Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:48:47 EST From: Arnoldbilansky@cs.com Subject: [Vfpboston]Update and resend The previous message was cut off. This is a resend with an additional item added. Please share this information with your colleagues. Please note that any meetings we have in November and December will not be on our regular fourth Wednesday of the month due to competition from Thanksgiving and Christmas. Watch for announcements. *** Contents *** *** 1) December 18th: Holiday Party and Open Question & Answer *** 2) Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1 Released *** 3) Seeking Position *** 4) Seeking Developer *** 5) Hentzenwerke 50% Bulk Purchase Survey **************************************************************************** *** 1) December 18th: Christmas Party and Open Question & Answer **************************************************************************** Date: Thursday, December 18 Meeting Time: 7:00pm Location: TBC Room, Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Rd., Waltham MA NOTE: NOT THE USUAL DATE, DAY or PLACE! Down the hall at Microsoft. Bring your favorite holiday cookies, cakes or treats as we spend some time discussing the news about FoxPro, Microsoft and the computer industry this year, as well as answering your questions. See you there! As a bonus Microsoft has provided us with a pair of doorprizes! **************************************************************************** *** 2) Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1 Released **************************************************************************** http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/ Download Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Discover the many enhancements and stability improvements designed to improve the reliability and performance of Visual FoxPro 8.0. News for December from VS Data Product Manager Ken Levy http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/ Get the latest updates from Ken Levy **************************************************************************** *** 3) Seeking Position **************************************************************************** (As usual job seekering and help wanted and help wanted notices are unsolicited and do not imply endorsement.) In a message dated 11/29/2003 6:40:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, mglaz@hotmail.com writes: >From Michael Glazer Here is what I am looking for: Associate level client/server development position. 4 years experience with Foxpro 2.5/ 2.6, newer technologies: Visual Foxpro 6,7 and SQL Server. I also have support, systems analysis, and implementation experience. Michael Glazer mglaz1@netzero.net 978-532-3917 **************************************************************************** *** 4) Seeking Developer **************************************************************************** Hi everyone, We are currently looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer with Visual FoxPro experience (please see attached description). If you are interested or should you know of someone who might be interested, please send resume to jobs@pciwiz.com. <> PCi Corporation (PCi) is the leading provider of software, data, and services to select segments of the financial services industry. PCi was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. PCi's Wiz family of software products and services provide powerful data analysis capabilities to banking professionals, particularly those responsible for marketing strategy, MCIF, and compliance programs (the Community Reinvestment Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, fair lending laws, and flood hazard compliance). Our software and services increase productivity, enabling management to devote more time to interpretation, decision-making, and implementation, and less time to the cumbersome task of gathering and organizing data. PCi has over 2,000 banking customers, including 90 of the top 100 banks in the United States. www.pciwiz.com Thank you, Jennifer Neves **************************************************************************** *** 5) Hentzenwerke 50% Bulk Purchase Survey **************************************************************************** [Please let me know if you are interested in participating in a bulk purchase buyin of Hentzenwerke books per the offer below. Let me know which books you would want to buy. There are new titles on the Hentzenwerke site. As with previous such purchases. You would have to prepay and the books would be picked up at a future FoxPro meeting. -Arnold arnoldbilansky@cs.com] Hi folks, Here's a special end-of-year sale just for Fox user groups! ** Buy at least 20 books direct from HWP and get 50% off and free shipping! ** Here's the fine print (although it's not very small, since this is a plain text email!) - 50% discount applies to list price - Other discounts (PUTM, Preferred Customer) not applicable - Minimum order quantity of 20 printed books - FoxTales not included in minimum quantity, but orders get 50% discount (see order form) - Ebooks not included in minimum order quantity or discount, except for Fundamentals and Painless - Paid by one check or credit card - Shipped all at once to one address - Orders due between 1/1 and 1/31 - no exceptions - Orders will ship UPS Ground within 2 days of receipt of order To take advantage of this special: 1. Download the user group discount order form here: http://hentzenwerke.com/orderformUserGroup200312.zip (This link will disappear on 12/31.) 2. Contact your membership and see if you can rustle up at least 20 books. 3. Fill out the order form and send it to me between 1/1 and 1/31. Questions? Please holler! Whil Are you ready for Day Zero? http://www.hentzenwerke.com/dayzero.htm **************************************************************************** -Arnold --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Vfpboston mailing list Vfpboston@blu.org http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/vfpboston