Got this in my inbox today - might be of interest to some in this group. I don't know anything about them- forwarding it as interesting info only. Note: It starts in about an hour! -- Join us at SearchDatabase.com TODAY, Friday, November 3rd at 11:00 Eastern (16:00 GMT) for a Live Expert Q&A with Simon Williams, CEO of Lazy Software. Mr. Williams will answer your questions in real-time on the following topic: "The Associative Model: An Alternative to Relational Databases". Log on at: http://www.searchdatabase.com/searchDatabase_Chat_Login_Page/1,281918,,00.html The Associative Model is the first new database architecture since the advent of object technology in the 1980's. Mr. Williams will discuss how this new technology overcomes the limitations of the relational and object models. Simon Williams founded Lazy Software in 1998 to pioneer the Associative Model of Data. Previously he was founder and chief executive of Synon Corporation, the foremost supplier of application development tools for IBM's AS/400 platform. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Ned Lilly e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vice President w: www.greatbridge.com Evangelism / Hacker Relations v: 757.233.5523 Great Bridge, LLC f: 757.233.5555