Happy to help anytime, Scott. The only installation gotcha with Oterro is to make sure the Oterro.CFG file is in the C:\WINNT folder so all front ends (Witango, Crystal, etc.) can see it. The speed is tremendous. I currently host a 2GB database that has millions of rows of data, with less than a 2 second response time using Witango. With that kind of speed we can beat any competition.
I liked what you said about specializing in niche solutions, and that we're moving up the hill. I couldn't agree more. You have to look at the guages every day. In life, business, everything - if the guages aren't going up, they're going down. The Witango and R:BASE guages are pegged straight up right now - the next couple of years are going to be very exciting. Scott Cadillac wrote: > > Wise words Steve. > > The development landscape is always being reshaped - it's nice to have a > friendly voice (and now a face) in the crowd and to see Witango and R:Base > are both still standing on the hill. We may not be at the top of the hill, > but we're also not occupying the bottom. > > It doesn't matter how big or small you are, you simply have to accept the > fact your placement on the hill is always in motion and the only factor you > can have control over is the direction you move. And only with considerable > combined effort from everyone (Product owners, Partners and Communities) can > you decide the direction. > > My career formula is simple; "Specialize in niche solutions and have strong > diversified Partners". Our Conferences showed that we're moving up the hill > and the path is narrowing - it's only by working together can we streamline > our ascent. > > One of the high points of the Conference for me was finally getting my hands > on a copy of R:Base and Oterro (and making a contribution to Phil and > Sophie's Charity in the process - Thanks to Razzak), I've already installed > it and done a little experimenting - I'll be knocking on your Email if I > need a hand :-). > > Take care. Cheers... > > Scott Cadillac > http://xml-extra.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VP, Research and Development > Plus International Corp. > 604-460-1843 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.plusinternational.com > > Vancouver, BC, Canada > > Does your company have an Enterprise Information Portal? Check out Salsa at > www.plusinternational.com/flash/salsa.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Sweeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:10 PM > Subject: Witango-Talk: Witango and R:BASE Conferences > > > (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 UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body -- Steve Sweeney President Advanced Database Designs EMAIL mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone (925) 838-8394 FAX (925) 838-8673 Cellular (925) 876-3100 ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
