 2.0....
   Supposedly they will be a part of version 3.0, but I got the
   impression NOT to expect that Real Soon Now (more like a year from
   now).....

Not to add more hyperbole to any already flame-ridden net, but facts
are better than speculation:

No, the DBKit will not be part of 2.0.
No, the DBKit will not be part of 3.0.

Instead, the DBKit will be part of a separate database developers kit,
to be made available at nominal cost sometime between 2.0 and 3.0.

The DBKit is a substantial and well-thought-out piece of work, and will
be able to connect to the Sybase server we've grown to know and love, as
well as other SQL servers.

Stay tuned for anouncements fairly soon.

Denis Lynch, ESL Inc.
dml@esl.com