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                              News and Comments

     Formal DB/C FS 3.0 beta testing continues.  We now hope to release it in
June.  It's been a long time in development, but with its many new features,
I think the wait will have been worthwhile.

     There's no other news to report and there's no article, so it's a short
newsletter this month.

     There has been some confusion about support prices of DB/C software.
By using the DB/C Online Sales and Update System, you can download both major
and minor releases (updates) for those licenses of DB/C software that are
currently under support.  One year of support is included with the purchase
of a DB/C software license.  After the initial year of support has expired,
you'll need to purchase yearly extensions of support for each license of
DB/C software.  You will not be able to get bug fix software unless your
software license is currently under support.

     It might be tempting to let a license expire with a plan to subscribe
only if you need the update.  However, there is a disincentive to doing this.
The price for one year of support increases by 5% per month starting in the
second month after support has expired.  We've recently removed the limit
of 20 months of increasing price.  And beginning in January 2002, the 5%
monthly increase for expired support will be changed to 10% per month,
retroactive.

     We've not talked about the Java programming language recently in this
space.  I'll be attending the JavaOne conference in San Francisco the first
week in June, so next month I'll report on my observations as to how Java is
maturing and its effect on the DB/C language.

                                                     don.wills@dbcsoftware.com

 
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                             DB/C Class Schedule

   Class:     DB/C DX and JX Language Fundamentals
   Date:      September, 2001
   Location:  Oak Brook, Illinois

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


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