There is not much I can add to David's summary of the Conference excepting that I was impressed with the scope of the creativity of these very bright people that were there.
Actually, "impressed" falls short in describing some of the amazing things demonstrated. David mentions being dazzled by Alexei Nicolini's Terminal Server application on a pocket PC and I was further dazzled by the slick Customer Service app he showed me (we sat next to each other in the back). Alexei said I should have seen the incredible app that the "Whiz Kids" from Detroit (sorry I don't remember their names, maybe David will fill that in) showed him. An application using Flash and RBase, with beautiful graphs, etc created on the fly. I will comment further on the sense of community that was pervasive throughout and that feeling of connection when you finally put a face to a name. I personally commend each and every presenter for their innovative ways of making RBase jump not through hoops, but way out of the Box. I know I saw RBase being used in ways I hadn't considered previously. (and Razaak said if you are putting new tile on your kitchen floor, you better be using RBase, cause he's sure it can do that too. And if it can't right now, just wait 5 minutes while RBTI invents that capability) I encourage everyone that has been holding back on rolling their customers applications forward until after the dust has settled on 7.x Well I don't believe that is going to happen in the foreseeable future. RBase is moving forward at an accelerating pace that is kicking up a veritable "Dust Storm". So, don't get left in the Dust, get up here in the pack and move forward... It's Time. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: 2004 R:BASE Developers' Conference Day-to-Day Schedule > My goodness where do I begin! > > First of all, congratulations to Razzak for AGAIN - why should I be > surprised by now - hosting a fabulous conference! We learned, we had fun, > we ate well. We were blown away by the possibilities of R:PHP - which will > be renamed by the way, because it offers much MORE than that! Blown away by > R:Compiler! Learned stuff about R:Docs I didn't know was there. > > Thanks to Rafi for his great introduction to R:PHP and then for lending his > voice - SWORBUGS - fabulous as they were and are - were put to shame by > Rafi's quartet at the banquet. > > Thanks to Donna for her warmth and friendliness and humor - and for being a > great GoFer > > Congratulations to Bill Downall and Steve Sweeney for great organizing and > facilitating and Dave Shelley for the slick web site helping us get our > presentations in. (which he created by the way with the tool he gave us on > the conference CD!) > > Highlights: > > Great Hors D'ouevres on Friday and a great welcoming speech from Razzak > > Dennis Fleming's amazing example of "Hot spots on Forms" - this isn't on the > conference CD but he showed an application based on Razzak's US Map example > from the RRBYW8 showing a diagram of the client's plant, and then showing a > little red ant icon in any area where there were a lot of pending equipment > problems not yet resolved. > > Bill Downall's wonderful demo of how to get TWO reports on one page - even > IF 7.5 will render that moot! > > Razzak's demo of what's coming up with 7.5! > > Bernie Lis' example of slick looking 7.0 conversions. Bernie is convincing > LOTS of clients to convert! > > Bill Downall's demo of animated GIF's in a PAUSE or DIALOG!!! Wow!! > > David Shelley's powerful example - and gift to us - of rapid R:Tango > development toos! > > A TRUE sock - knocker - offer demo of R:PHP - to see what this will do, go > to CodeCharge.COM..... > > Dale Thomas and Glenn Sippola's GREAT and convincing demo of what PHP, > Oterro and R:Base can do together. > > Aleksey quietly and quickly sent us all flying out the door TWICE with his > new plugins R_Registry.RBL and Agent.RBL - the latter bringing Merlin live > and in color SPEAKING and MOVING in your applications! > > And a HUGE thank you and greeting to Mike Byerly > Yushuke Nishimura and Shinya Ito's preview of R:Linux was a great tease - > we'll knock a LOT of socks off when this is available on the market! > > Same with Wayne's preview of R:Base Turbo V-8 - we all witnessed with our > own eyes a database growing over 2 gigabytes!! > > Yes! It's true! Mike Byerly made it to his first conference and then > proceeded, after claiming he only needed 5 minutes, to leave us gasping with > the hidden possibilities of list boxes and forms - and wait til you see the > new property goodies in the latest release of 7.1 that are there thanks to > him! > > Just when we thought it couldn't get better, Alexei Nicolini showed us LIVE > what amazing things you can do using R:Base - XP Terminal Server - Pocket PC > and scanners - all WIRELESS - with amazing speed. I'm still out of > breath.... > > Bill Eyring gave a GREAT demo of how R:Base successfuly invaded the Evil > Empire and gave Nassau County data from an SQL Server database that they > couldn't get when it was in SQL! THen on Monday, lo and behold Steve > Sweeney shows us the same thing and proved R:Base versatility with a real > example of him saving HP 2 MILLION dollars by mining their data and quickly > getting them powerful summaries of data they couldn't connect on their own > corporate databases! > > Then Dennis came back and demo'd a very clever and powerful search form that > I think we're all going to find VERY usefull....... > > Up comes Mr. John Minyo - (congratulations on your engagement, John - > Stephanie was a great hostess on Friday and we all were delighted to meet > her) - and shows an RBTI live office application for taking and sharing > phone messages across the office! > > The Banquet! The Banquet!! The Banquet!!! Great food. Rafi's great group! > The SWORBUGS totally out embarrassed themselves with a mind blowing review > of ALL their songs and a great new (all available soon on a CD - really!!) > > So now it's Monday, many are gone, those left are quietly thinking - how can > you top this..... > > And up comes Steve saving 2 million dollars > > Steve Vellela with an elegant, simple and 0h my how marketable demo of an > R:Base 7.1 / R:Tango vertical market application for school systems who do > adult community ed programs. LOVED those simple, easy to read and figure > out screens Steve. How can we help you market this and spread the good > word about R:Base > > And Bill Downall - finally shares the FULL true story of R:Base and the Dart > world complete with true stories, intrigue, politics and photos. > > Finally it's over - but no it's not! Ben Fogt creates the new R:Geo group > and 7 of us go Geo Caching on our way to Razzaks' for a great lunch. > > Whew! Is it October yet so we can all go back? > > Thanks to Razzak and everyone who came! > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Javier Valencia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:46 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: 2004 R:BASE Developers' Conference Day-to-Day > Schedule > > > > Me too, me too... > > Javier, > > > > Javier Valencia, PE > > President > > Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. > > 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 > > Olathe, Kansas 66062-4578 > > Office (913)829-0888 > > Fax (913)649-2904 > > Cell (913)915-3137 > > ================================================ > > Attention: > > The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended > > only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender > and > > delete the material from all system and destroy all copies. > > ====================================================== > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Troy > Sosamon > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:42 AM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: 2004 R:BASE Developers' Conference Day-to-Day > > Schedule > > > > I am anxiously awaiting for someone to post a summary of the highlights of > > the conference. Sorry I couldn't make it. > > > > Troy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Minyo > > II > > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:58 PM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - 2004 R:BASE Developers' Conference Day-to-Day > Schedule > > > > > > Dear R:BASE Developers' Conference Attendees, > > > > The Conference page has been updated with the > > Day-to Day Schedule. > > > > http://www.rbase.com/conference/ > > > > Thank you for your patience. > > > > Very Best, > > > > John Minyo II > > R:BASE Technologies, Inc. > > Customer Service > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.rbase.com > > (724) 733-0053 > > > > >
