Ken on the idea of a time-bombed Transact trial version...

>I don't want to throw cold water on this idea, but while Transact
>is pretty straightforward, as with any full-featured language there
>is a bit of a step-function learning curve before you can start
>implementing systems of any complexity (The IF-THEN-ELSE
>& etc. logic is very straightforward, but the database verbs and
>a few other things are somewhat unique).....   so if it was going
>to be time-bombed, as a practical matter I would think it would
>have to be a pretty long countdown;  like five or six months ...

Well, a collection of practical examples on a web site might
help to flatten the learning curve quite a lot. This web site
could even be open to community contributions...

Lars (still naive enough to believe in the Open Source spirit)