(Posted simultaneously to the R:BASE and Witango list servers) Over the past week, we saw two companies with a nearly identical history come together in Pennsylvania to share talents and resources. It is apparent that these two organizations also share a promising future together.
Although R:BASE provides an immensely capable 32-bit SQL compliant, multi-user relational database engine, the web front end is needed to interactively communicate the results to the world. Similarly, Witango can bring powerfully capable web solutions to customers in just a few short weeks, unlike the months or years it takes for competitive products. However, Witango requires a back end powerhouse of relational technology to provide fully functional, mission critical, web-deployed solutions. Unfortunately, the strength of R:BASE is limited if the world cannot be exposed to the most powerfully complete relational database engine available on an Intel chip. In the same way, all the artistry of design and presentation provided in the Witango environment may not be appreciated as it should without a data powerhouse at its source. The fact is, "beauty is only skin deep," and technological data-mining leadership is fruitless without an audience. For a variety of reasons, some customers cannot launch into the web world right now. For them, R:BASE 7.0 provides a tremendous tool with a great GUI front end for true Windows interaction to the R:BASE data engine. It's perfect for people who love desktop applications and need to produce GUI front ends sharing local data. And, when the time is right, they will be ready for web deployment by simply adding Witango to their R:BASE data warehouse. The last five days was more than two separate companies sharing hotel costs for their annual conferences. It was a melding of two families. Until now, there were no complete solutions available which combine powerful data warehousing with a sophisticated presentation component without spending more than most IT budgets can afford. Together, Witango and R:BASE can create comprehensive web-centric database solutions better, faster, and easier than any other suite of products available today. Our competitors will be coming - sooner than you think. The true opportunity we R:BASE and Witango developers have is that our collective community owns the only competitively priced set of tools that provide web-centric, mission critical database applications! Your customers will, one day, come to the realization that their businesses will be at risk if they don't embrace this type of toolset before their competition does. The question is, will you be prepared to service them? The tools are tremendous and the demand is huge, yet, the supply of a comprehensive suite of tools to satisfy the demand is almost nonexistent. Opportunity has rarely been this easy to grasp. The synergy, the vision and the excitement we experienced in Pennsylvania over the past week is infectious - everyone senses it. Now, it's time to put that good sense into action. Don't be left behind - embrace this technology and catch the emerging trend. The future is very bright. Prepare yourself - study, learn, develop - get ready for a great ride! -- Steve Sweeney President Advanced Database Designs EMAIL mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone (925) 838-8394 FAX (925) 838-8673 Cellular (925) 876-3100 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
