The LA Fox Developer

A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California

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June 1999

Ken Levy Joins

DataChannel, Inc.

FoxPro developers who know me are aware that I’ve been

working with and giving demos ofXML for over a year and a half

now and it is generally my main topic(s) at conferences and

user groups that I speak at. I’ve recently decided to work full-

time with XML and related technologies.

on) May 26th, 1999, I accepted a full time position at

DataChannel, Inc. in Bellevue, WA. DataChannel is the leader in

Enterprise XML Information Solutions. I will be starting work at

DataChannel full-time starting June 1st, 1999. Ofcourse I will

still plan to be at DevCon in Palm Springs from June 5th-I 0th for

the full event as I am speaking in sessions and various other

events. ,

While my presence in the FoxPro community will decrease, I’m

sure you’ll still see me around various forums and user groups

on occasion. I know the demand and usage of XML technolo-

gies will greatly increase for VFP developers in the near future,

and I plan to stay informed on how VFP developers are using

XML for application development and solutions.

My longstanding relationship with Microsoft and the Fox team in

particular has been mutually beneficial. I am extremely excited

about the next version of Visual FoxPro and Visual Studio, as

well as other technologies in the works at Microsoft within the

developer tools division. But at this point in my career, my

passion and enthusiasm for working with XML and related

technologies prevailed over my already existing great job

consulting for Microsoft.

DataChannel Inc., founded in 1996, is a privately held company.

DataChannel is an Enterprise Solutions company offering XML-

based, Information Management solutions and services. If you

would like to know more about DataChannel, Inc., I suggest you

check out their web site at: http://datachannel.com To see how

DataChannel is helping in groundbreaking work under OASIS for

the recently announced http://xml.org which is the first global

XML portal dedicated to open information exchange, go to: http:/

/www.datachannel.com/news/pr_xmlorg.shtml.

(Con’t, page 3)

At LA Fox

Out and About

by Barry R. Lee

June 19, 1999, 6:30 PM, DevCon Highlights and Review.

Bill Andersen will be leading a discussion on the events,

happenings, and revelations from Advisior's June DevCon.

July 19, 1999, 6:30 PM, Allen Cunningham. We’ve dis-

cussed several frameworks over the course of the last two

years. Allen brings one with him that we’ve probably all heard

about.. .Visual ProMatrix.

Elsewhere

3rd Annual Southern California Visual FoxPro Confer-

ence, August 26-29, 1999, DoubleTree Hotel, Costa Mesa,

CA. Sponsored by Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC

(MESLLC), this show promises to be one of the highlights of the

conference season.The event will be held at The Doubletree

Hotel in Costa Mesa, CA, the site of last year’s conference.

We’ll be following the same format of having the opening!

keynote address on the evening of the 26th, with actual ses-

sions beginning on Friday morning, the 27th, and running

through Sunday, the 29th. Currently, the confirmed speakers for

the conference are Menachem Bazian, Jim Booth, Randy

Brown, Gary Dewitt, Mike Feltman, Toni Feltman, Eldor Gemst,

Tamar Granor, Y.Alan Gnver, Doug Hennig, Ken Levy, Rod

Paddock, John Petersen, Steve Sawyer, Drew Speedie, and

others. Attendees will have their choice of approximately 70

sessions to sit in on. For further information, keep your brows-

ers pointed to http://www.mesIIc.com/con f99.htm!. For your

convenience, the conference registration form can be found on

page 9 of this newsletter or you may download it from the

(Con’t, page 2)

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....and much more!

The June meeting of LA Fox will be held on

June 21, 1999, at 6:30 PM at our regular

meeting place (the Torrance Airport, 3301

Airport Drive, in Torrance). For details on

how to get there, see the map on the back

page.

In this issue

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MS/MEl Team Up