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                              News and Comments

     This month's newsletter is just random bits of information and commentary
that may be of interest to you (i.e. there is no article this month).

     Beta testing of DB/C DX 13.0 for all platforms continues.  If you are
interested in participating, let me know.

     We have added a new option for purchasing support subscriptions for
DB/C DX and DB/C FS.  You can now choose the number of months (from 6 to 24)
to extend support.  This new order processing feature may be helpful for
coordinating the support expiration dates for multiple licenses or for
budgeting purposes.

     Many of you may know that I'm a big fan of the Apple Macintosh.  Apple
recently announced its new line of computers based on the IBM PowerPC 970 chip
which Apple calls the G5.  In single and dual processor configurations, the
G5-based Macintosh systems are similar in both price and performance to the
fastest available Dell Pentium and Xeon based systems.  However, it is the
stability, ease of use and overall elegance that set the Macintosh apart from
other computers.  DB/C FS 3.1 for Mac OS X is available now and DB/C DX 13.0
for Mac OS X will be available when DX 13.0 is released.

     As a followup to the February 2003 newsletter article about patents,
I've just read of a newly-issued and particularly ridiculous patent granted
to Netflix.  The essence of the patent is renting N number of DVDs per month
or N number of DVDs at any point in time for a fixed price.  The US Patent
Office has broken new ground for idiocy on this one.  It is patent number
6,584,450 which can be reviewed at www.uspto.gov.

     Several books about Eclipse have been released.  The book titled
"Eclipse In Action" by David Gallardo and others is excellent.  It provides
an introduction to using Eclipse.  Although several chapters are useful only
for Java developers, other chapters are useful for development in other
programming languages including DB/C.

     I will be attending the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland,
Oregon July 9-11.  Among the keynote speakers is Paul Buck, Director of
Eclipse Development at IBM and previously President and CEO of OTI before
it was bought by IBM.  Other keynote speakers include Mitch Kapor and Larry
Wall.  I'll give you a report about the conference in a future newsletter.
Send me an email if you are attending and want to get together to chat about
DB/C or whatever.  Info is at http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2003/

                                                     don.wills@dbcsoftware.com


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                          DB/C DX Class Schedule

   Class:     DB/C DX Fundamentals
   Date:      September, 2003
   Location:  Oak Brook, Illinois

For information, send email to admin@dbcsoftware.com.


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