Hi Clay, I sent you a message earlier but I'll post most of that here for everyone's benefit! <clip> The meeting was great. Ben Kochie was there and helped with the room and we are very thankful for that. We had a technical problem; I forgot the PS2 mouse for my computer which had the database server and web server configured on it. We checked around and the best we could do was get a USB mouse installed that someone had brought with them, but thankfully we had that. It was a small challenge getting that machine to work with that mouse and I was also having a display problem with the smaller-than-usual monitor I brought. Mike Hicks was very helpful and we almost got the thing working at the beginning of the meeting but not quite everything was working right. However, Bob came to the meeting with Amy and saved us by getting the system back on track before those demos, so we were able to show them. We ended up going until almost 3:00!! I think we got done at 2:55 by the clock in the back of the room. I kept mentioning that people could head out anytime they needed to but I think most people stuck around until we were done and we got a nice round of applause afterward. There are so many things we could have shown with Kylix and we really just scratched the surface. We also handed out some evaluation CDs and T-Shirts which no one turned away! Kylix is an excellent tool for writing business apps on <Linux> and I hope a few people find the time to try it out. </clip> Thank You everyone for the chance to show Kylix to TCLUG! As important as the tool itself is, we also want people to know that Borland and their partners (us) are doing everything we can to help businesses realize the Linux value proposition, and help them adopt the Linux platform. We are mainly in the business of writing and helping our customers write business applications. Businesses need a lot of other Linux products and services, and I encourage anyone with ideas about how to integrate their products and services with our efforts to let me know so we can all be working together. Kylix stands out as a technology leader for Linux because it is exactly the type of tool that has helped propel Microsoft to domination of so much of the business computing world. The Linux world now has a great chance to compete strongly in the business market because tools like Kylix are exactly what Linux has been lacking to do that. Just as Delphi, C++Builder and tools like it (some I just won't bother to mention) have worked to drive the Microsoft business market, so they will work to do the same thing for Linux because Kylix is the type of software development tool businesses want. Businesses want Kylix because it eases the building of powerful applications that manage their business information and makes them more competitive. Borland has several other tools and technologies for Linux including JBuilder (Java), Visibroker (CORBA ORB), and AppServer (EJB/J2EE Application Server). Interbase runs on many platforms including Linux and is an excellent Open Source database. Also Kylix, which is Borland's Object Pascal tool and is really "Delphi for Linux", will be joined (probably not until next year) by their C++ language tool for Linux which will really be "C++Builder for Linux". -Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Clay Fandre > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 1:04 PM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Kylix-related links > > > So how did the meeting go. I hope everything went OK. How was the > presentation? > > On Sat, 08 Sep 2001, Lee J. Behrens wrote: > > > In case you missed them, here are the Kylix-related links given > at today's > > presentation: > > > > http://www.borland.com > > Borland's web site. > > > > http://community.borland.com > > Borland's developer community site. > > > > http://www.logicworksinc.com > > Logicworks' (presenter Mark's company) site. > > > > http://www.boolion.com > > Boolion's (presenter Lee's company) site. > > > > http://www.tcpc.com/sigs/delphi/index.html > > Twin Cities PC User Group's Delphi/Kylix SIG site. We meet the FOURTH > > Wednesday of every month (except for holiday conflicts), near > the Mall of > > America.... There's a map on one of the pages. > > > > http://www.nevrona.com > > Nevrona Designs' site. Click the Products link for a listing of the open > > source projects they officially support, including Internet Direct (aka, > > Indy). BTW, the Indy demos are damaged on the Kylix CD, so you > can obtain > > them here. (Get the files for Indy 8.x.) Perhaps one of the > more interesting > > demos is an example of a Linux daemon. > > > > > > I hope I didn't miss any. (Mark, did I?) > > > > Thanks to everyone who attended the demo, and put up with our > misbehaving > > software. ;) Which reminds me, I know why my hot keys quit > working.... Tip > > for the day: if none of the hot keys seem to work in Kylix, check which > > editor emulation you selected! > > > > Lee Behrens > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list