The BASIS Advantage First Quarter 1999 (Volume 3, Number 1)

Beyond Basics: The Future Is Open Architecture

This issue focuses on the future direction of BASIS International Ltd. and of each of the company's departments. It also spotlights some emerging technologies and outlines for you the highlights of our 2.10 feature release. Additionally, a detailed discussion of our new conversion utilities is presented as is a technical explanation of how to configure printers with PRO/5 using printer escape sequences. We also introduce Solution Showcase, a regularly appearing column that profiles how customers are using BASIS products to make money.

Features

• From The Top by George Hight

• Beyond Basics by Elizabeth Barnett
  BASIS President George Hight talks about recent changes at the company and his vision of BASIS' future.

• BASIS Brass
  Read profiles of BASIS' top management and find out what they plan to accomplish.

• Feeling the Force of Open Source by Ernie Longmire
  Get an introductory overview of the open-source software movement.

• Software's New Brew: Java by Ernie Longmire
  What is Java technology and what makes it so hot?

• OSAS Mixes GUI With Character by Elizabeth Barnett
  See what Open Systems Accounting Software is doing with BASIS products.

Product News

• 2.1: Performance, Flexibility, New Features and More by George Hight
  Skim through the exciting enhancements available in our 2.10 product release.

• FLEXlm: The Best of Licensing by Win Quigley
  Examine the benefits of the way our 2.10 products are now licensed.

• Supporting Thin Client/Server Architecture by Jeff Ash
  How do BASIS products work with Citrix and Microsoft's Terminal Server products? Find out.

• New Tools for the GUI World by William Baker
  Find out how our DDBuilder®, ResBuilder™ and GUIBuilder™ tools work together.

• Easing Record Recovery by Chris Hardekopf
  See how our 2.10 products have been dramatically enhanced to allow you much easier recovery of critical file data.

• Tuning In A Global Picture by Nick Decker, Kshanti Greene, and Falk Spitzberg
  BASIS begins its internationalization effort by creating multilingual versions of the Visual PRO/5 Installation and Print Preview programs. Also, take at look at where in the world BASIS distributes.

• Data Server At Your Service by Brian Hipple
  Find out how the PRO/5 Data Server® for Windows NT now runs as an NT service.

• Convert With Ease Using BASIS Utilities by Jim Douglas
  Discover how easy it is to convert programs written in Thoroughbred BASIC, MAI OpenBASIC and ProvideX BASIC to PRO/5 or Visual PRO/5.

Columns

• Solutions Showcase: Scaling the Internet Everest by Stéphane Lagacé
  Read about how a group of developers based in Montreal used our Basic Web Utility to create an online ordering system for their customers.

• Tech Resource Zone: Configuring Printers by Nick Decker
  Learn how to configure printers with PRO/5 using escape sequences.