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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
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December 1998
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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
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
2210 Wilshire Blvd. -#161
Santa Monica, CA 90403
OC FoxPro Developers Group
Membership/Subscription
The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Developers Group, including subscription to The LA Fox
Developer Newsletter, is $48.
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 any express or implied warranties of any kind with
regard to any information disseminated, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and/ or fitness for a particular purpose.
Opinions provided by newsletter articles, or by
speakers, members, or guests who address the
meetings, are individual opinions only, and do not 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 out of, the furnishing or use of any information or opinions. Brand names and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respec
tive owners.
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Out and About
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DEVCON puts you face-to-face with the leading FoxPro experts, members
of the Microsoft Visual FoxPro product team, and FoxPro professionals from around the world. Considering how fast the 1998
DEVCON
filled up, don’t wait too long!! Register soon to assure your admittance and your room in the host hotel. Get ready for the massive technical training you’ll get at
VISUAL
FOXPRO DEVCON, sponsored by Microsoft and FOXPRO
ADVISOR magazine. For further information, keep your eye on FoxPro Advisor
Magazine and their website at
http://www.advisor.com.
Since We Last Met
Membership Drive. LA Fox is putting its membership drive into “full speed ahead” mode. We’re now offering two types of membership, Standard and Premium (see “New Membership Structure”, page 5), and we’re committed to providing even greater service to our members. You can still expect the same high-caliber speakers, the monthly newsletter, etc.. ..except now we’re going to “raise the bar” a notch or two. Expect to see some changes in the coming months. Also included in this month’s newsletter, as well as next month’s, is a membership application form. Please take the time to complete this form when you sign up or renew your membership. Doing so will give us a better direction in which to point the group. If you indicate that you’re interested in training in VFP, we’ll keep you appraised (via e-mail) of both local and national training opportunities.
Please indicate if you’d like to be
included
in the Member Directory we’ll be
publishing twice a year.
Unofficial Announcement. It’s never too early to start
planning your conference activities for the coming year. Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC, sponsors of the Annual Southern California Visual FoxPro Conference series, has “unofficially” announced that planning is underway for their third annual conference. Stay tuned to these pages for the latest
news and developments. And keep your calendars open.
A Little Web Humor...
by Sue Cunningham
When I went to college in the 1960’s, computers were what the Defense
Department was using to play World War III. Halfway between now and
then, I began hearing a lot of words like “data input” and “beta version.”
They confused me. I wanted desperately to know what people were talking
about, what Big Secret resided in the computer industry.
Now that I’ve worked around computers for the last few years, I’ve gained an insider’s perspective. I decided to share my knowledge with the uninitiated by creating the following brief, handy glossary:
ALPHA. Software undergoes alpha testing as a first step in getting user
feedback. Alpha is Latin for “doesn’t work.”
BETA. Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it’s released. Beta is Latin for “still doesn’t work.”
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