I am new to EDB.  I'll be gratefull if someone can answer my questions:

1.  If I purchase full source CS version, can I modify the server program or can I build a custom db server?

2.  According to the website, .NET version will follow.  Will the VCL client be able to connect to the .NET version server?

3.  Will the .NET version be able to run on MONO, not just MS .NET?

Thanks
PK

<< I am new to EDB.  I'll be gratefull if someone can answer my questions:
>>

Per my other reply:


<< 1.  If I buy the SRC-CS version, can I customize the Server program
myself and distribute it with my application? >>

Yes, you may.

<< Or is it straightforward to build a db server from the EDB components? >>

Sure, it's pretty easy to do so.  You can see how easy by looking at the
edbsrvr.dpr project that we provide the source code for in the
\servers\edbsrvr\source sub-directory.

<< 2.  The website says that ElevateDB does not use any direct pointer
access or memory manipulation under .NET, making it 100% managed code.  Does
it mean I can compile the whole thing in D2006.NET and it will work? >>

Not yet, but soon it will be able to.  VCL.NET support is being worked on
right now and will be available within the next couple of weeks.

<< 3.  The website also says that there will be a .NET version following
this release.  Is it just for the client side or the server itself will also
be .NET? >>

The server "out-of-the-box" will still be a Win32 application, but could
create your own 100% .NET server using EDB if you wanted to.

<< 4.  Will be .NET version run on MONO too? >>

I can't say for sure at this point.  Once EDB is running under vanilla .NET,
we will be doing complete platform tests for CF and other environments.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com