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NEWS: 1997 Shareware Award Nominations -- an OS/2 application in every category!

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Esther Schindler)
Fri May 2 19:47:33 1997

To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 2 May 1997 23:37:54 GMT
From: esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)
Reply-To: esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)


Reply-to:     esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)
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I thought you'd like to see this information!

Feel free to spread the word, far and wide. There is an OS/2 shareware
application in EVERY category.

More information about the Shareware Industry Conference is available at
http://www.sic.org.

--Esther Schindler

    30-Apr-97  13:47:53
Sb: 1997 SIA Nominations
Fm: Michael E. Callahan 75766,344
To: ALL

All,

It is my great pleasure to announce the nominees for the 1997 Shareware
Industry Awards. This year I'm especially pleased because for the first time
we have nominations from all of the top platforms, Windows/DOS, OS/2, and
Macintosh. On behalf of the other board members of the Shareware Industry
Awards Foundation, I would like to extend my congratulations to ALL of the
nominees!

Please Note: If you are the company/author of a nominated program please
contact me via email at:

    mike@drff.com

I would like to have a Web address and an FTP link to your program. In this
way we can insure that all of the judges, and the public, have easy access to
your product.

                        Sincerely,

                   Michael E. Callahan
                 aka Dr. File Finder (tm)
           Shareware Industry Awards Foundation

         1997 Shareware Industry Awards Nominations
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Best Utility

FontFolder - Cliff Cullum - OS/2
ClipMate - Thornsoft Development - Windows/DOS
ZipFolders - Mijenix Corporation - Windows/DOS
FM2 - Bare Bones Software - OS/2
Keyboard Express - Insight Software Solutions - Windows/DOS

Best Application

ZOC - EmTec - OS/2
Cool Edit 96 - Syntrillium Software - Windows/DOS
PMView - Peter Nielsen - OS/2
ThumbsPlus - Cerious Software - Windows/DOS
MacSoup    - Stefan Kurth - MAC

Best Graphics/Multimedia Program/Utility

PMView - Peter Nielsen - OS/2
PaintShop Pro 95 - JASC, Inc. - Windows/DOS
Animagic GIF - Right To Left Software - Windows/DOS
JPEG View - Aaron Giles - MAC
Main Actor -  MainConcept - OS/2

Best Vertical Market Program/Utility

Family Tree - Nils Meier - OS/2
J-Works - MicroWorks, Inc. - Windows/DOS
Conversion Pro - J.F. Kaminsky - OS/2
KeyBoard Express - Insight Software Solutions - Windows/DOS

Best Business/Finance Program

E-Teller - Paul Caron - OS/2
FF Billing Manager Pro - M&R Technologies - Windows/DOS
SmartDraw 95 - SmartDraw Software - Windows/DOS
TaxDollars -  BT&T Consumer Tech - OS/2

Best Word Processing Application/Utility

SpellGuard - 2Rud Software - OS/2
ShortKeys - Insight Software Solutions - Windows/DOS
BBEdit Lite - Bare Bones Software - MAC
HTML Studio - Panacea Software - OS/2
WebExpress - MicroVision Development, Inc. - Windows/DOS

Best Educational Program

WinFlash - Open Window Software - Windows/DOS
Tablica/2 - Peter Rachwal - OS/2
GeoClock - GeoClock - Windows/DOS
Vocabulary Modern -  Robert VonMoss - OS/2

Best Home/Hobby Program

Family Tree - Nils Meier - OS/2
Sky Map - Chris Marriott - Windows/DOS
Holiday Lights - Barefoot Productions - Windows/DOS
Dark Sky - Brian Simpson - OS/2

Best Internet Program/Utility

ICQ - Mirabilis, Inc. - Windows/DOS
In-Joy - Bjarne Jensen - OS/2
MR/2 Ice - Knightware Software Solutions - OS/2
WebExpress - MicroVision Development - Windows/DOS
PMMail - SouthSide Software - OS/2
MacSoup - Stefan Kurth - MAC

Best Entertainment Program

Entertainment Pack for OS/2 - Peter Wansch - OS/2
Diablo - Sonny Wasinger - Windows/DOS
Realmz - Fantaosoft, LLC. - MAC
FM Cards -  Felix Maschek - OS/2
Ancient Ivory - LatticeWorks Software, Inc. - Windows/DOS

Best Action/Arcade Game

Fire Fight - EPIC/Chaos Works/Electronic Arts/ - Windows/DOS
MasterRoids - Roman Komary - OS/2
Quake - id Software - Windows/DOS
Roids - Hungry Man Software - OS/2

Most Innovative New Product

ICQ - Mirabilis, Inc. - Windows/DOS
XIT - CodeSmith - OS/2
ZipFolders - Mijenix Corporation - Windows/DOS
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