At 02:56 PM 16-01-00 +0200, you wrote:

>Obviously, IBDI "inner ring" needs to be even stronger it is now. If people
>like Paul Beach and Bill Karwin were available, it would of course be
>ideal. But there are also (as it seems) quite many of those, who left
>Interbase corp. lately (within a year or so). Maybe they should be invited
>to the development group management.
>
>
>Veli-Matti
>
>Ps. When talking about IB's originators, shouldn't Jim Starkey be mentioned?

The "inner ring" is pretty strong now and is getting augmented almost daily
with
active people who have agreed to add their special skills to the
effort. We should
be able to give you more information about the team once Inprise announces its
intentions. It's just not possible to make everybody visible. Just know
that we're
as close as we can get to the right folks.

AFAIK, Jim Starkey gets mentioned a lot. For those of you who don't know who
Jim is, he was one of IB's original architects (along with Ann H) and still
contributes
to the Mers list from time to time.

And of course Jim is one of the low visibility, high-calorie people. :-)

Helen