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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Shinie who wrote (2023)	12/9/1997 10:03:00 AM
From: White Shoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2428

Are you people aware of who Jack King is? Egads, bad news. (See ZITL thread or better yet listen to last ZITL conference call.)

To: Shinie who wrote (2023)	12/9/1997 12:28:00 PM
From: Robert Wierdsma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2428

Whoa! This has certainly gotten my attention! This announcement combined with Kathy's activity and then Marlene finally coming out of the closet (welcome Marlene!) certainly is the direction I (as a developer/independant consultant) would like to see Centura going. Centura has voiced a desire to pay more attention to what the development community has to say. Considering that many of the participants of this forum are shareholder/developers (there are still a lot of lurkers out there who fit that description) Centura's overt participation in this forum is a concrete step in that direction. 2 concerns. What role is Earl going to play? He is still on the board and has the title of strategic advisor and consultant. Are the jobs full time jobs? Or are we going to see Earl slowly ease himself out of full time participation in Centura? Secondly, Marlene seemed to have a more than full time job with her previous activities. Is this going to be added on top of that already full plate? Or is something going to be passed on to someone else (for example User Group coordinator)?

To: Shinie who wrote (2023)	12/9/1997 12:50:00 PM
From: Robert Wierdsma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2428

Centura is full of announcements today. Here's another. ________________________________________________ P R O D U C T S B U L L E T I N SQLBase 7 ("Voyager") Released to Manufacturing December 8, 1997 _________ The seventh generation of SQLBase, SQLBase 7, has been released for manufacturing. SQLBase 7, previously code-named "Voyager", is a small footprint embedded database that scales from information appliances to the Web. With SQLBase 7, Centura has enhanced SQLBase to meet the needs of our customers. SQLBase customers are typically developers building packaged applications for resale or distributable applications deployed at multiple sites. Since the SQLBase 6.1 release, Centura has also produced two maintenance releases with the main goal of making a fully stable, reliable and highly sustainable database server. SQLBase 6.1.1 was released in Dec 1996 and 6.1.2 in May 1997. SQLBase 7 therefore adds new features to a reliable database engine. WHAT'S NEW IN SQLBASE 7? A complete product description for SQLBase 7 is available at centurasoft.com. These are the new features in this version of SQLBase: - Continued support for Windows NT, 95, and 3.x (a NetWare version will be delivered shortly). - Improved management of embedded databases with controlled database startup and shutdown, and operation in an invisible mode. - A 100% native service for Microsoft Windows NT. - External functions, which opens database applications to access non-relational technologies, e.g., pagers and email. - Multi-threaded API for building multi-tasking applications and server-side Web applications. - New Server Monitor for easy server management by end-users. - ODBC 3 driver. - Better "out of the box" experience, providing smart installation and a new configuration utility called Connectivity Administrator. CD KEY TECHNOLOGY ADDED The SQLBase 7 installer requires the person installing the product to enter a 12-digit CD key. The CD key is provided to customers on a card inside the SQLBase product package. Using CD keys enables us to track our customer's usage of SQLBase products more effectively. The information in the CD key is used to configure the database server for the number of users licensed, e.g., 25 concurrent users. It also records the license number of the SQLBase product being installed. This license number can be easily found by the customer, should he/she need it when contacting a Centura customer representative. For example, now a sales representative can ask the customer to find his/her license number, and look up their profile quickly in our license database. This will result in faster responsiveness to the customers' needs, because we can spend less time in looking up customer information, and more time in actually assisting them. We have kept the special needs of OEM customers in mind, even with this new technology. For OEMs who embed the SQLBase database within their packaged applications, the CD key can be hidden. In this way, the end-user who installs our OEM's application will never be asked to enter a CD key. SQLBASE 7 FOR NETWARE IN Q1 1998 The just released version of SQLBase 7 includes databases for Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.x. A Novell NetWare version will be released in the first calendar quarter (Q1) of 1998. CLS subscribers in most regions, such as US, Canada, and Europe, will receive the Windows version of SQLBase 7 immediately. In certain regions, such as Australia and Asia, CLS subscribers will be shipped both the Windows and the NetWare versions when the latter becomes available. Even in these regions, CLS subscribers can individually request their local office to be sent SQLBase 7 for Windows immediately. Customers who receive the Windows versions now, but really want to use the NetWare version, can notify Centura. A "SQLBase CLS Update" form in the product package can be faxed or mailed back to the local Centura office. When SQLBase 7 for NetWare is released, a CD will be sent to those customers (a small shipping fee may apply). SQLBase 7 for NetWare supports the NetWare Directory Services (NDS) protocol to simplify administration of SQLBase servers on a Novell network. JAVA AND REPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES Two key features for SQLBase 7 are in beta currently. The first is the SQLExchange replication to and from enterprise database servers such as DB2 and Oracle. The second is a Level 4 JDBC driver for Java programmers. Both these technologies are now in beta in the BladeRunner" beta program. More information on this beta program is available at centurasoft.com. TEST DRIVE SQLBASE 7 NOW! A 45-day evaluation version of SQLBase 7, called the SQLBase Test Drive, will be available for download from centurasoft.com shortly. For those customers who are evaluating embedded databases, we are confident that you will enjoy your experience with SQLBase 7. To our customers: THANK YOU for relying on SQLBase, the small footprint embedded database that scales from information appliances to the Web. Product Management Centura Software Corporation