Originally Posted by Thurbs

here is my take on NATS v4 , nothing that I haven't spoken with John or many of his staff about.

1. it's DB structure is far, far superior. If you run a big program on a non-custom SQL structure and have issues with NATS v3, V4 is your answer.

2. I've noticed while some things are nicer to admin with, most of the admin experience in v3 is nicer ( This could be just being used to one thing, but thats make take with over 20 installs. )

3. with some things not yet compatible ( more to say, clients custom script / addons ) one thing about v4 that isn't addressed and isn't really NATS fault, is the roll out. You're talking about re-making alot of stuff that has been done and potentially having to pay developers a hefty ransom for them to upgrade it, since they know you need it.

4. i think NATS needs to just be broken into two forks. IMO, nats v3 is still a great option for alot of us, many companies have put alot of blood sweat and tears into v3 alongside nats techs and that is alot of stuff to just turn away from. If this isn't agreeable to NATS as is, maybe a group of us could pitch in some amount of money in extra development support to continue this way. As I think saying no more tool dev on v3 makes sense for NATS, it's not exactly what every program wants to hear.

5. NATS needs to address alot of the affiliate concerns ( i'm sure they are ) but I say this b/c as a program, no one is looking to move into something people don't like. that's a fact.

we love NATS, as in love it, beyond any other backend, even custom ones we've seen, for adult, its the best possible option out there.