The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

October 1997

Free Comdex Tickets

Contributed by Tom Rombouts

A few people have asked me how to get free Las Vegas

COMDEX exhibits tickets this year. Here is an e-mail I got, and

based on it I just registered for COMDEX online. It works fairly

well, but it was dog slow. I had to wait about two minutes for

each new page to load. The registration code I used was

“PCWY” if you don’t want to download the graphic that displays

it.

For the record, Las Vegas COMDEX this year will be November

17-21.

Good luck!

Tom

The following is a copy of e-mail sent to me]

Offer valid through November 6, 1997

Dear Industry Professional:

This year, PC Week will be honoring the industry’s hottest

applications and technologies when we present the coveted

“Best of COMDEX Awards” at COMDEX/Fall ‘97. As a member

of a select group of industry professionals, you are invited to join

us when we unveil the “best of the best” at the #1 business-to

business event for the IT industry. Please accept this FREE

Guest Pass, which includes access to the exhibit floor, key-

notes and more a $100 value compliments of PC Week.

We’ve even arranged for you to register online, direct, through

the COMDEX Online site, http://events.comdex.com/pcweek2/.

[Note from Tom Rombouts - a second e-mail I got had this

address: http://eents.comdes.com/pcweek3/]

IN ADDITION TO PC WEEK BEST OF COMDEX AWARDS,

YOUR GUEST PASS GIVES YOU ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE

COMDEX/FALL EXHIBIT FLOOR:

- 10,000 new products. . . 2,100 exhibitors many of whom

exhibit at no other IT event in the world!

- Admission to Technology Areas and Pavilions --the Internet,

Network Computing, Multimedia, NEW! Communications,

NEW! Digital Consumer Technologies, Microsoft Partner

Pavilion, IrDA Pavilion and USB Pavilion.

PLUS, FREE Admission to the Keynotes --

Featuring Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Novell CEO Dr. Eric

Schmidt, Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, and Cisco CEO John

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Neon is No More

Philip M. Feitman, Toni M. Feltman and W. Michael Feltman

have formed a new company, Fl Technologies. Fl Technologies

has assumed control of Neon Software’s FoxExpress product

line as well as all other assets of Neon Software.

For several years there has been a great deal of confusion with

Neon Software, Inc., a software company located in Palo Alto,

California.

Neon Software was a leading provider of development technol-

ogy for Microsoft Visual FoxPro and FoxPro 2.6. Over the past

seven years Neon Software built a solid reputation as an

innovative provider of top-quality FoxPro products aid services.

Fl Technologies was formed to build on thh tradition as well as

provide developers with a broader scope of application develop-

ment technology.

Fl Technologies will be moving in new directions both internally

and in what is visible to their customers. The internal roles have

shifted and been redefined to improve customer service and

increase efficiency. Also, Fl Technologies will offer services that

were not available from Neon Software and expand existing

services.

Fl Technologies will continue to develop, support and market

the Neon Software product line while developing new prod-

ucts and expanding its training and consulting services. Fl

Technologies’ new direction will result in dramatic improvements

to its existing products as well as the development of

exciting new products.

Neon Software will remain in operation until the transition to Fl

Technologies is complete. Fl Technologies will continue to

ship products bearing the Neon Software name until its existing

inventory is exhausted. By that time Fl Technologies expects

to have a new version of Visual FoxExpress bearing the Fl

Technologies name ready for release. All existing support and

consulting contracts with Neon Software will be honored by Fl

Technologies.

Their new mission statement:

“Fl Technologies exists to help professional developers save

time and money. We supply the innovative tools and services to

help you dramatically increase your productivity by reducing

application development time and increasing the quality and

functionality of your applications.”

You can visit their new Website at http://www.fltech.com.

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