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COMMERCIAL: Conetic Software - C/BASE 4GL and C/BOOKS Accounting Support Linux 1.1.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Aug 19 10:34:58 1995
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 19:09:43 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Andy Garza <andy@conetic.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Conetic Software - C/BASE 4GL and C/BOOKS Accounting Support Linux 1.1.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Editorial Contact: Andres J. Garza CEO
Conetic Software Systems 4GL and Accounting Software Support Linux 1.1
Operating System.
San Antonio, Texas -- May 9, 1995 -- Conetic Software Systems, Inc., a
developer of database development tools and accounting software for Unix-,
DOS-, and Windows-based computers, has announced support for LINUX 1.1
Operating System. The Conetic product line consists of C/BASE,
a 4GL application development system, and C/BOOKS, a set of nine integrated
accounting modules that range from general ledger to job costing.
According to Andres Garza, Chief Executive Officer of Conetic Software,
the Conetic product line offers LINUX users the ability to transcend computer
hardware and operating system boundaries.
"Given the wild fluctuation of the computer industry, it's comforting to know
that system managers can maintain software investments across a wide variety
of platforms. We can do this by maintaining compatible data structure
alignment across all C/BASE 4GL Version 3.8 platforms. This allows
applications and data to be moved/copied to any other support platform
--and run without recoding or time consuming data conversions."
"So if one of our users has an application created under MS-DOS, he could
easily move it to LINUX or any other support platform. " Garza said.
"Imagine: Just copy your application which you created in a Unix
character-based terminal to a PC running MS-Windows and see it run in
seconds."
C/BASE 4GL
The powerful authoring tool C/BASE 4GL has been the foundation for all of
the Conetic products since 1979. Today this tool and database engine has
thousands of installations around the world. The software centers on a
visually driven menu interface for the novice users and a feature packed
script language for the expert users. Unlike other 4GL's, C/BASE 4GL offers an extremely low learning curve for new users.
C/BOOKS
C/BOOKS includes nine integrated accounting modules that include general
ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, payroll, order
entry, inventory, purchase orders and job costing. All of the modules can
be customized to accommodate changing financial requirements and regulations.
In addition, new applications can be interfaced directly into any of these
existing accounting modules. C/BOOKS modules include "C/BASE 4GL source code",
allowing users to enhance data-file structure, data entry screens, reports
and menus.
One of the many unique features C/BOOKS offers is "real-time posting" --
on-line instant updates. With C/BOOKS there is no need for time-consuming
batch postings. "This is an exceptional feature when you consider the cost
of user downtime due to batch postings," Garza said. "C/BOOKS offers todays
multi-user organizations, the real-time performance they desire."
INTERNET SUPPORT
Strong Unix integration has long been recognized as an outstanding asset by
Conetic users. Today's INTERNET user will quickly come to appreciate this
powerful, fundamental building block. C/BASE 4GL standard distribution
comes ready to run as a World-Wide-Web database server. C/BASE 4GL commands
can be used inside a CGI "perl" or "shell" script command for data extraction,
input and update. In addition, C/BASE 4GL reports can also be used to create
dynamic HTML forms with virtual hypertext links. Be sure to look for
Conetic's World-Wide-Web database server at "www.conetic.com".
USER PRICING
Conetic's flexible licensing policy for C/BASE and C/BOOKS allow customers to
pay only for what they use. All Conetic standard modules are licensed by the
total number of concurrent users, regardless of computer hardware platforms.
"Most software vendors license their modules by hardware platform class,
" Garza said. "This is truly an archaic method for licensing software.
In June of 1990 Conetic Software adopted a new "concurrent number of user"
pricing policy. This new pricing policy can be best compared to purchasing
gasoline for your car. Where the car is equivalent to your hardware platform
and one gallon of gasoline is equivalent to one concurrent user. When
purchasing 10 gallons of gasoline for a Mercedes or for Hyundai do you pay a
different price? Should you pay a different price? No, 10 gallons of
gasoline is the same price regardless how much you paid for your car.
A 4 concurrent user license is the same price for a $3,000 or $100,000
hardware platforms. "
SPECIAL OFFER
For a limited time Conetic Software is offering a evaluation DEMO DEVELOPMENT
KIT for LINUX 1.1. This evaluation set includes C/BASE 4GL development
[2 concurrent users], C/BASE Utilities [advance development for C programmers]
and C/BASE International Utilities. The evaluation DEMO KIT is restricted to
1000 records per datafile and 2 concurrent users. The DEMO KIT is FREE if
download via the INTERNET. For individuals which do not have access to the
INTERNET, Conetic's will be glad to ship a DEMO KIT UPS Ground any where
in the U.S.A. for a fee of $25.
For more information about C/BASE 4GL and or C/BOOKS, including prices,
contact SALES at:
Conetic Software Systems, Inc.
1012 Navarro
San Antonio, Texas 78205-3806
Voice: (210) 225-5185
FAX: (210) 271-0844
WWW: http://www.conetic.com
E-mail: info@conetic.com
____________________________________________________________
C/BASE 4GL is a trademark of Conetic Software Systems, Inc.
C/BOOKS is a registered trademark of Conetic Software Systems, Inc.
MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Inc.
MS-DOS is a trademark of Mircosoft Corporation Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.
All names, products and services mentioned are the trademark or registered trademark of their respective organizations.
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