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                              News and Comments

     We hope everybody in the DB/C community had a successful 1998.  And we
wish you all a Happy New Year and success in the year ahead.

     There is no article this month - holiday vacation always takes more time
and energy than is expected.

     There are a couple of newsworthy developments at Subject, Wills & Company.
First, we just moved into our expanded office space at our existing location.
We now occupy about 15,000 square feet.  It certainly is nice not being cramped
for space as we have been for the last few months.

     More important for the you is the progress we are making toward completing
our plans for the DB/C software family.  DB/C JX 2.0 is well into beta testing.
We expect to release it in January.  DB/C FS 2.1 and DB/C DX 10.0 will begin
beta testing in January.  DB/C FS 2.1 will be released by February 1 and we
hope to release DB/C DX 10.0 soon thereafter.

     The release of DB/C DX 10.0 will signify the completion of our plans for
remaking traditional DB/C into a family of products that give you a variety
of choices for how to move toward the future.  Whether your needs include
support for GUI programs, SQL, Java or the Internet, we feel that the new
DB/C family of software can meet your needs.

     As always, the new features in the DB/C family have been chosen based
your input.  We would like to hear from you about what your needs for the
future may be.  All suggestions are welcome.

     Again, Happy New Year!
 
                                                        don.wills@swc.com


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                            DB/C Class Schedule

   Class:     DB/C DX and JX Language Fundamentals
   Date:      February 1999 (tentative)
   Location:  Oak Brook, Illinois

   For information, contact Judi Tamkevic at:
       voice  630.572.0240
       email  dbc@swc.com


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