Niakwa On-Line News Brief  
Volume 8 No. 1 Community News & Information February 19, 2004 In this issue: VISUAL NPL SURVEY LINUX BETA AVAILABLE VISUAL NPL SURVEY
As announced in our last On-Line News Brief, Niakwa is currently developing the next version of Visual NPL. The existing versions are based on the use of Visual Basic 6 (VB6), whereas the new version is based on the use of Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET). The drastic differences between VB6 and VB.NET have called into question some current techniques, such as Change List Programming. If you are a current user of Visual NPL it is VERY IMPORTANT that you tell us what techniques are important to you, to insure that they will still be available. Please fill out the survey at:
http://www.niakwa.com/products/vnplsurv.htm Thank you!
LINUX BETA AVAILABLE
There is a new RunTime specifically designed for Linux. Also included is a new version of NDM designed for use with the PostgreSQL database. The beta version will ship any day, so if you are a renewed reseller and are interested in Linux, please sign up now! The Beta Ordering Supplement is available here:
http://www.nikawa.com/gold/download/BETAORDL.PDF If you are not a renewed reseller, but are interested in the beta, please contact us at support@niakwa.com. NOTE: This version of NPL is designed for SuSE Linux 8.2 operating environments and NDM for PostgreSQL on SuSE Linux. The use of any other distribution of Linux or PostgreSQL is NOT supported. It is VERY IMPORTANT that before attempting to use this RunTime that you already have some experience with SuSE Linux, and that before attempting to use this version of NDM that you already have some experience with PostgreSQL on SuSE Linux. Niakwa does not have the knowledge or the manpower to support those products; we can only support our own products. | 
