Everyone, I just returned from the Borland Developer Conference in Los Angeles. This year's conference was excellent, as always, and at the conference Borland announced the immediate availability of Kylix Open Edition (http://www.borland.com/about/press/2001/kylix_open.html) which you can download right now from (http://www.borland.com/downloads/). There are a lot of other downloads available from there, as well. We showed Kylix just after its release in April at the Twin Cities Linux Solutions Conference. Many of you may have seen us there at the Borland booth. We are also planning a demonstration of Kylix to the LUG, so there will be an announcement made about the date shortly. Why Kylix? Why do I care? OK, first question first. Because I think anyone using Linux for anything more than running a web browser can make use of Kylix. Kylix is a general purpose programming tool that anyone can become productive with in literally a few minutes. In other words, you can write any kind of compiled executable you want, and do it faster than you could ever before. A beginning programmer can use the component based, graphical IDE to make a simple graphical user interface to manage their CD collection in minutes, but at the same time, an experienced developer can create an email server or a low-level Linux system program with the same kind of productivity and speed benefits. I could go on for a long time about what you can do with Kylix better and faster than other software development tools, but I suggest that you download it, give it a try, and see for yourself that Kylix is revolutionary and there is nothing else like it for writing Linux software. Now, why do I care so much? Have you ever believed 100% in something that other people don't seem to have ever heard about, or if they have heard about it they have received incomplete or false information? Ever feel like if people would JUST GIVE IT A TRY they would understand? Ever used Linux? :) I would like you to know about Kylix and to experience the programming power that Kylix delivers to make your life better and more fun, the same power that I have been helping to unleash since 1994 when I fired up a beta version of Delphi 1.0. I knew from that day that I was working with the best software development tool that had been created and I still feel that way when I fire up Delphi 6 and Kylix. I care because of an uncontrollable and strange love of good technology that I know every Linux user understands. I hope you download Kylix and give it a try. We will see you hopefully in August or soon thereafter at the TCLUG meeting to demonstrate Kylix! -Mark P.S. For those who are interested, we are co-hosting a day-long event with Borland to introduce Borland Delphi 6 and Kylix (free! with lunch!) this August 7th at the Thunderbird Hotel. For more information, and to sign up, visit http://www.borland.com/events/seminars/delphi6_kylix/. If you can't make it during the day, you may be interested in attending the Twin Cities PC User group Delphi 6 and Kylix rollout event in the evening which starts at 7, also at the Thunderbird Hotel. If you have any questions or comments, email the list or if it is something you don't think everyone would like to know about, feel free to email me directly. ============================ Mark Theiste markt at logicworksinc.com Logicworks, Inc. http://www.logicworksinc.com Phone: 952 891 3415 Fax: 952 953 4764 ============================