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                              News and Comments

     The dbctalk email list has been a success primarily because of the
high quality and limited quantity of messages posted.  We've discouraged
any commercial use of dbctalk to keep it as useful as possible for asking
technical questions about systems built with DB/C software products.

     However, there has long been a need for communication with others
in the DB/C community for people looking for jobs, for companies with
job openings, and, in general, for advertising.  This month's article
is about a new email list which can be used for those purposes.

                                                     don.wills@dbcsoftware.com

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                        DB/C Marketplace Email List

     The dbcmarket email list is a forum for commercial communication that
is related to DB/C software.  Here are the types of messages we expect
to see posted to dbcmarket:

  . programmers looking for jobs
  . companies posting available jobs (help wanted)
  . independent contractors advertising their services
  . companies looking for independent contractors
  . commercial software for sale
  . free or shareware software

     The dbcmarket email list is managed the same way as dbctalk.  To start
your subscription, send an email to

  dbcmarket-subscribe@dbcsoftware.com

By default, you will be subscribed in DIGEST mode - you will typically just
receive one email per day which contains a digest of all of the last 20
messages or all of the messages sent in the last 24 hours when less than
20 messages are posted in a day.  To change to FEED mode, and for more
information about the dbcmarket email list, see

  http://www.dbcsoftware.com/lists.html

     The dbcmarket email list will not be moderated.  However, we will be
watching for off-topic postings.  Those who post off topic will be warned.
Repeated off topic posts may cause us to change dbcmarket to a moderated
list.

     Do not post messages like these:

  . non-technical jobs or services
  . jobs for other programming languages (Java, VB, C)
  . questions or comments about other postings
  . tangible property for sale (computers, books)

     In addition to disallowed postings, we request that you post your
message once and only once in any calendar month.  If you have two separate
job openings, you can post them as one or two messages.

     Archives will be available in the same manner as for dbctalk.  That is,
you will need to subscribe to the dbcmarket email list to access the archives.
This protects email addresses, phone numbers, etc. that are contained in the
postings from access by automated web crawlers.

     In summary, the dbcmarket email list is for advertising DB/C related
software and services, wanted and available.  With your help, it will
be another useful part of the DB/C community.


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                          DB/C DX Class Schedule

   Class:     DB/C DX Fundamentals
   Date:      January, 2005
   Location:  to be determined

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


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