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 The
organizing team for OzOmnis has recently announced
that FrontBase Inc, the Scalable Relational Database
Server Company, will both sponsor and present at OzOmnis
2002 in Newport, Sydney Australia this August. OzOmnis
is a brand new technology-lead conference organized
for and by the Omnis Developer Community in the South
East Asian region. The conference takes place August
10-13, 2002, at the Newport Mirage in the northern
beach area of Sydney Australia, and is hosted by The
DLA Group, Omnis distributor for South East Asia.
FrontBase VP of Sales Larry Barcot will attend the
conference to deliver the Sunday Lunch time sponsored
presentation at OzOmnis 2002 on August 11. "It's a
delight to be attending the show," said Barcot. "FrontBase
has made a full commitment to the Omnis community
with DAMs for both Classic and Studio (v2 and v3)
for Mac and Windows - and even a Studio v3 DAM for
Linux".
FrontBase is a fast, robust, scalable relational database
server used to create everything from small personal
databases to some of the largest enterprise level
databases in the world -- without any need for expensive
database administration staff. One of the attractive
features is its patented "Instant Versioning" technology,
which ensures that the database contents never become
corrupted, even if the host crashes part-way through
a COMMIT.
"Our Instant Versioning technology gives us Zero Restart
Time," explained Barcot. "This is especially appealing
for developers requiring an embedded database in their
product. If the end-user's computer crashes, they're
assured that: (a) their data does not become corrupted,
and (b) that when they restart, they don't spend long
periods of time checking the integrity of the database."
FrontBase offers a wide range of licensing schemes,
from the free developer package, through to the "Enterprise
Bundle" which gives 10 server licenses supporting
enterprise-class features such as raw device drivers,
replication, clustering, and three years of technical
support. FrontBase also provides an embedded license
for 3rd party companies (ISVs/OEMs) to incorporate
FrontBase into their solution. With this in mind,
FrontBase is a good partner to the Mac OS X Omnis
server and your database-driven web solutions.
 OzOmnis
2002 is selling fast and soon there will be limited
space at the conference venue. Intending delegates
may register at www.OzOmnis.com.
Registrations and Payment
received before July 13, 2002:
Residential Conference Twin share A$925
Residential Conference Single room: A$1,195
Day Conference: A$650
Registrations and Payment
received on or after July 13, 2002: Residential
Conference Twin share A$1,050
Residential Conference Single room: A$1,350
Day Conference: A$750
All prices are in Australian Dollars (A$). Residential
Conference covers Conference, 3 night stay at Newport
Mirage, 3 Breakfasts (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday), 2
lunches and 3 dinners including the Saturday night
Pittwater cruise.
For more information please email info@OzOmnis.com,
or go to www.OzOmnis.com.
For more information about FrontBase, please visit
www.frontbase.com.
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Featured
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 What's
the connection between Omnis Studio, early English
timber-framed buildings, and dendro-chronological
research (dating things by analysing annual growth
rings of trees or old timbers)? The connection, in
this case, is Jim Miller, who is the webmaster & application
programmer for the Domestic Buildings Research Group
(DBRG) in Surrey England, and at 80 years old we believe
the oldest Omnis Studio programmer. Oh yes, Jim is
also a keen runner and organiser of handicap races
using Omnis to record and process the race results.
Read on and see that it's never too late to learn
object oriented programming.
What is the DBRG? The Domestic Buildings
Research Group (Surrey) was founded in 1970 with the
aim of studying and recording traditional English
domestic and farm buildings, mainly in Surrey. Each
property owner receives a report consisting of scale
drawings and sketches of the structural and decorative
features of their building together with a discussion
of its origin and developments. Reports are not published,
but copies are deposited in the National Buildings
Record of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments
of England.
How does the DBRG use Omnis Studio? The
DBRG uses Omnis Studio to maintain an index of all
its reports, which cover more than 3,800 buildings
in 320 parishes in 22 counties in England, Wales and
the Isle of Man. More importantly the significant
architectural features of each building are recorded
for research purposes. For example, the group identified
the introduction in Surrey during the late 16th century
of smoke bays and smoke hoods, a previously unrecognised
transition phase from open hearths to brick chimneys.
Currently this data is being used to identify possible
'clusters' of buildings for dendro-chronological research
- tree ring dating - in combination with Surrey County
Council and the Surrey Archaeological Society. Click
here
to read more about this fascinating subject.
Who designed and maintains
the database? After retiring early from
the Computer Department of Shell International, Jim
Miller spent several years in the education departments
of first Univac and then Honeywell, chiefly teaching
database design, management and programming, then
retired again and became a consultant lecturer and
programmer at BAA, Gatwick.
Soon after joining the DBRG Jim wrote a suite of relational
database software in Basic for an Acorn Master, then
input the index list of reports for publication to
mark the Group's 20th anniversary. Originally, building
features were recorded on large 'Visiscan' cards,
but were replaced by a Macintosh Performa and Omnis
5. Then as Jim's "Best Before" date [his own words]
loomed ever closer it became vital to consider the
future. He therefore recommended acquiring Omnis Studio,
which would involve minimal conversion effort while
making it possible for several members to hold copies
of the database on their PCs.
Jim found learning Object Oriented Programming in
his late 70s an interesting new challenge, and has
gained great satisfaction from using the broad scope
of Omnis Studio to handle and present the group's
data needs in an attractive form. The DBRG
website provides information about the group and
its activities, including lists of every building
recorded in Surrey and elsewhere. We wish Jim many
more successful years programming in Omnis.
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