The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

June 1995

Out and About (Con? from page 1)

tive voice response (IVR) toolkit and it’s done in

FoxPro. We’ll probably get a peek at the code

behind this technology, so don’t miss this one.

This is indeed a rare opportunity to see these people

when they’re not surrounded by hundreds of people

clamoring for their expertise. It’s like comparing a

sold-out stadium concert with the intimacy of a small

night club.

These people will join a list of speakers who have

presented to LA Fox that reads like a “Who’s Who”

in the Xbase/FoxPm development community:

Bill House

Lisa Slater

Les Pinter

Adam Greene

George Goley

Savannah Brentnall

Nancy Jacobson

David Anderson

Dick Bard

Mike Feltman

Beginning in August, by popular request, we’ll be

switching gears and spotlighting applications and

techniques by members of our own group:

August 21, 1995, 7:30 PM - Bill Anderson/Chuck

Williams. Bill and Chuck will discuss their experi-

ences in both building and managing the SITN

Registration System. This program (written with

FoxPro for the Macintosh) replaces a manual system

used to track all aspects pertaining to televised

courses held at Stanford University in Palo Alto,

California.

September 18, 1995, 7:30 PM - Microcomputer

Engineering Services (MES). Microcomputer

Engineering Services (MES) has been developing

custom FoxPro applications for clients all over South-

ern California, as well as other parts of the country,

during the last several years. MES specializes in

system analysis/design, third-party add-in products,

and quality/productivity improvement. On this night,

MES will be demonstrating tips and techniques

developed for applications running at several client

sites, as well as discussing user interface issues,

system design, design tools, RAD and other develop-

ment issues.

Since We Last Met....

This Is Really Important!! ! Due to a combination of

scheduling conflicts and Torrance Airport rules for

their meeting rooms, LA Fox meetings have been

changed from the third Wednesday to the third

Monday of every month from the June meeting

through November. Meeting times will remain at 7:30

PM. If there are any questions, please call Chuck

Williams at (310) 539-9439, CIS# 72330,2326, or

Barry Lee at (714) 968-4225, ClS#727~23,3422.

Release News. Microsoft announced that they are

sticking to an August release date for Windows 95

by previewing the product at a New York news con-

ference. FoxTalk, the venerable newsletter published

by Pinnacle Publishing, predicts a Visual FoxPro

release by no later than June 21.

Windows 95 World Tour, from Ken Levy. You can

call the number below to indicate you are attending,

but it doesn’t reserve a seat. Advise is to arrive 30

mm. early:

Call 1-800-685-0951 for more details and to indicate

your interest in attending. Space for each event is

limited. The date is set for June 29, 1995, 7:30 PM,

in Pasadena, at the Pasadena Exhibition Building,

300 Green Street, sponsored by Compaq.

By now, everyone has heard about IBM’s hostile

takeover bid to buy Lotus. It’s causing a minor stir

on Wall Street, so hang onto those old disks and

docs I hear the Smithsonian will be mounting an

exhibit and Jim Manzi will be writing a book called

‘What it Takes to Make an Excellent Product, Turn It

into An Industry Standard, Run It Into the Ground

Because You Don’t Keep Up With Technology, Sue

the Shorts Off of Your Competitors, and Then Sell It

Off to a Company That has Laid Off Several Thou-

sand People Over the Last Few Years, and Shouldn’t

be in Software to Begin With.”

(Con't, page 6)

Important Notice

“Some joker out there is distributing a file called

PKZ300B.EXE and PKZ300B.ZIP. This is NOT a

version of PKZIP and will try to erase your harddrive

if you use it. The most recent version is 2.04G.

Please tell all your friends and favorite BBS stops

about this hack.”

Thank You.

Patrick Weeks

Product Support PKWARE

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