Wednesday, May 26, 2004
To the R:BASE Community:
I can't add much more to what David Blocker, Mike Byerley, Dennis Fleming, Claudine Robbins, Dawn Oakes, Bob Castanaro and other conference attendees have already expressed.
All attendees, including over a dozen *new* R:BASE users and developers, were able to enjoy excellent presentations and see what fellow R:BASE 7.1 users and developers around the world are doing with the unbounded possibilities of R:BASE 7.1.
Everyone had an opportunity to witness the upcoming R:Compiler, R:BASE (version 7.5), R:Scope 7.5, R:BASE Turbo V-8, R:Linux and innovative ways to deploy R:BASE on the WEB!
Having said that, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who attended the 6th Annual R:BASE Developers' Conference and have enjoyed the celebration of RBTI's' 6th Anniversary. Every attendee helped make the event even more special for us because they demonstrated not only their real-life applications, but also their commitment to us.
I would like to extend a special thank you to all those international attendees who took the time and effort to make it to the conference.
Furthermore, our event would not have been the success that it was without the untiring efforts of this year's conference MC's, Bill Downall and Steve Sweeney. These two organized a great event and provided all the "policing" necessary to keep the presenters in line. Many thanks to you both!
What would the event be without the paparazzi? Our good friend Eric Bienstock provided his services to capture the special moments for us.
An evening without entertainment? Never at the R:BASE Developers' Conference. R:Entertainers, Thom Cimicato (R:Elvis), Ben Fogt and Jim Schmitt, provided everyone with an after dinner presentation of "SWORBUG's Greatest Hits". These guys outdo themselves every year. You have to be there to truly appreciate the atmosphere that they create. The Franklin Regional Harmonizers also entertained us with pre-dinner a cappella and doo-wop selections.
In closing, I would like to say that while the celebrations are an indelible memory for us all, we have returned to work so that we can use all the feedback which we received during the event to even further enhance all of our products. We will continue at our feverish pace so that we can provide the R:BASE Community with the tools necessary for creating "knock 'em dead" applications to fulfill all your customers' needs.
For those who were unable to attend, I'm very please to announce the 2004 R:BASE Developers' Conference (Part II) to be held this fall, October 22nd through 25th, 2004 to enrich our community with the R:BASE 7.5 for Windows, new WEB Development Tools and more ...
Remember, the BEST is yet to come...
Very Best Regards,
Razzak.
