Una de las ventajas del uso de hbNetio, según su autor, es que ya no se depende de los protocolos de comunicación del S.O. En el caso de Windows, protocolos atentatorios contra nuestros sistemas dbf based.
druzus@... escribió:
> It's possible that such direct TCP/IP connection is faster then
> file server protocols especially if they need more then one IP frame
> to exchange data so it's one of the reason to use it in such cases.
> Please make real speed tests.
> The second reason to use NETIO server is resolving problem with
> concurrent access to the same files using Harbour applications
> compiled for different platforms, i.e. DOS, LINUX, Windows and OS2.
> It's very hard to configure all client stations to use correct
> locking system. NETIO fully resolves this problem so it can be
> interesting alternative also for MS-Windows users only if they
> do not want to play with oplocks setting on each station.
> I'm interesting in user opinions about real life NETIO usage.
>