filePro slides at SCOForum

[Ron Kracht]

Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Bob Stockler propounded (on Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 09:54:50AM -0400):
> | Walter Vaughan wrote (on Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 08:41:24AM -0400):
> | 
> | | I was curious about the following slide that I guess someone gave at the 
> | | recent SCOForum... I have not purchased fp5.6, so my ignorance is probably 
> | | due to that.
> | | 
> | | n Technical Support “free” for 30 days.
> | | n Graphical and text based displays (running concurrently)
> | | n Window side ODBC
> | | n Interface to MS Word, WordPerfect and various desktop applications.
> | | n Sockets for various interfaces
> | | n EdgeClick mobile technology (available soon).
> | | n XML (4 t h Quarter 2006)
> | | 
> | | What is "Window side ODBC"? Was that a typo describing fpODBC functionality?
> | | 
> | | When they mentioned sockets, what kind of examples did they show? Anything 
> | | where filePro did any of the lifting?
> | | 
> | | Did they show any example of how or what XML will be integrated into 
> | | filePro? Native option in import/export commands?
> | 
> | Ask Matt Bennet (who was apparently the presenter), if you
> | know who he is and where to find him.
> 
> Nope, it was Bud Henschen himself, on a panel with advocates for three
> other databases, all of whom presented similar files full of typical
> power-point bullet items with no supporting details or examples whatsoever.
> Pretty useless crowing session.

Sadly enough the guidelines/rules given to the presenters pretty much 
guaranteed that result.