Re: When will the next release be? (was: Re: X-Spec)

Per Frank Soltis who is making a national Consultants Roadshow tour we can (at
least at this time) expect the next release announcement to be the usual second
Tuesday in February 2000. Just when that release will be GA wasn't stated 
<grin>.
No direct word from him as to what will be in that release but he intimated that
we'd, of course, see better Java performance and support for whatever the latest
release of the Java standard release happens to be at that time if it can be
gotten in and tested in time. Also possibly more enhancements to RPG IV. Also it
would include support for Enterprise Java beans if that support doesn't make it
out with the gigantic fall database PTF or another PTF in Q4. Additionally it
would have expanded clustering capabilities as well as support for 16 and 24 way
machines.

Randy Mangham
Pacific Crest Consulting
San Diego, CA

Joe Teff wrote:

> >>Official GA for V4R4 is later this month and there is no other
> >>release scheduled for this year. Has anyone heard about the
> >>schedule for the next release? Will the RPG compiler be
> >>part of that next release (the compiler has been skipping
> >>releases)?
>
> >Although V4R4 is "technically" only one release, there will be a monster
> >PTF package in September which will be a significant enhancement to the
> >database.  We have no precedence of a database update except on a release
> >upgrade.  Consider it to be another release for all practical purposes.
>
> Al is probably bound by contractural aggreements to not discuss
> future issues. Does anyone else have any clues as to what may be in this
> monster PTF concerning the database?
>
> Also, is it reasonable to expect a release (including the RPG/ILE compiler)
> in the 1st - 2nd quarter of 2000?
>
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