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____________________________________________________
1991 North Carolina
Developer's Competition - Proceedings
____________________________________________________
Officially Sponsored by:
Blink Inc., "Blinker"
dLESKO Associates, "FUNCky"
Nantucket Corp., "Clipper"
Black & White International, "Dr. Switch"
Concentric Data Systems, "R&R Report Writer"
Artful Applications, "Artful.Lib"
A function of: Coordinated by:
The NC Clipper User's Group Droege Computing Services,Inc.
2925 Huntleigh Drive, Suite 201 3200 Croasdaile Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Suite 304
Durham, North Carolina 27705
(919)383-9749
Foreword
On January 12th, 17 software developers from Colorado, New Jersey,
Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina squared off against each
other to determine which developer could create the best
application in 6 hours. They used the tools of their choice,
Clipper, (Summer 87 and 5.0), Advanced dbMASTER, Oracle, Pro C, 4th
Dimension, OMNIS 5 and Quick Basic2. The competition required that
each team (1 or 2 persons) develop a Patient tracking system to be
used by Duke Medical Center to track child abuse by Duke's Child
Protection Team. Each application was then judged by teams of
judges composed of systems professionals from KPMG Peat Marwick,
(one of the Big Eight accounting firms), Duke Medical Center, and
other software professionals and consultants.
By Saturday night everyone decided that the North Carolina's
Developer's Competition was a success. The competitors, judges and
volunteers split $75,000 worth of cash and software products. The
corporate world saw firsthand what the leading edge of technology
can produce in a truly short period of time. Most of all, The
Child Protection Team at Duke now has its tracking system. At
least four of the teams volunteered to finish and enhance the
system at no extra cost.
How can your user group do something like this? It is my opinion
that when 1991 is over, The North Carolina Developer's Competition
will be remembered as the "hottest" event of the year. Why do I
say that? Based on the response and enthusiasm generated by the
contestants and the judges, they all want to do it again... and
now! Here are some pointers on how to organize and conduct your
own developers competition.
Armed with this information, you can then start to generate
enthusiasm in your user group for the event. We started over 9
months ago, selling the idea from many perspectives: for fun, as
a "national event", to promote cross pollination of ideas and to
promote the user group.
Then get organized. We used a notebook with sections for the
different committee assignments and, of course, a database to track
competitors, judges, sponsors and volunteers. The major hurdles
are to get a site, get competitors, get judges and get sponsorship
and prizes. The easiest was to obtain sponsorship, thanks to
Blink, dLESKO and Nantucket. These companies encouraged us
tremendously. By December, Concentric Data Systems, Artful
Applications and Black & White International had joined the ranks
of our official sponsors. Many other companies donated prizes.
Finding judges was also fairly easy. Choosing from the many
software development companies in the area and with the sponsorship
of Peat Marwick, we came up with many highly qualified judges. Of
course, you will need a lot of judges, at least as many judges as
competitors.
The specifications called for the teams to develop an application
with 3 databases, a "one", a "many" and a "table lookup", 8 reports
including 2 ad hoc queries, plus form and mail merge functionality.
We had 5 panels of five judges each look at every team for 20
minutes. They judged the teams on a 100 point scale which gave
points for the accuracy of the reporting, the relational
capabilities, basic file maintenance, user interface, screen design
and color, and help facilities.
The scores from each of the five judges were averaged. To insure
fairness, we also computed an average by dropping the low and high
score. Where the ranking would have changed based on the two
different scores, we inspected the judging. In one case, one
judges' result had to be disqualified. All of the judging and
scoring was audited by the accounting firm of Peat Marwick.
Surprisingly, it was difficult to find competitors and the
application. We charged $100 to participate. Plan on competing
on a Saturday. It is just too much of a challenge to pull
developers away from work. (As it was, we lost 10 local developers
because of work they needed to do on the weekend.) We found the
application through our normal consulting channels when a client
approached us with work done free. Try to pick an application that
is interesting, different, and has an additional altruistic merit.
The Duke Child Protection Team system provided all of these
elements. The specifications for the application included
information on a child's parents, demographic data, basic medical
information and the history of abuse whether it was physical,
sexual, or emotional.
The winning team, Belsoft, a consulting firm from Richmond, VA
using Clipper Summer 87, won first place by receiving an average
score of 79.0. Competition was very close as the second and third
place team scored 78.2 and 76.9.
The Top scoring Teams and their tools were:
1. Belsoft, Richmond, VA, Clipper Summer 87. 79.0
2. Macon Systems, Colorado Springs, Advanced dbMASTER, 78.2
3. Relational Analysis, Silver Spring, Maryland, Oracle, 76.9
4. Droege Computing, Durham, NC, Clipper S87, 69.3
5. PC Concepts, East Brunswick, NJ, Clipper S87, UI2, 56.2
The rest was basic organizational hard work. Finding a site,
planning the meals, budgeting, marketing, etc... Some hints
include the following: Try to participate in one before you plan
one. I found that even though I had spent 8 months planning the
competition, my participation in Virginia's preliminary competition
gave me new insights into the planning and organization of the
event. No matter how well you plan, you will hit a few snags.
Some, such as potential judging discrepancies, we had planned for,
others we had to adapt as we went.
In the end, the event was tremendously rewarding for all concerned.
I would encourage your group to consider participating or planing
an event like this. You may want to sponsor a user group
competition to send the winner to next year's North Carolina
Developer's Competition. The team that won first place did just
that. In any case, you will have a great time, you will do
something useful for a needy cause and you will increase the
visibility of your user group and its member consultants.
Introduction
What is the Database Developer's Competition
We all have heard claims about which development tools are the best
and the quickest. The 1991 North Carolina Developer's Competition
is an event which will put these claims to the test. The
competition will take place January 11 and 12, 1991 and will bring
together 50-100 developers from all over the United States.
Application Specifics
Large corporations from the "Triangle" (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel
Hill and the world renown Research Triangle Park) will be
encouraged to submit an application to the 1991 North Carolina
Developer's Competition for a software application to be developed.
The company whose application is chosen will be able to choose
which competitor's system it wishes to implement after the
competition (not necessarily the winner's). The system will be
provided to the company free of charge. Corporate MIS personnel
from these same companies will judge the event and representatives
from a "Big Eight" accounting firm will be responsible for
calculating and auditing the judges' results.
Scope of the Competition
Twenty-five to fifty development teams will be chosen to compete
in the event. Each team will consist of one or two persons using
a variety of database application software, languages, and third
party products. Only one CPU, monitor, keyboard, and printer is
allowed. This is a "no holds barred" competition. Developers can
use any tools, language, or program generators. Only completed
applications used as templates are prohibited. First, second, and
third place contestants will receive cash prizes ($2500, $1500,
$500) respectively. Third party products will be awarded to all.
No competitor will leave the competition empty handed.
Schedule of Events
Competitors will arrive January 11, 1991 in time for a small
gathering scheduled for 8:00 p.m. to meet the other competitors and
sponsors and discuss the plan for the following day. A continental
breakfast will be served at 7:30 the next morning, and at 8:30 the
competitors will be given the specifics of the application and
begin working at 9:00. Developers will have six hours to complete
their application. Judging will follow for approximately three
hours, then the ballots will be tabulated, and the winners
announced at an awards dinner later that evening.
1991 North Carolina Developer's Competition - Schedule of Events
Friday
8:00 pm Social Gathering to meet the competitors
Saturday
6:00 am Set up, Coffee Only
7:30 am Continental Breakfast, Registration
8:30 am Packages handed out
8:45 am Discussion of Application, Rules
9:00 am Competition Begins
12-1:00 Lunch
1:30 pm Judges Orientation
3:00 pm Competition Ends
3:00 pm Judging Begins (preliminary round)
5:00 pm Judging Ends (Carts Available 5-6:30)
5-6:00 pm Final Judging
7:30 pm Awards Dinner
Other Activities
Things to do Friday or Saturday Night...
Charlie Goodnight's Comedy Zone -- Live Comedy Acts
Weeping Radish Restaurant and Brewery
115 North Duke Street
682-2337
The Palace International--International Music
117 West Parrish
687-4922
Haufbrau -- Blues
615 Broad Street
286-9945
Ninth Street Bakery -- Variety of Individual Artists
754 Ninth Street
286-0303
Seventh Street Restaurant -- Variety of Individual Artists
1104 Broad Street
286-1019
Under The Street -- Blues, Jazz
(under 7th St. Rest)
1104 Broad Street
286-2647
System Specification
CPT Patient Database
Overview:
The Child Protection Team at Duke University Medical Center is a
multidisciplinary group that evaluates children from Durham and
surrounding areas of North Carolina when there is a concern of
abuse or neglect.
Approximately 500 patients are seen per year. Our total case file
is in the thousands. At the present time, none of the information
on cases is computerized. The large number of cases make it
impossible to keep up with basic statistics, epidemiology and
patient care needs. Being chronically underfunded, we have not yet
set up a database, though it is urgently needed.
There is no off the shelf software that provides basic patient and
child abuse tracking. There is a wide demand for such software
although most CPT programs are underfunded. As part of the
developer's competition, we will make available to associations
that deal with these issues information pertaining to the
availability of software solutions generated from the developer's
competition. As you will learn as you study this application, the
nature of this project is very serious.
Record Layout and Field Definitions: You are free to change the
structures as you see fit, these field lengths match the ascii
files that are provided for each file. Field types YNU are 1
character wide and represent [Yes, No, or Unknown].
Patient Database:
History Number 9 Character Do not allow entry of duplicate history numbers
Child's Name (first) 15 Character Child's First Name
Child's Name (middle) 15 Character Child's Middle Name
Child's Name (last) 15 Character Child's Last Name
Mother's Name (first) 15 Character Mother's First Name
Mother's Name (middle) 15 Character Mother's Middle Name
Mother's Name (last) 15 Character Mother's Last Name
Mother Deceased 1 Character Mother deceased
Father's Name (first) 15 Character Father's First Name
Father's Name (middle) 15 Character Father's Middle Name
Father's Name (last) 15 Character Father's Last Name
Father Deceased 1 Character Father deceased
Number of Siblings 2 Integer Optionally to show "unknown"
Address line 1 40 Character
Address line 2 40 Character
City 25 Character
State 2 Character
Zip 10 Character
County 15 Character County of Child
Home Phone 13 Character (999)999-9999
Work Phone 13 Character (999)999-9999
Date of Birth 8 Date
Race 2 Character [Black] [White] [Native Amer.] [Asian] [Other]
Sex 1 Character [Male] [Female]
School 20 Character Name of School, "Unknown"
Referral Code 3 Character See Referral Table, and notes
Seen by 20 Character Last Name is sufficient
CME Program YNU Character Child Medical Evaluation (Yes or No)
Child Died YNU Character Child Died
Date Child Died 8 Date Date Child Died
Admission YNU Character Child Admitted to the hospital
Followup Scheduled YNU Character Followup Scheduled
Followup Date 8 Date Followup Date
Referral to DSS YNU Character Referral Made to Department of Social Services, Yes,
No or Unknown.
Agency 20 Character Agency of DSS, Name of DSS
Date of Referral 8 Date Date of Referral to DSS
Case Accepted YNU Character Case Accepted
Referral to Police or DA YNU Character Referral Made to Police or District Attorney, Yes,
No or Unknown.
Agency 20 Character Name of Police/DA Referral
Date of Referral 8 Date Date of Referral to Police/DA
Abuse Database: Each patient can have any number of each of these records. This database contains the date,
type of abuse, outcome and physical findings for each instance of abuse. The data in this file will be used
to generate the statistical reports. You are responsible for linking these records with the patient record.
Date of Evaluation 8 Date Date of Evaluation
Category Code 3 Character SA Sexual Abuse:
PA Physical Abuse:
EA Emotional Abuse:
FTT Failure to Thrive:
N Neglect
NUR Nursery:
DEP Dependency:
Outcome 1 Character [Confirmed] [Suspected] [Ruled Out] [Unknown]
Physical Findings YNU Character Yes, No, Unknown
Referral Database - Referral Code refers to a table of referral sources. During entry of patient data, the user
should enter the code that represents the referral source. If they don't know the referral source, they should
have some method of retrieving the code. If the code doesn't exist the user should have the ability to add the
referral source to the referral table at that time.
Referral Code 3 Character Unique Value
Name 40 Character
Practice/Hospital 40 Character Name of Practice, Hospital or referring agency
Department 40 Character Department Name
Address 40 Character Address Line 1
Address line 2 40 Character Address Line 2
City 25 Character City
State 2 Character State
Zip 10 Character Zip Code
Referral Category 10 Character Examples: Duke ER, Duke General Ped, Health
Department, Outside Provider, Dept of Soc Services,
School, Law Enforcement, Self, Other.
Other Issues:
- How will the system deal with the confidentiality issue? What
are your recommendations? What levels of access can you
provide?
- Link children with their mothers where the last names do not
match.
- Handle duplicate history numbers. For instance, if the user
enters a history number that is already in the database, they
should not be allowed to continue. Optionally, check also for
duplicate birth dates while entering as a possible check
against duplicates.
- From the statistical reports, can bar charts, graphics,
tables, etc... be generated? Address how this could be
accomplished.
- Needs ability to transfer data to other data forms, ASCII, or
other statistical analysis. How will your system address
means, medians, standard deviations, sums, totals and other
basic statistical measures?
Reporting:
(report #1)
Source of Referrals
Duke
Duke Medical Center - ER 999
Duke Medical Center - Eye Center 999
Duke Medical Center - Pediatrics 999
Duke Medical Center - Psychiatry 999
Halstead Ward 999
Subtotal ** 9999
Health
Durham Department of Social Services 999
Smith Health Department 999
Wake Department of Social Services 999
Wake Department of Social Services 999
Subtotal ** 9999
Law Enfor.
Fayetteville Police Department 999
Subtotal ** 9999
Total 99999
(Report #2)
Case Analysis by Problem Category
Category Total Black % White % Other %
Mean Age
SA 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
PA 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
EA 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
FTT 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
N 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
NUR 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
DEP 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
Totals 9999 999 99.9 999 99.9 999 99.9 9.99
(report #3)
Case Outcome by Problem Category
(for one category or all categories)
ie. Sexual Abuse (SA)
Race # Boys % # Girls %
Black 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
White 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Native American 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Asian 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Oriental 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Totals 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Confirmed 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Suspected 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Ruled Out 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Unknown 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Confirmed 9999 99.9 9999 99.9
Mean Age 99.9 99.9
Median Age 99.9 99.9
(report #4)
Fatalities
For the children who died list their names, age at time of death,
sex
(report #5)
Determine the number of records in the abuse database that match
a criteria supplied to you at the time of judging. The criteria
may be an expression based on either the abuse database or as
related to the patient database.
(report #6)
Calculate the mean of a field or expression in the patient database
that match a criteria supplied to you at the time of judging. The
criteria will be an expression based on fields in the patient
database.
1991 North Carolina Developer's Competition - Judge's Scoring Sheet
Team# ________Company_________________________________
Judge#________Total_______JudgeSign.____________________________
It is the competitor's responsibility to demonstrate each function.
You will have at most 15-20 minutes to demonstrate your program.
Judging on the reporting section will be done by matching your
reports with specific items on the reports answer sheets. Run each
report, and wait for the judge to ask you for specific values, the
judge will write those values down. The total for the reporting
session will be used by all the judges.
_____ 40pts Reporting. 5 pts for each of the following.
(Before judging, the competitor should delete all
test data, load the sample data and be prepared to
demonstrate the ability to run the following
reports. You will be judged for accuracy.)
____ Report #1 ____ Report #2
____ Report #3 ____ Report #4
____ Determine the count for a criteria supplied at the time
of judging.
____ Determine the average for a criteria supplied at the time
of judging.
____ Set up a custom form to print specified fields supplied
at the time of judging.
____ Set up a mailmerge type facility.
_____ 5pts Data Validation on coded field. Does the
application force the key field to be unique?
_____ 5pts Field lengths and types. Are all of the fields the
correct length and type. (deduct .5 points for
every incorrect field type or length.
_____ 5pts Look-Up Table. One point for each of the following:
____ Callable from data entry screen. ____ Retrieves
code and stuffs the keyboard.
____ Search using directional keys. ____ Search by
Key field value.
____ Incremental searches by more than one index.
_____ 5pts Relational Aspects. When the key field in the "one"
database is changed, do all the related record's key
fields in the "many" database change accordingly?
_____ 5pts Deleting. When deleting one record from the "one"
database, does the system delete all the related
records in the "many" database?
_____ 5pts Utility Functions. One point for any of the
following. Maximum of 5pts.
____ Backup ____ Restore
____ Format ____ Chkdsk
____ DOS Dir Functions ____ DOS Exit and Execute program
____ DOS Editor ____ Change Config.sys or
Autoexec.bat Files
____ Other ____ Other
_____ 5pts Basic File Maintenance. Are all the basic file
maintenance functions covered?
_____ 5pts Confidentiality of Data. Does the system protect
the confidentiality of the data.
_____ 5pts User Interface. Evaluate the ease of use. (1 point
for each reason given. Note for the following items
the competitor should give reasons to support the
item being judges, if you consider that a valid
reason, give the points indicated, it is reasonable
to expect that the same reason may be given to
support ease of use, intuitiveness, documented,
etc...)
_____ 5pts Screen design. Grade the screen design and layout.
(1 point for each reason given)
_____ 2.5pts Intuitiveness. Evaluate the intuitiveness of the
user interface. (2.5 points for 2 or more reasons)
_____ 2.5pts Self Documented. Can the user operate the program
without written documentation? (2.5 points for 2
or more reasons)
_____ 2.5pts Help Features. How are different levels of helps
implemented. Are they helpful? (2.5 points for 2
or more reasons)
_____ 2.5pts Use of Color. Grade the choice of colors and/or the
ability to set your own colors.
_____ Subtotal
_____ Penalty Penalty Points. Deduct 1 point for each fatal
error. (Unexpected return to DOS)
_____ Total Score
In your opinion would this application qualify for one of the
following special awards?
____ Best Overall Application ____ Most Attractive Interface
____ Most Intuitive Interface ____ Best Reporting abilities
____ Best Ad-Hoc Queries ____ Best on-line help
1991 North Carolina Developer's Competition - Rules
1. Any language, toolset, or program generator may be used in the
program development.
2. The maximum number of members per team is two.
3. One computer and one keyboard per team. You must provide your
own computer. (We will attempt to have replacement parts
available, no guarantees!). Multitasking is acceptable.
4. Previously completed applications may not be used.
5. Any reference material on any type of media is acceptable
(except previously completed applications).
6. Advanced information on the application for the competition
is not permitted. Competitors will receive the rules and
judging criteria before the event. The application will
involve a main database, a table lookup related to one of the
fields in the main database, and a file with a many
relationship to the main database.
7. Collaboration with other teams is not allowed. Consultation
or assistance from outside the team is not allowed.
8. Judging will be based on demonstrated capability, not on what
the team says the programs can or could do. It is the
developer's responsibility to demonstrate that the program
meets the judging criteria within the 10 minutes allowed.
9. Non-compliance with these rules will result in immediate
disqualification (as determined by the Rules Committee).
Decisions on infractions by the Rules Committee is final and
may not be repealed.
10. Rights to the each application will remain with the software
developer. Each developer grants license to use the program
at no charge to the following: 1) the company that provided
the application, 2) the NC Developer's Competition Committee
for inclusion in "The Proceedings" and for any other use
deemed useful by the NC Developer's Competition Committee.
With the exception of providing "The Proceedings" at moderate
cost ($50-$100), no entity besides the original developer has
the right to sell, market or distribute the applications. It
is the duty of the developer to include appropriate copyright
notices to this effect.
11. Participation in the competition implies acceptance of these
rules and conditions.
Scoring - Determining the Winner
1. Each team's application will be judged by a panel of five
judges and a representative from the rules committee. The
judging packet which contains 6 judging sheets, 1 criteria
sheet and 1 answer sheet will be opened by the rules committee
rep. The criteria sheet will be given to the team. The
answer sheet will be held by the rules committee rep. to
validate the reporting results.
2. The team has 10 minutes to demonstrate to the judges the
capabilities of its application. Each judge will fill out
their judging sheet. The rules committee rep will also judge
the application in case one of the judge's results is suspect
(see below).
3. The average of all 5 scores will solely determine ranking.
We will review the judging in the following way: If by
dropping the high and low scores for any team, the ranking for
that team would be changed by 2 or more places, we will review
the judging for that team. The rules committee has the option
to do any of the following: rejudge the application,
substitute the result from the rules committee rep, or replace
the score with the average of the other 4 scores.
4. The top 5 teams will advance to the finals. All of the teams
in the finals will be judged by the same team of 5 judges.
Ranking will be determined by the average of the judges'
results.
Prizes
1st Place $2,500 in cash, and a selection of products listed
below
2nd Place $1,500 in cash, and a selection of products listed
below
3rd Place $500 in cash, and a selection of products listed
below
Products to be given away as prizes
Product List Price Quantity
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alpha Four 350? 8
Artful Lib 295 25
Blinker 189 25
Clarion 699 12
Clipper 795 0
Code Base 4.2 295 1
dBASE IV 795 5
dBRIEF 249 10
DESQview 190 0
Dr. Switch 180 5
FUNCky Library 195 25
GetIt 129 2
Grumpfish Library 199 5
Grumpfish Menu 199 5
Grumpfish Query 159 5
NetLib 249 2
Paradox 725 5
R&R 149 25
RaSQL/B 249 10
Sell More Software 100 25
Softclip 179 0
SysInit 195 25
TimeTrack 129 25
Turbo C++ 200 5
Turbo Pascal 175 5
UI2 595 0
DataEase 0 0
DataEase Developer 0 0
1991 North Carolina Developer's Competition - Application Profile
Competitor # ________Company_________________________________
Fill out the following information about your application. This
information will be used to help the client determine which
application they will use.
What hardware is required to run the application. List minimum and
optimum requirements.
What additional software is required to run the application. List
cost.
What would your rates for ongoing software development, maintenance
and customization be? Give an estimate of the total cost to
completion should you be chosen to complete the project.
What is your development environment? (What tools are needed, or
suggested for ongoing development of your application?)
Software Languages_____________________________________________
Compilers______________________________________________
Linkers______________________________________________
Libraries______________________________________________
Debugging tools______________________________________________
Operating Systems (OS,
Network)______________________________________________
Editor______________________________________________
Multi-User______________________________________________
/Multitasking Environment
Application Profile - (continued...)
What are the installation parameters needed to install the
software?
Config.Sys Settings______________________________________________
AutoExec.bat Settings______________________________________________
Network Settings
(Shell.cfg)_____________________________________________
Other______________________________________________
If you are using a template approach...
What is the size in KBytes of your Source (before) ____
What is the number of lines of code (before) ____
What is the size in KBytes of your Source (after) ____
What is the number of lines of code (after) ____
Would you be interested in marketing your product to other child
protection teams nationwide? ____
Company Profiles
The following company profiles were provided by each company. They
are grouped by involvement. The competitors, judges, sponsors,
product donors, and staff members are listed in order by company
name.
COMPETITOR
William Marsh
AEPCO Inc.
15800 Crabbs Branch Way
Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20855
(301)670-6770
AEPCO, Inc., a minority-owned company, was founded in 1979 to
provide quality engineering and scientific consulting services to
government and industry. Our focus is to resolve complex technical
problems by applying sound engineering principles and innovative
concepts. During its existence, AEPCO has grown into a respected,
multidisciplinary engineering and scientific service company.
AEPCO seeks business opportunities that challenge our staff members
to expand the bounds of their knowledge and experience. We
encourage innovation, foster ingenuity, and reward creativity in
solving our clients' problems. Areas of expertise include
acquisition planning; ILS planning and management; systems and
environmental engineering; architectural design; financial
management; MPT; ADP; MIS; and CAD/D.
Kevin Mooney
Applied Information Systems
500 Eastowne Drive
Suite 207
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919)942-7801
Fax: (919)493-7563
Peter Brawley
Arthur Fuller
Artful Applications
176 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5R2M7
Peter Brawley and Arthur Fuller are the developers of Artful.Lib
and Artful Two. They are 2 of 3 principles of Artful Applications,
Inc. Mr. Brawley and Mr. Fuller have both written articles on
programming and are software consultants and developers. They will
be partners for the competition and will be using Clipper,
Artful.Lib, UI2, Overlay, Smartmem.Lib, RTLink, RMake, Blinker,
QEdit and Liblist.
John Beckner
BecknerVision, Inc.
PO Box 1541
Lumberton, NC 28359-1541
John Beckner has been a Clipper developer since W.85 version. He
developed vertical market applications in insurance, real estate,
consumer loans and premium financing. He is the author of
BECKNER.LIB, the first commercially available Clipper 5.0 third
party library.
Mr. Beckner will be using Clipper, Blinker 1.11 (or 1.3+),
BECKNER.LIB 1.0, editor - Word Star 4.00 and DOS - MS-DOS 4.01.
Mike Beall
M. G. Kademani
Belsoft, Inc.
13908 Belmont Stakes Court
Midlothian, VA 23112
(804)233-5471
Michael Beall and M.G. Kademani develop custom single and multiuser
Clipper (tm) applications. They provide an intuitive and
user-friendly interface that is consistent throughout all of their
applications. They also provide a custom reporting facility that
has screen and printer options.
Other services include hardware and software system design and
installation for most popular networks (ie. Novell, 3Com, Banyan
and Lantastic).
Some applications developed include: Manufacturing Purchasing,
Payroll System for the Milk Producers Association, Blood Pressure
and Hypertension Tracking for State-wide use, Fitness Center
Management, Sales Commission Tracking for Midatlantic Medical
Distributors of Depuy Medical Supplies, Tour and Travel Management,
and Sales, Consignments and Rental Management for Computer
Companies.
Michael Beall and M.G. Kademani are partners in the competition.
Frank Barnhill
Bits n' Bytes Computers
927 Old Dam Road
Liberty, NC 27298
(919)376-3967
Jimmy Yelverton
Carolina Group
PO Box 4155
Asheboro, NC 27204
(919)626-7542
John Shepherd
Tony Wazny
Catawba Computers & Communications
8357 Newport Road
Catawba, VA 24070
(703)983-6139
John Shepherd, owner of Catawba Computers & Communications: Lead
Systems Analyst for BellSouth Communication Systems; Author of all
RPTS; Staff member of Village Software.
Mr. Shepherd's partner for the competition will be Tony Wazny of
MicroKnight.
Don King
Computer Ease
927 Old Dam Road
Liberty, NC 27298
(919)376-3967
Donald King is a consultant, developer of software and VAR of
personal computer systems. He and his partner for the competition,
Frank Barnhill, have been in the personal computer business since
1984, developing and marketing custom software such as accounting
systems, fixed assets, personnel, etc. They will be using Clipper,
C, Pro-C, Grumpfish Lib and Codebase 4.
ComputerEase, founded in 1984, focuses on computer solutions for
the small to medium sized business. Customized software packages
automate accounting procedures, purchasing management, and
inventory or fixed asset management with bar coding capabilities.
Training, user support, and hardware for the turnkey solution make
corporate computing power possible for the smaller business. As
a customer of ComputerEase, you don't have to be a Fortune 500
company to compute like one!
Blair Hill
Hoornaz Kuklan
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Dr.
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
(919)383-9749
Blair Hill and Thomas Droege have developed the software
development tool, SysInit. This Clipper Library is the engine that
drives over 100 different management information systems used by
hospitals and businesses all over the US and Canada, and in the
U.K., Belgium, France, Germany and Japan.
Hoornaz Kuklan has developed many applications including, Key
Control, Public Safety Incident Tracking, Work Order Management,
Worker's Compensation, and many other management information
systems used by service oriented departments in large medical
centers.
Dennis Elledge
Elledge & Associates
PO Box 5095
Raleigh, NC 27650
(919)832-0241
Paul Rasmussen
Randy Hersom
Habilitation Software, Inc.
204 N. Sterling Street
Morganton, NC 28655
(704)438-9456
For over five years Habilitation Software, Inc. has been creating
and marketing software for agencies serving persons who are
developmentally disabled. Two of their products are the
Habilitation Documentation System (HDS), which graphs progress
towards client objectives, and Assure! - The Quality Assurance
System, which provides comparative data to agencies about the
performance of their service components. Habilitation Software,
Inc. is located in Morganton, North Carolina.
Mr. Hersom, Director of Programming, is the partner of Paul
Rasmussen, President of Habilitation Software.
Randy Crawford
Knowledge Modeling Corporation
2628 Ferrand Road
Durham, NC 27705
(919)383-1243
Kieron Hardy
Macon Systems
725 South Tijon Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719)520-1555
Macon Systems developed DB Master (the best-selling database system
for Apple II's in 1980 and 1981) and has continued as a software
development company with Advanced DB Master (for IBM/compatible)
since 1981.
Ms. Hardy will use Advanced DB Master, Level IV, Version 4.1, a
completely menu-driven relational data base management system with
proprietary programming commands.
Thomas Reynolds
N.C. State University
Budget & Administration System
Box 7206
Raleigh, NC 27695
(919)737-2175
Thomas Reynolds is an applications programmer for the Finance and
Business Division of North Carolina State University. They develop
micro applications in Clipper (C, etc.) to automate manual
processes. Most applications deal with university accounting
procedures.
Mr. Reynolds will be using Clipper Summer 87 (possible version
5.0), VI Developers Addition, "Brief Editor, Clipper Tools 1
Library, Flipper, Soft-clip Library, Microsoft Quick C, and R&R
Report Writer.
Michael Smith
Michael Stewart
PC Concepts
4A Aver Ct.
East Brunswick, NJ 08512
(201)613-1777
Michael Stewart and his partner Michael Smith, have worked in
almost exclusively Clipper for three years. They have worked
heavily with SBT code, also incorporating C and Assembler. Both
men have been out of school for 3 1/2 years and have had
substantial Novell experience. Consulting work: ITT, Prudential,
Hoffman-Laroche, Proctor & Gamble, Kimball, ABB.
Mr. Stewart and Mr. Smith will be using Clipper, the UI programmer,
Netlib, Blinker, Spfpc Foxbase (as debugging tool), PConcept.lib
(personal), Byte (third party lib.).
Sam Youngman
Stan Quick
Relational Analysis
429 Greenbriar Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Relational Analysis provides expert consultation on the Oracle,
Sybase, and Ingres relational database systems. Sam Youngman, a
hands-on computer scientist, has been designing sound, efficient,
and easy-to-use relational database applications since 1978, which
includes nine years of Oracle experience. He can rapidly implement
any requirement using SQL*Forms, PL/SQL, and the other Oracle tools
on VAX/VMS, MS-DOS, IBM/MVS, and UNIX platforms.
In addition, a powerful microcomputer system enables RA to remotely
develop portable applications. RA offers unique experience in
performance tuning, database administration, benchmarking, and DoD
systems analysis, as well as unequaled programming in PL/1, C, and
FORTRAN. Furthermore, Mr. Youngman is the author of numerous RDBMS
papers and has been a speaker at the last three International
Oracle User Group conferences. Sam is also the President of the
Washington Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants
Association (WICCA).
Sam Youngman's partner in the competition is Mr. Stan Quick.
Henry Jacobs
Sinc, Inc.
1299 La Velle Drive
Xenia, OH 45385
(513)372-4334
Stan Quick
SQC, Inc.
C/O Relational Analysis
429 Greenbriar Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Mr. Stanley Quick has been developing custom business computer
applications for clients for thirteen years. He formed SQC, Inc.,
in 1987 to provide complete life-cycle development expertise using
database foundations, especially Oracle and FOCUS, to implement
solutions to complex business problems. These problems have
included litigation support for major patent infringement cases,
sales tracking for communications equipment, and radiation tracking
for a nuclear power plant, to name a few. Mr. Quick is an active
participant in the local and International Oracle Users' Group as
both a speaker and has served as an officer for four years.
Stan Quick's partner in the competition is Mr. Sam Youngman.
Frank Luo
Weathersby Dull Bostian & Waynick (ITI)
1 Centerview Drive
Suite 200
Greensboro, NC 27407
(919)294-8510
Frank Luo is the owner of LUO Computer Services. He uses the LUO
Clipper Library and he also works for ITI. He will be using
Clipper and personal libraries and his personal program generator.
JUDGE
Brian Smith
BES Consulting
9438 Waterford Drive
Manassas, VA 22110
(703)330-9418
Randy Laco
CBR Associates
1018 Broad St.
Durham, NC 27705
(919)286-1326
CBR Associates, Inc. is a consulting firm providing management
information solutions for the health care field. The primary goal
and effort of CBR is to assist hospital management in increasing
quality of care and lowering costs.
CBR has developed three integrated modules--Risk Management,
Quality Assurance, and Physician Credentialing. These software
modules provide hospitals with easy-to-use tools for use in the
area of quality management.
John Hawkins
Data Based Advisor
4010 Morena Rd.
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92117
(619)483-6400
Thomas E. Frothingham, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Box 3937
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-3006
Marcia Herman-Giddens, PA, MPH
Department of Pediatrics
Box 3937
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-3006
Mickey Hatem
Department of Pediatrics
Box 3937
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-3006
Jeanne Neimyer, MSW
Department of Pediatrics
Box 3937
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-3006
Karen St. Claire, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Box 3937
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-3006
Ed Jones
6618 Fisher Ave
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703)536-6215
Chip Duke
Management Technology - NSI
PO Box 12313
2 Triangle Drive
RTP, NC 27709
(919)541-1530
Richard Lowe
Medical Center Information Systems
Box 3900
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710
(919)684-8482
Bill Schicht
NC Division of Mental Health
325 North Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919)733-7011
Curt Edge
NCSC
PO Box 12889
RTP, NC 27709
(919)248-1148
Chip Hildreth
North American Computer Service
18 West Colony Place
Suite 210
Durham, NC 27705
(919)493-2477
Allen Pippin
Northern Telecom, Inc.
P.O. Box 13010
RTP, NC 27709
(919)992-8189
Gil Ramsey
Northern Telecom, Inc.
P.O. Box 13010
RTP, NC 27709
(919)992-2378
Kendall Ferner
PC Experts
4183 Lake Meadow Drive
Kernersville, NC 27284
(919)993-6047
John Connell
KPMG Peat Marwick
Suite 2800
Two 1st Union Center
Charlotte, NC 28282
(704)335-5323
John Connell is a manager in KPMG Peat Marwick's Carolinas'
Management Consulting Practice based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He has assisted many clients with the design and implementation of
packaged and custom data processing systems in the manufacturing,
distribution, government, and real estate arenas. Prior to joining
Peat Marwick, Mr. Connell was an information technology consultant
for another large public accounting firm.
Lee E. Dempsey
KPMG Peat Marwick
Suite 2800
Two 1st Union Center
Charlotte, NC 28282
(704)335-5323
Lee Dempsey is a senior consultant in Peat Marwick's Carolinas
Management Consulting Department based in Charlotte, North
Carolina. Mr. Dempsey has over four years of consulting experience
in the analysis, design, implementation, operation, and management
of EDP systems. His consulting background ranges from the
automation of manual control systems to the design and
implementation of distributed data processing networks within the
mid-range environment.
Debbie Green
KPMG Peat Marwick
Suite 2800
Two 1st Union Center
Charlotte, NC 28282
(704)335-5323
Debbie Green is a consultant in Peat Marwick's Carolinas Management
Consulting Department based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Green
has over seven years experience in Information Systems including
systems development, analysis, design, and implementation within
the IBM mainframe environment. Her industry experience lies in the
manufacturing area.
Betina Mobley Bell
KPMG Peat Marwick
Suite 2800
Two 1st Union Center
Charlotte, NC 28282
(704)335-5323
Betina Mobley Bell is a consultant in KPMG Peat Marwick's Carolinas
Management Consulting Department. Ms. Bell has a broad
quantitative and analytical background with a extensive knowledge
of strategic management informatino systems planning and
microcomputer applications packages.
Ken Pugh
Pugh-Killeen Associates
4201 University Drive
#102
Durham, NC 27707
(919)490-6335
Johnnie Dennis
Realsoft, Inc.
105 Carol Ct.
Greenville, NC 27834
(919)355-0370
Glenn Clingroth
SDU Consulting Inc.
111 Providence Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919)493-7250
Dan Bandi
SysPlus
2900 Yonkers Road
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919)834-2334
Sysplus provides consulting services, application software,
computer systems, and installation support to firms in the Research
Triangle Area. We provide specialized support for the Legal,
Medical, and Financial Industry. Capabilities include PC, S/36,
and AS/400 systems and applications.
Bert Borngesser
SysPlus
2900 Yonkers Road
Raleigh, NC 27604
(919)834-2334
Mark F. Friedman
UAI Technology, Inc.
68 T.W. Alexander Drive
P.O. Box 13628
RTP, NC 27709
(919)541-9339
Mark Friedman is the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of
Administration for UAI Technology, Inc. He also is President of
UAI's Leonard Financial Planning Systems division. UAI,
headquartered in Research Triangle Park, has three primary
divisions. Phoenix-Hecht is the nation's leader in cash management
software and databases. Phoeniz-Hecht/Gallup conducts syndicated
market research studies in banking, money management, insurance and
other financial related industries, and provides software
applications to manage this information. Leonard Financial
Planning Systems develops and markets software to Personal
Financial Planners, and is the leading provider of these types of
software products in the country.
UAI employs more than 60 people in North Carolina, Princeton, NJ
and Highland Park, IL. The company has twice been named by INC.
Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America. The
company was founded in Durham in 1978 and moved to its current
headquarters in 1985.
PRESS
Dian Schaffhauser
Data Based Advisor
4010 Morena Rd.
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92117
(619)483-6400
PRODUCT DONORS
Alpha Software Corporation
One North Avenue
Burlington, MA 01803
(800)451-1018
Providing 8 copies of Alpha Four Software. Alpha Four is the fully
relational database software that allows you to create custom
database applications without programming. You outline your
applications and your relational links through an intuitive and
comprehensive set of menu choices. A runtime version is available
so you can distribute your applications to other users or clients.
Ashton Tate Corporation
20101 Hamilton Ave.
Torrance, CA 90502
(213)329-8000
Providing 5 copies of dBASE IV Software. dBASE IV provides both
beginning and advanced users with solutions to a wide range of PC
data management needs, from simple customer list management to
complete accounting and inventory systems. dBASE IV brings
significant productivity gains to both users and application
developers.
Users can accomplish simple data management tasks with menu-driven
query and reporting capabilities. They can manage their data
quickly and easily without programming.
dBASE IV's automated development features and powerful application
development language provide a solution for more complex needs.
This combination allows developers to build better applications
faster without sacrificing flexibility. dBASE IV offers upward
compatibility from dBASE III PLUS, allowing current files and most
applications to be used without modification. Plus, dBASE IV
provides true multi-user capabilities for local area networks
(LANs). These built-in capabilities include fully automatic file
and record locking, screen refresh and complete data security. To
minimize costs, multiple users can share a single copy of dBASE IV
using the economical dBASE IV LAN Pack.
Borland International, Inc.
1800 Green Hills Road
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
(408)438-8400
Providing 5 copies each of Paradox, Turbo C++, Turbo Pascal. By
any standard, Paradox is the most powerful database. That's why
it's been rated #1 by every leading computer publication, and why
hundreds of thousands of users worldwide have switched to Paradox.
Paradox includes a full-development language (PAL) for building
complete database applications. And now, with Paradox SQL Link,
programmers can integrate SQL statements into PAL programs, use SQL
table cursors, trap server error codes, and tap the unique
capabilities of different database servers.
Turbo Pascal Professional includes Turbo Pascal 6.0,
protected-mode, command line compiler, Turbo Debugger, Turbo
Profiler, and Turbo Assembler. Turbo Pascal now includes Turbo
Vision, the first object-oriented application framework for MS-DOS.
With Turbo Vision, applications automatically inherit a
multi-window, mouse-based, user interface.
Turbo C++ Professional includes C++ (based on AT&T's 2.0
specification), ANSI C, Turbo Debugger, New! Turbo Profiler, and
Turbo Assembler.
Clarion Software
150 East Sample Road
Pompano Beach, FL 33064
(800)354-5444
Providing 5 copies each of Software Distribution Kit and Report
Writer, and one copy each of Personal Developer 2.0 and
Professional Developer 2.1. Report Writer accepts information in
the most meaningful ways for you. It accepts information from any
number of files even those produced with dBASE or other software.
You can join together unlimited files, print fields from other
files, and/or use other fields in computations.
Personal Developer 2.0 allows you to create, modify, and run your
own custom applications. Designing custom screens and reports are
a snap with "point and shoot" applications. Included in the
package are ready-to-run applications that you can use "as is" or
customize for your own requirements.
Professional Developer is "The most advanced DBMS/Application
Development Environment Available for the PC." The application
generator significantly reduces the time and cost of producing all
applications. It allows your to incorporate dBASE, BASIC, and DIF
files to generate reports and queries. It includes full LAN
support. The whole environment is friendly and comfortable - and
very, very fast.
Communications Horizons
701 Seventh Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10036
(212)724-0150
Providing 10 copies of RaSQL/B, 2 copies of GetIt and 2 copies of
NetLib.
DataEase International
7 Cambridge Drive
Trumbull, CT 06611
(203)374-8000
Droege Computing Services, Inc.
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
(919)383-9749
Providing 25 copies each of SysInit and Sell More Software.
Droege Computing Services is a software development company
specializing in applications for healthcare. They market a series
of programs for use as departmental information systems by large
hospitals.
The Sell More Software program is designed to facilitate the
marketing, sales, and administrative activities involved in selling
computer software. Created specifically for software developers
and value-added re-sellers, the program helps to plan projects,
track contacts with prospects and clients, track support and print
custom mail merge documents and forms.
SysInit is a set of procedures and routines that provides a
complete development environment. It allows you to develop
complex, network-compatible applications with less time spent on
data entry and file management operations.
SysInit handles all of the screen management, database management,
printing, and network operations you face every time you develop
a Clipper application.
Grumpfish, Inc.
P.O. Box 17761
Salem, OR 97305
(503)588-1980
Providing 5 copies each of Grumpfish Library, Grumpfish Menu, and
Grumpfish Query. Grumpfish Library adds professional polish and
pizazz to your Clipper programs immediately. You will not have to
waste hours learning a new language to use Grumpfish Library-- even
new Clipper developers can integrate Grumpfish modules into their
programs within minutes of breaking the shrink-wrap. Grumpfish
does the work while you get the praise.
With Grumpfish Menu, you can slash your development time. Create
working prototypes in minutes rather than days. Handle change
orders in seconds rather than weeks. If you can write a text
outline file, you can create a gorgeous, easy-to-use front end menu
system with Grumpfish Menu.
Grumpfish Query is a complete ad hoc reporting system that you can
link into your application immediately. Handles relations, output
to screen/printer/text file/DBF/WKS, data dictionary, supports 90
printers, and much more.
Sequiter Software Inc.
P.O. Box 5659
Station L
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
(403)437-2410
Providing one copy of Code Base 4.2. Code Base 4.2 is the C
Library for database and screen management. You can build a
multi-user, dBASE compatible application which is several times
faster than dBASE IV, Clipper, or Fox Pro. As you directly use the
data, index and memo files of dBASE III through IV or Clipper, you
can use Code Base 4.2 with any dBASE compatible product. Code Base
4.2 executables are 1/2 to 1/3 the size of corresponding Clipper
executables.
Softsystems, Inc.
148 West Orange Street
Covina, CA 91723
(818)332-1919
Providing 25 copies of TIME TRAK. The TIME TRAK systen is
designed to provide a variety of techniques for scheduling your
own or other individuals appointments or for scheduling resources
such as meeting rooms, equipment, etc. TIME TRAK may also be used
on a local area network with the appointment and user files
located on a server.
Solutions Systems
541 Main Street
South Weymouth, MA 02190
(617)431-7445
Providing 10 copies of dBRIEF. dBRIEF is the dBase enhancement
for the best selling BRIEF editor. Together, the two create a
dBase editing environment that puts maximum programming power in
your hands. dBRIEF allows you to indent and re-indent code
automatically, view DBF file structures while writing source code,
create headers for functions, procedures, and programs that are
user-definable, programmable, and application sensitive, and print
source code with conditional outlining.
WallSoft Systems, Inc.
233 Broadway
Suite 869
New York, NY 10279
(800)233-3569
The UI Programmer 2 (UI2) is a powerful development environment
which includes a screen painter for designing screens and reports,
an integrated data dictionary and a template-driven applications
generator. UI2 includes a basic set of templates that generate
various dBASE III+ dBASE IV, Clipper, FoxBASE, FoxPro, Quicksilver,
dBXL and C programs, automatically. Additional templates are
available, both from WallSoft and from a growing list of third
party vendors. Experienced programmers can also write their own
templates designed to meet their individual needs using UI2's
object-oriented template language. Retail Price: $595 (Dbase
version; available through dealers). UI2 for C: $695 (Only
available from WallSoft). System Requirements: IBM XT, AT, PS2 and
compatibles, MS DOS, 640K, min. 2 MB disk space.
SPONSOR
Artful Applications
176 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2M7
(416)920-7395
Last year's most revolutionary Clipper product is now available for
Clipper 5.0!
Artful pioneered data-driven programming for Clipper. Now Artful
is completely rewritten to take full advantage of Clipper 5.0 -
slashing your development, making your applications smaller, faster
and even more powerful.
There is nothing to compare with Artful Two. Not a code generator,
not a canned set of frozen routines, Artful is a suite of
intelligent black boxes which combine to supply 70, 80 even 90% of
your application's code.
Multi-page, multi-file, multi-zoom screens. Pulldown menus.
Relational queries. Field-level help system. Relational Find.
Report Manager. Dictionary Manager. A battery of sophisticated
WHEN and VALID routines. User-configurable color schemes.
Multi-level security via user passwords. Language transparency:
translate the headers, remake the library and ship your program in
any language. Multi-user transparency: change NO code to create
a multi-user program -- simply use another link file. Cascading
replaces and deletes. Add indexes and relations without even
leaving your application!
You owe yourself a look at Artful Two. It may be your most
profitable decision of the year.
Phillip Smith
Black & White Intl., Inc.
P.O. Box 1040
Planetarium Station
New York, NY 10024
(212)787-6633
Dr. Switch-ASE turns any size dBASE language application into a RAM
resident (TSR) program. TSR's created with Dr. Switch-ASE occupy
only 16-20K of RAM. Dr. Switch-ASE includes Cut, Past, Timer,
Alarm and Macro functions. Supports Clipper Summer 87, Clipper
5.0, dBASE III Plus, dBASE IV, FoBASE+ and FoxPro. Dr. Switch-ASE
supports both Expanded and Extended memory and is fully network
compatible.
Dr. Switch allows you to switch between any two programs using a
hot key. It includes a Cut & Paste feature for transferring data
between programs. The built-in macro capability allows playback
of an infinite number of keystrokes. Dr. Switch also includes an
Exit-To-DOS enhancer, a memory mapping utility, a menu builder and
a TSR swapping utility. Supports Expanded and Extended memory and
is fully network compatible.
Dr. Switch-DeveloperPak allows dBASE language programmers to run
large programs directly from their applications. The DeveloperPak
supports Clipper Summer 87, Clipper 5.0, dBASE III Plus, dBASE IV,
FoxBASE+, FoxPro, QuickSilver and Vulcan. The DeveloperPak
replaces the RUN/! command. It swaps all but 4K of an application
out of memory before running a program. Developers can include Dr.
Switch with their applications without royalties. It supports
Expanded and Extended memory and is fully network compatible.
Jim Boomer
Blink, Inc.
P.O. Box 7154
Richmond, VA 23221-0154
(804)353-0137
Jane Christie
Blink, Inc.
P.O. Box 7154
Richmond, VA 23221-0154
(804)353-0137
Blink, Inc. is an innovative software company committed to
providing high quality programming tools, which enable PC software
developers to create more powerful and efficient software
applications in a shorter time frame. The strengths of the company
lie in the technical excellence of its software, the firm
commitment to continued product development and the prompt and
comprehensive technical support offered to customers. This
privately held, international company is headquartered in Richmond,
Virginia.
The pilot product is a linker, BLINKER, which contains a multitude
of features tailored specifically for the Clipper market, to
optimize usage of limited resources such as development time and
available memory on the computer. BLINKER, written in assembly
language, is on the cutting edge of technology, being the first
dynamic overlay linker on the market and the first product to
dynamically overlay C and assembler code. Blink, Inc. has also
introduced transparent incremental linking for Clipper, reducing
link times from minutes to seconds and virtually eliminating the
link phase of development - now it is only necessary to
Edit-Compile-BLINK!
Blink, Inc. has made vast inroads into the Clipper market worldwide
in a relatively short space of time, with distribution in the
United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa
and Latin America. BLINKER in exclusively distributed in Europe
through the UK subsidiary Blink, Inc., currently based in Wales.
Jud Cole
Blink, Inc.
P.O. Box 7154
Richmond, VA 23221-0154
(804)353-0137
Jud Cole, President of Blink, Inc., is responsible for product
development. A graduate in Computer Science from Imperial College,
London, he worked with IBM for 3 years before setting up his own
consultancy business and has over 10 years of experience in the
computer industry. Jane Christie, Vice President of Blink, Inc.,
oversees all daily operations. She is a graduate in law from
University College, Cardiff, with over 6 years of business
experience.
Malcolm Shedden
Blink, Inc.
P.O. Box 7154
Richmond, VA 23221-0154
(804)353-0137
Robert Hershfield
Concentric Data Systems
110 Turnpike Road
Westboro, MA 01581
(508)366-1122
Concentric Data Systems, Inc. develops and markets a family of R&R
Report Writers. The latest release, Version 4 of R&R Report Writer
for dBASE and compatibles, began shipping in December 1990. It
produces publication-quality reports with proportional fonts for
HP LaserJet, PostScript, and Epson dot-matrix printers, and
contains many other new features. R&R has been recognized as
Reader's Choice report writer for Data Based Advisor and DBMS
Magazine for 1989 and 1990, PC World's Best Products of 1990, PC
World's Editor's Favorite Utilities, InfoWorld's Top 100, and PC
Magazine Editor's Choice. PC World recently called R&R "The
undisputed reporting champ of the dBASE world." Other versions of
R&R are available for ORACHE SQL, Novell NetWare SQL, XDB SQL, and
Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony.
Deborah Woolridge
dLESKO, Inc.
320 York St.
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201)435-8401
dLESKO INCORPORATED is the publisher of the FUNCky Library for
Clipper, winner of the Database Advisors Readers Choice Award for
1989 and 1990. Formed in 1987 and based in New Jersey, dLESKO
provides support and development tools for Clipper developers
throughout the world.
It's primary product, FUNCky, extends the traditional features of
Clipper by providing a library of User Defined Functions (UDFs)
that can be incorporated into Clipper applications as though they
were an intergral part of the Clipper language. FUNCky is 5.0
compatible and includes 450 feature or enhancements. Mouse
support, DOS disk and file access routines, expanded video
functionality & increases speed are prominent. Multiple File
Specifications and Embedded Attributes are among the most notable
of the new features.
Mark Whiteside
Nantucket Corporation
12555 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90066
(213)390-7923
Clipper 5.0 is a comprehensive application development system for
PCs offering network support, user-extensibility, a replaceable
database driver and executable file generation. An open
architecture system, Clipper 5.0 includes a robust language,
pre-processor, compiler, linker, virtual memory manager, editor and
a debugger and permits development of applications that are larger
than available memory.
STAFF
Cliff Allen
Allen Marketing
6070-H Six Forks Rd.
PO Box 19765
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919)848-4764
Chris Allen
Allen Marketing
6070-H Six Forks Rd.
PO Box 19765
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919)848-4764
Mary Scott
Custom Application Software Systems
PO Box 37824
Raleigh, NC 27627
(919)834-3250
Jeanne Nerwinski
Custom Software Designs
112 Leon Street
Durham, NC 27704
(919)477-0542
Bonnie Carver
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
Thomas Droege
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
Michael Hillerbrand
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
JoAnn Jacobs
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
Chuck Snyder
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
Christy Yates
Droege Computing Services
3200 Croasdaile Drive
Suite 304
Durham, NC 27705
Pat Hughes
Edward Weck
PO Box 12600
RTP, NC 27709
(919)544-8000
Charlie Lee
Foresight
2005 Marion's Ford
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919)968-1984
Bob Vaughn
Vaughn Software Services
PO Box 1086
Apex, NC 27502
(919)362-0432
Rankings
Page No. 1 Average 3 Order (high and low dropped)
01/12/91
Team# Company, Name S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Ave_3 Ave_5 R-3 R-5
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01 Belsoft, Inc., Table 01 79.0 77.5 79.5 80.0 79.0 79.167 79.000 1 1
09 Macon Systems, Table 09 81.5 74.5 83.5 76.5 75.0 77.667 78.200 2 2
03 Relational Analysis and SQC, 79.5 76.0 77.5 76.5 75.0 76.667 76.900 3 3
Inc., Table 03
10 Droege Computing Services, 69.0 71.5 68.0 69.5 68.5 69.000 69.300 4 4
Table 10
16 PC Concepts, Table 16 59.5 51.0 57.0 59.0 54.5 56.833 56.200 5 5
08 BecknerVision, Inc., Table 08 51.0 45.0 45.5 47.5 53.0 48.000 48.400 6 6
15 Droege Computing Services, 48.0 50.0 37.0 49.0 47.0 48.000 46.200 7 9
Table 15
17 AEPCO Inc., Table 17 49.0 46.0 40.0 53.0 48.0 47.667 47.200 8 8
11 Catawba Computers & 53.0 46.0 47.0 44.5 48.5 47.167 47.800 9 7
Communications, MicroKnight,
Table 11
14 Carolina Group, Table 14 46.0 45.0 40.5 39.5 45.0 43.500 43.200 10 10
19 Habilitation Software, Table 42.5 53.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.000 41.500 11 11
19
13 Knowledge Modeling 43.5 14.0 30.0 46.5 10.0 29.167 28.800 12 13
Corporation, Table 13
07 Elledge & Associates, Table 07 26.0 34.0 44.5 23.5 25.0 28.333 30.600 13 12
02 Weathersby Dull Bostian & 21.5 31.5 27.0 19.0 37.5 26.667 27.300 14 14
Waynick (ITI), Table 02
12 N.C. State University, Table 26.5 21.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 26.500 25.700 15 15
12
06 Computer Ease, Bits n' Bytes 9.0 11.0 15.0 16.0 13.5 13.167 12.900 16 16
Computers, Table 06
05 Foresight, Table 05 11.0 7.0 6.5 4.5 0.0 6.000 5.800 17 17
Page No. 1 Average 5 Order (all scores averaged)
01/12/91
Team# Company, Name S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Ave_3 Ave_5 R-3 R-5
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01 Belsoft, Inc., Table 01 79.0 77.5 79.5 80.0 79.0 79.167 79.000 1 1
09 Macon Systems, Table 09 81.5 74.5 83.5 76.5 75.0 77.667 78.200 2 2
03 Relational Analysis and SQC, 79.5 76.0 77.5 76.5 75.0 76.667 76.900 3 3
Inc., Table 03
10 Droege Computing Services, 69.0 71.5 68.0 69.5 68.5 69.000 69.300 4 4
Table 10
16 PC Concepts, Table 16 59.5 51.0 57.0 59.0 54.5 56.833 56.200 5 5
08 BecknerVision, Inc., Table 08 51.0 45.0 45.5 47.5 53.0 48.000 48.400 6 6
11 Catawba Computers & 53.0 46.0 47.0 44.5 48.5 47.167 47.800 9 7
Communications, MicroKnight,
Table 11
17 AEPCO Inc., Table 17 49.0 46.0 40.0 53.0 48.0 47.667 47.200 8 8
15 Droege Computing Services, 48.0 50.0 37.0 49.0 47.0 48.000 46.200 7 9
Table 15
14 Carolina Group, Table 14 46.0 45.0 40.5 39.5 45.0 43.500 43.200 10 10
19 Habilitation Software, Table 42.5 53.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.000 41.500 11 11
19
07 Elledge & Associates, Table 07 26.0 34.0 44.5 23.5 25.0 28.333 30.600 13 12
13 Knowledge Modeling 43.5 14.0 30.0 46.5 10.0 29.167 28.800 12 13
Corporation, Table 13
02 Weathersby Dull Bostian & 21.5 31.5 27.0 19.0 37.5 26.667 27.300 14 14
Waynick (ITI), Table 02
12 N.C. State University, Table 26.5 21.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 26.500 25.700 15 15
12
06 Computer Ease, Bits n' Bytes 9.0 11.0 15.0 16.0 13.5 13.167 12.900 16 16
Computers, Table 06
05 Foresight, Table 05 11.0 7.0 6.5 4.5 0.0 6.000 5.800 17 17
Page No. 1 Low Judges (judge is listed when they were the low judge in the group)
01/12/91
Team# S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Ave_3 Ave_5 Rank-3 Rank-5 Check?
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** 1
16 59.5 51.0 57.0 59.0 54.5 56.833 56.200 5 5
06 9.0 11.0 15.0 16.0 13.5 13.167 12.900 16 16
** 2
13 43.5 14.0 30.0 46.5 10.0 29.167 28.800 12 13
15 48.0 50.0 37.0 49.0 47.0 48.000 46.200 7 9 1.80
02 21.5 31.5 27.0 19.0 37.5 26.667 27.300 14 14
** 5
11 53.0 46.0 47.0 44.5 48.5 47.167 47.800 9 7 0.63
** 7
09 81.5 74.5 83.5 76.5 75.0 77.667 78.200 2 2
** 12
05 11.0 7.0 6.5 4.5 0.0 6.000 5.800 17 17
03 79.5 76.0 77.5 76.5 75.0 76.667 76.900 3 3
** 13
08 51.0 45.0 45.5 47.5 53.0 48.000 48.400 6 6
10 69.0 71.5 68.0 69.5 68.5 69.000 69.300 4 4
** 14
19 42.5 53.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.000 41.500 11 11
** 15
07 26.0 34.0 44.5 23.5 25.0 28.333 30.600 13 12
** 20
17 49.0 46.0 40.0 53.0 48.0 47.667 47.200 8 8
** 22
14 46.0 45.0 40.5 39.5 45.0 43.500 43.200 10 10
01 79.0 77.5 79.5 80.0 79.0 79.167 79.000 1 1
** 25
12 26.5 21.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 26.500 25.700 15 15
Page No. 1 High Judges
01/12/91
Team# S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 Ave_3 Ave_5 Rank-3 Rank-5 Check?
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** 1
10 69.0 71.5 68.0 69.5 68.5 69.000 69.300 4 4
** 3
01 79.0 77.5 79.5 80.0 79.0 79.167 79.000 1 1
** 4
19 42.5 53.0 34.5 39.0 38.5 40.000 41.500 11 11
** 6
06 9.0 11.0 15.0 16.0 13.5 13.167 12.900 16 16
** 8
08 51.0 45.0 45.5 47.5 53.0 48.000 48.400 6 6
** 11
16 59.5 51.0 57.0 59.0 54.5 56.833 56.200 5 5
09 81.5 74.5 83.5 76.5 75.0 77.667 78.200 2 2
** 13
12 26.5 21.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 26.500 25.700 15 15
03 79.5 76.0 77.5 76.5 75.0 76.667 76.900 3 3
** 14
02 21.5 31.5 27.0 19.0 37.5 26.667 27.300 14 14
** 16
14 46.0 45.0 40.5 39.5 45.0 43.500 43.200 10 10
13 43.5 14.0 30.0 46.5 10.0 29.167 28.800 12 13
** 17
15 48.0 50.0 37.0 49.0 47.0 48.000 46.200 7 9 1.80
07 26.0 34.0 44.5 23.5 25.0 28.333 30.600 13 12
** 19
05 11.0 7.0 6.5 4.5 0.0 6.000 5.800 17 17
** 22
11 53.0 46.0 47.0 44.5 48.5 47.167 47.800 9 7 0.63
** 25
17 49.0 46.0 40.0 53.0 48.0 47.667 47.200 8 8
Developer's Competition System
Tool Summary
Tool Number
---------------------------------------- ------
4TH DIMENSION 1
ADV DBMASTER 4.1 1
APPLETALK 1
BASIC 1
BLINKER 8
BRIEF 4
C 4
CLIPPER 4.0 1
CLIPPER 5.0 1
CLIPPER S'87 10
DESQVIEW 2
DOS 2
ETHERNET 1
FOXBASE 2
FUNCKY 3
GETIT 3
GRUMPFISH 1
LANTASTIC 3
MSLINK 1
MULTIEDIT 2
MULTIFINDER 1
NETBIOS 1
NETLIB 3
NOVELL 8
OMNIS5 1
ORACLE 1
OVERLAY 1
PCONCEPT 1
PLINK86 1
QB 2.0 1
QB3 1
QEDIT 5
RTLINK 1
SIDEKICK+ 1
SPF-PC 1
TLINK 2
VERNSIX 1
WINDOWS 3
WORDSTAR 1
Installation Instructions for installing the top 6 systems.
1 - Belsoft - Mike Beall, M. G. Kademani - (804)233-5471
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM1 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM1 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM1> Type A:TEAM1 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
3. Start the program.
C:\TEAM1> Type ABUSE [Enter]
Login as GUEST
Password is GUEST
2 - Macon Systems - Kieron Hardy - (719)520-1555
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM2 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM2 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM2> Type A:TEAM2 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
3. Start the program.
C:\TEAM2> If you have a color monitor, TYPE copy ncdc-c.ini ncdc.ini
C:\TEAM2> Type NCDC [Enter]
This program is limited to 35 records.
3 - Relational Analysis - Sam Youngman, Stan Quick - (301)565-8860
Need Oracle to run the system. To purchase Oracle, call Keith LeClaire at
415-595-0720 Ext: 346. Price for PC: $649.
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM3 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM3 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM3> Type A:TEAM3 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
4 - Droege Computing Services - Hoornaz Kuklan, Jimmy Lucas - (919)383-9749
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM4 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM4 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM4> Type A:TEAM4 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
3. Start the program.
C:\TEAM4> Type CPS [Enter]
5 - PC Concepts - Michael Smith, Michael Stewart - (201)613-1777
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM5 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM5 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM5> Type A:TEAM5 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
3. Start the program.
C:\TEAM5> Type ABUSE [Enter]
If you get this message: invalid clipper setting. You need to make sure your
clipper setting is:
V setting: Minimum 10 / Maximum 17
R setting: Minimum 16 / Maximum 35
F setting: Minimum 29
6 - Beckner Vision - John Beckner - (919)739-0170
Waiting for complete version
1. Create a new directory on your hard disk.
C:\> Type MD \ TEAM6 [Enter]
C:\> Type CD \ TEAM6 [Enter]
2. Copy the program to your hard disk.
C:\TEAM6> Type A:TEAM6 [Enter]
The software will unbundle. The files will explode and unshrink.
3. Start the program.
C:\TEAM6> Type CPT [Enter]
For Password [Enter]
Evaluation Results
1. Please comment on the idea of a developer's competition in
general. How can the concept be used more effectively?
"A brilliant win/win concept"
"I was originally a skeptic, but Tom devoted the considerable
resources needed to pull it off."
"Too many subjective judging criteria."
"The rule about completed applications was too vague, and
should be eliminated if it cannot be clarified. If the spec
is sufficient, the chances of unfair advantage is small."
"The competition is a great idea and seemed to be a great
success. The competition would have been more effective if
its specifications had been more generic. A lot of the terms
and requirements were more "Clipper" oriented than a database
application specification should be. For instance, "Execute
CHKDSK" is not particularly useful on a MacIntosh. If this
is a Clipper-only competition, then such requirements are
fair. Otherwise, it detracts from the main purpose of the
competition."
"Not possible - it was perfect."
"Great idea. Could be done more often or in various cities.
Need some way to limit use of libraries so competitors are on
more even level."
"State wide advertising."
"I think the idea is excellent but it appeared that the
programers could have had more complete results if they had
more time, (maybe a full day instead of 6 hrs).
"A wonderful way to network, advertise, develop skills and
encouragement for more knowledge."
"It was already used most effectively. There should be an
exhibitors hall, and more companies should be encouraged to
participate as exhibitors. *One note: All competitors should
receive a certificate of competition, suitable for framing for
our walls. And it's good advertising for the next event."
"I thought the idea was great. I believe the competition
should be more user oriented in the future though. An
application that has the ability to perform a function does
not necessarily mean "ease of use" for the end user. Since
the application is going to be used by the submitting firm,
it should perform the required functions gracefully. I saw
too many "features" that would require extensive training in
order for the average office employee to make use of them.
I realize that the amount of time limits what the developer
can do, but I think we owe it to the submitting firm to make
the application easy to use. Perhaps end users should be used
in the application judging process."
"I'm not sure if I get the point. Was it to sell one's ideas
to others? Not much sharing and discussing of methods went
on. Having said that, it was fun and useful."
2. What is your opinion of the application program example (Child
Protection System) used in the competition? What should have been
done differently?
"The choice of application could not have been better."
"A few minor quibbles - some of the fields in the client table
were probably more appropriate for placement in the abuse
(transaction) table. But system specs were both appropriate
and meaningful."
"Nice to have a meaningful application. Task was sized
perfectly for the 6 hour time frame."
"The application was the perfect size and mix (reports, data
loading, data entry screens). It was useful, interesting and
non-trivial. I enjoyed the pressure of trying to compete it
in the allowed time."
"Possibly could have added a graph. Other than that, it was
great."
"More points should be given to user interface, content, etc.,
and less points to reports. Program example used was good."
"Being a member of the CPT, I greatly appreciated the
selection of the CPT program application."
"Appropriate application-very thorough and complex. Perhaps
redo the percentages for judging-see below reports."
"Of course I am biased but I thought the problem of developing
a data base for this clinical problem was very important and
very interesting."
"The application could not have been better. I only wonder
who can benefit from next years' application as appropriately
as the CPT this year."
"The selection application was an admirable choice. I think
it would be a good idea to use the competition to help non-
profit organizations and charities develop software for their
needs at an affordable cost."
"Good example. Nice to have a real world example. More
background (written by client) would have been really useful."
3. What are your views on the judging procedure? How can it be
improved?
"Very professional and well thought out."
"Appeared to go O.K. - except for the time crunch. A second
version of judging should be developed for the next
competition, and CARE given to whether all judging criteria
can be addressed within existing time limits."
"20 minutes was too short. Maybe more teams of 3 could have
been used."
"20 minutes was not enough time for judging (30 perhaps?).
Maybe try using 3 judges for the first round of judging so you
would only need 2 phases of judging instead of 3. Make the
evaluation even more objective."
"This was obviously the toughest part. I guess the only thing
I can think of is to make it more regimented, as far as "You
must demo the program and show each function in an incredibly
specific order."
"The judges could act more professionally. I received very
negative comments about the Macintosh from a judge prior to
his review of my program. This showed a clear negative bias
and was not professional."
"As a computer illiterate, it would help the competitors to
present their programs according to the order of the
categories on the form."
"40% seemed too high for reports. Also, some competitors were
not completely sure on what they needed to do for the
presentation. Clarify that it is the developer's role to
explain their system to the judges. Also advise developers
to closely review the judging criteria."
"A stricter format for the competitors would have been helpful
so that all the judges could be sure each point had been
addressed."
"The judges themselves were good overall. Only one complaint.
Perhaps only one judge should be a programmer, as a judge-
consultant to other judges on the team. The winning team this
year was able to show ad-hoc query answers by use of a dot-
prompt. Very UN-user friendly."
"The judging procedures were fair, but time consuming. If
their were any more teams involved, it would have taken all
night to finish the judging. For the size of application, I
believe too much time was given on the second round of
judging. If the number of judges was limited to 3 or 4, more
applications could be judged simultaneously. Next year, if
there is a competition, you can be sure that more developers
will be involved."
"Need to have a more definite set of guidelines as to what
client needed."
4. The OMNI Hotel was used as the site of the 1991 competition.
What are your comments on this selection?
"Well organized, good value."
"Excellent. Staff very responsive & food was excellent."
"Perfect."
"It was O.K. for the competition since I drove from Raleigh.
However, I can't comment on the price of rooms since I didn't
stay there."
"Great food, excellent facilities-use it for 1992!"
"Excellent"
"Would prefer to see more exhibitors placed in exhibit halls
for electrical needs. I think that the set-up worked well.
Breakfast, lunch, etc."
"Do it again! Only problem was the laying of power cables.
Maybe we can do something about that next time."
"Hotel was OK. Banquet facilities would have been better if
we hadn't been rushed out and frozen."
5. Do you have any other comments or suggestions?
"Do it again, and make it a bigger and even better event."
"Let's do it again."
"Have award money available at awards banquet. Present wall
plaques to winners as well."
"Ease of learning/use should count for more of the total.
Getting ready for '92 - hope it happens. Thanks!!"
"Could use better review of specs, test data, and evaluation
criteria before the competition to reduce the interruptions
during the competition. Pay the awards at the awards dinner
to the individuals. Reduce time spent awarding "product", and
reduce number of people awarded "product". Need to strictly
enforce the rule that everyone must stay away from the
computer when time is up except when being judged."
"You had better have another one next year!"
"Appreciated the round robin prize selection at the end. This
gave all developers a chance at good products. The winners
get money, anyway, they should not complain."
"It was a very enjoyable experience."
"Continue the competition."
"A very interesting competition. The possible types of
applications programs are wide and varied. I hope the idea
flourishes."
"If we purchase proceedings, can we get the judge's form where
the applications were graded? I would like to see aggregate
scoring as well as individual scoring (leave off the scorers'
name, but show their category). If we cannot get this in the
package, Is it available to individual competitors?
Irregardless of this availability, I enclose my $50 check for
the proceedings."
"I was really surprised by the amount of software donated by
the vendor. Droege Computing Services did an excellent job
in organizing the competition. Many thanks to Tom Droege for
his time and effort."
"Looking forward to next year!"