<the difference between

Midas and Delphi 5 ?
Datasnap and Delphi 6 ?
Asta and Delphi 5 or 6 ?

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ASTA only requires Delphi Pro, or Kylix Desktop. ASTA has a Kylix Version.

ASTA has palm clients, wince clients, java clients, jdbc driver, replication
tools.

www.astatech.com/wireless/AstaPocketStudio.htm

www.astatech.com/wireless/AstaWince.htm

ASTA has a messaging layer, easy to plug in compresssion (toggle a property)
and encryption.

ASTA has an unlimited license, full source is available and we are
constantly providing new features. ASTA has training available.
www.astatech.com/training

ASTA allows you to code the server, like Midas, or , for quick conversion of
existing client/server apps, just run an AstaIBObjects Server (whoops, we
have one of those also, <g>) and write client side SQL and get a thin client
internet ready application.

download an AstaIBObjects server from
www.astatech.com/files/servers/AstaIBObjects.exe and fire up an AstaSQLDemo
against it

www.astatech.com/files/examples/AstaSQLDemo.exe and throw some queries
across the internet.

ASTA also has an autoUpdate feature that can stream down a "patch" that will
update client exes to newer versions.
http://www.astatech.com/docs/DeltaPatchMgr.htm

Oh and ASTA works closely with Jason (and really need to get an official
IBO4 server on our site!)


Steve Garland sgarland@...
Cross Platform Messaging and TDataSet Components: TAstaPDADataSets
Servers (Win32,Linux,Java) Clients (Win32,Linux,Java,Palm,WinCE,Linux PDA's)
ASTA Technology Group http://www.astatech.com http://www.astawireless.com