This is minor bug fixes and feature enhancements release. The main change is the ability to place Message elements in the Data Dictionaries where they can be referenced by many Operations from unrelated Services.
This is the major feature enhancement release. The main new feature is the ability to model and generate support for events - the unsolicited asyncroneous messages produced by servers and consumed by clients.
This is what our clients had to say about MetaBoss and our services:
Subject: Metaboss Guru Thanks
Hi, Just a quick note from our team to thank you for your assistance during our project. The guys are very appreciative of your time and effort towards tailoring MetaBoss and in general assistance. I was scared of the 'MetaBoss factor' to begin with, but the guys have assured me we could not have delivered to our date with it out or with out your help. So from all of us to you, THANKS !!!!
Regards, Vicki IT Project Manager
Subject: Thanks
One person who was a significant contributor to our project tends to be rather quiet about it. That's Rost, who ensured that the the tools we were using (most significantly MetaBoss) always gave us a significant advantage, and never held us up at all. I'm keen to spend a little bit of time at some time in the near future to try to quantify the major positive impact MetaBoss has in our middleware development, in terms of time, quality of code, and product adaptability. All I can say for the moment is that I seriously doubt that a "non-MetaBoss" quote for this project would have got the go ahead.
Thanks for your time and your tools, John Enterprise Architect
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