The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

October 1997

The LA Fox Developer is the monthly newsletter of

the LA Fox Developers Group. The purpose is

information sharing among application developers

and users working with FoxPro.

LA Fox Address

LA Fox

Barry R. Lee

714/375-3300

P.O. Box 6624

Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6624

LA Fox Board of Directors

Barry R. Lee, President/Newsletter Editor

Bill Anderson, Vice President/Programs

Twila Miller, Treasurer/Membership

Chuck Williams, President Emeritus

George Dvorak

Bill Seldon

Mike Cummings

Michael Meer

George Porter

LA Fox is the oldest FoxPro developer’s group in

Southern California. The newsletter contains regular

columns as well as articles from other user groups.

XPro User Group

Randy Unruh

310/399-9159

2210 Wilshire Blvd. -#161

Santa Monica, CA 00403

OC FoxPro Developers Group

Mike Vincent

(714)970-9147

Membership/Subscription

The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Develop-

ers Group, including subscription to The LA Fox

Developer Newsletter, is $45.

Disclaimer

Neither the LA Fox User Group, the XPro User

Group, the OC FoxPro Developers Group, their

officers or board of directors or their members make

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regard to any information disseminated, including,

but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and!

or fitness for a particular purpose.

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speakers, members, or guests who address the

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necessarily represent the opinions of the group. All

opinions and information should be carefully consid-

ered, and the group is not liable for any incident or

consequential damages in connection with, or arising

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opinions. Brand names and product names may be

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tive owners.

Out and About (Con’t from page 1)

computer trade conferences, convenes in Las Vegas. The convention

pulled in about 250,000 people last year, clogged up all the phone lines,

and filled every hotel in the area. If you’re going, you’d better start planning

now. (See also Tom Rombouts’ contribution, “Free Comdex Tickets”, page

4.)

Spring ‘98 - FoxPro Developers Conference. Microsoft and Advisor

Publications surprised all of us by announcing their next DevCon for May of

1998. Stay tuned, right here, for more details. (You’ll know as soon as we

do.)

August ‘98 - 2nd Annual Southern California FoxPro Conference.

Sponsored by Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC, this conference

was one of the highlights of the 1997 “conference season”, providing a

chance to see nationally-known speakers in a somewhat smaller, more

intimate setting. Last year, the conference drew attendees from New

Jersey to The Phillipines. This time out, the conference is going to be held

at The Doubletree Hotel in Orange County. The conference WebSite will be

up and running shortly, providing all the details for this great cost-effective

event. And, of course, you can follow all the details right here. So start

making plans now to attend.

Since We Last Met...

We missed it. Monday, October 13, was designated “Boss Day”. ..by who

I don’t exactly know. But it makes sense that if we have Secretary’s Day,

we ought to have Boss Day. In honor of this most holy of days <g>, you

should point your browsers to http://www.myboss.com. The title of this

Website says it all ‘When Winners Work for Losers”.

Steve Ballmer, #2 man at Microsoft, was the focus of a recent LA Times

business article. It was an interesting read, particularly when it turned to

some of Ballmer’s opinions about the competition. Regarding Sun

Microsystems, Ballmer is quoted as having said, “Wierd. . .they put a lot of

energy in A but make their money on B. Java [a Sun programming lan-

guage seen as a threat to Microsoft] is not doing anything for Sun’s work-

station sales.” I wonder what would drive him to say that. <s>

Another Steve, this time Steve Sawyer, of the Detroit Area FoxPro Users

Group, has been selected to replace Drew Speedie as author/compiler of

FoxPro Advisors tricks and tips column, “FoxPro Techniques”. So, here’s

a “good luck” tip of the hat to him. Visit his Website at http://www.rust.net/

~ssawyer. He’s got quite a few “tricky tips” posted there.

Help Wanted...

Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC, is desparately looking for people

proficient in FoxPro (FPW 2.6 and VFP). Excellent working conditions with

a chance to be in on the latest FoxPro-related technologies. Need some-

one capable of “hitting the bricks running”. Call Mike Meer or Barry R. Lee,

800/499-6237, or e-mail us at brlee@earthlink.net.

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