> Hi Sylvain Guillemette,
> 
> Congatulations on a major accomplishment.

Thank you.


> Ruslan suggests your FB-Valentina "DataShell 1.1"
> is comparable in speed to the RB-Valentina plugin.
> Could you quote some benchmarks?


REALwhat ?  :-)
Nah...

Ruslan based is comments on the benchmarks available on my web site.
The benchmarks are extremely accurate.


> Perhaps more important, where do other potential
> advantages of the FB-Valentina product lie?


The DataShell/Valentina combo is 100% compatible with every other Valentina
solutions (Mac and PC). If you ever decide to switch to another development
environment, your efforts will not be lost. But I doubt you will ever want
to stop using FutureBASIC :-)

I do contractual programming on the Mac and I needed a good database engine
compatible with FutureBASIC for upcoming projects.

For me, this is a REALadvantage :-)


> Cheers
> 
> Larry S 


Thanks!
Sylvain