EvangeList Digest Thursday, February 4 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1368
In this issue:
Tidbit - SuperBowl Ad Poll ?? - Multi Line Fax Modem For Mac ?? - NT V Mac Comparison(S) $$ - BBS In a Box 25 Ships PR - WebDoubler to Include IPNetRouter PR - Territory Manager Cross-Trade ?? - Networked Sales Database Required Tidbit - A News-And-Rumor Site... In Spanish Tidbit - Apple Retail Share Hits 37% In Japan Job - Corporate Sales Rep. (Orinda, CA) PR - Web Confidential 1.2
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:07:04 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - SuperBowl Ad Poll
This tidbit is from:
<mailto:DennyBeMe@aol.com>
The Palm Beach Interactive page has a poll going on about the Super Bowl commercials and other Super Bowl related subjects. The Apple commercial is one they are voting on. Address is <http://www.GoPBI.com/news/1999/02/01/polls.html> Lets let them know that we don't want to disappoint HAL.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:06:32 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Multi Line Fax Modem For Mac
This request is from:
"Robert G. Audet" <mailto:rgaudet@infomagic.com>
I am doing research for a group who has purchased a local "fax newspaper" that goes out 3-5 days/week to area businesses. The original system has been setup on a PC but I want to find out if there is a comparable fax setup for a Mac-based system. Here are the basics:
This 2 page "newspaper" in Quark is faxed to about 1000 local numbers; We want to be able to expand the dialed numbers as well as the phone lines; We need to send these faxes out over 6-8 lines at a time; It takes 6-8 hours of late night faxing to complete at 14,400bps.
The PC-based system has a SatisFAXtion 4000 Modem from Puredata with 4 lines per internal modem. The modems have their own coprocessor for speed and background faxing. The software has auto config and diagnostics aspects. PureData does NOT have a Mac based system
Do you know of a similar Mac-based system that would work for this setup? I am looking for this information as early as possible, preferably by 2/8/99. Please email me directly at <mailto:rgaudet@infomagic.com>. I'll share the results when they come in. Thanks in advance!
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:06:50 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - NT V Mac Comparison(S)
This request is from:
Jim Polaski <mailto:jpolaski@wwa.com>
Well, I'm fighting the Wintel battle in my son's parochial school. I had gotten "This close" to getting the school to switch from an NT server to a Mac Server( the first step) and ultimately Mac's for the classrooms due to COST. The Mac server is less costly to buy, set-up, install and administer than its NT counterpart . especially when the initial use are our school will be to bring the internet to the Lab via a Proxy Server like the Vicom product.
But now as of last week I'm back to square one. It seems that now the Archdiocese in Chicago's Office of Catholic Education is recommending NT and subsequently Windows solutions for the schools, inspite of the fact that the Archdiocese is closing schools due to financial reasons and looking for some state help. They claim they can "support NT " better since they ahve no Mac support and aren't planning on hiring any. Our school has only a computer teacher, much like others here, which means that they will either have to train the exisiting personnel or hire IS folks. Either one is a more expensive solution than administering Mac. But I'm praching to the choir.
But what I need is a CURRENT comparison of administration costs of a Mac v NT network. I've found all the old ones. Are there any new ones out there?
Whatever any of you can provide if there is enough data, I will post a summary in a few weeks.
Help folks! You know how they only believe numbers.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:07:31 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: $$ - BBS In a Box 25 Ships
This special offer is from:
AMUG CD Inc., <sales@amug.org>
BBS in a Box 25 Ships! BBS in a Box is the standard for Mac users wanting the highest quality Mac file library. The BBS in a Box 25 update CD is a GREAT personal library with file descriptions. You can view it on-line at <http://cdrom.amug.org/>
The CDs contain art, business, education, fonts, games, internet, midi, music, publishing, quicktime, system tools, internet tools, and utilities.
How to Purchase EvangeList members can purchase BBS in a Box 25 for $39.00 or the BBS in a Box 24 and 25 combo a 5 CD set for $59.00 during this special offer. You can also bundle Stuffit 5 with the CD for an additional $37.00. To participate send the appropriate amount plus $5.00 shipping US ($10 international) to:
AMUG CD, BBS-in-a-Box EvangeList offer 745 N. Gilbert Road #124-275 Gilbert, AZ 85234 United States of America
or order on-line at: https://www.amug.org/amug/store/http/amug-order.html
International orders please include $10.00 shipping. Visa/MC/AE/DISC may be utilized by calling (602) 497-2244 or Fax at 602-497-2266 or <mailto:sales@amug.org>. Include your name, address and phone for shipping.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:07:17 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - WebDoubler to Include IPNetRouter
This announcement is from:
Steve Isakson <mailto:steve@maxum.com>
Maxum Development today announced that WebDoubler, the company's Web Proxy Server for Mac OS, now offers LAN managers a complete network connectivity solution. IPNetRouter, from Sustainable Softworks, is now included free with WebDoubler, and provides software routing for IP networks.
IPNetRouter runs alongside WebDoubler on the same Macintosh. The package adds IP routing between multiple network interfaces, including ethernet and dialup connections. IPNetRouter also supports Network Address Translation, allowing private IP networks to access the public Internet. IPNetRouter features multihoming, multinoding and packet filtering capabilities.
WebDoubler is Maxum's high-performance Web proxy server for Mac OS. Targeted at classrooms and workgroups, WebDoubler accelerates Web surfing and provides advanced content-filtering for computers on LANs connected to the Internet. WebDoubler accelerates surfing through RAM and disk-based caching, utilizing proprietary StreamSharing (tm) technology. For content filtering, WebDoubler fully implements the industry standard PICS rating system, providing administrators with a wide array of filtering options.
The bundle creates a complete solution for Macintosh LAN administrators that need to connect school or business networks to the Internet. The combination of WebDoubler and IPNetRouter delivers full connectivity, as well as advanced Web caching and content filtering for LAN clients of any platform.
The bundle is retroactive, and all existing WebDoubler customers will receive a copy of IPNetRouter at no cost.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:06:04 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Territory Manager Cross-Trade
This announcement is from:
Bob Wheeler <mailto:softwaresolutions@worldnet.att.net>
With the recent release of Territory Manager 3.0 for the Macintosh, this leading sales automation software for the Macintosh is now the only mainstream contact manager/sales software for the Macintosh that is Y2K ready.
Bob Wheeler, president of Software Solutions was pleased to announce this accolade. "We were pleasantly surprised to hear through several news sources that Symantec's contact manager, ACT! for Macintosh [a leading competitor to Territory Manager] 'will not be certified as compliant under Symantec's Year 2000 Compliancy Warranty.'"
Even as many software companies are abandoning the Macintosh market, Software Solutions is renewing and demonstrating their commitment to the Macintosh market and to the Territory Manager product line.
CROSS-TRADE Users of Eudora's Now Contact or Symantec's ACT! for Macintosh may cross-trade to the Y2K ready version of Territory Manager for $149. "Basically, we are allowing Now users and ACT! users to upgrade to the latest version of Territory Manager just as if they were Territory Manager users," reports Bob Wheeler of Software Solutions. "We just don't want to see any Macintosh user abandoned."
Territory Manager is the premier sales automation package for the Macintosh. Now in it's third version, Territory Manager provides extensive sales-specific features not found in any other off-the-shelf application including in-depth sales analysis in addition to calendering, sales tracking, forecasting, letters, direct mail campaigns and more.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY Territory Manager retails for $395 and is available from select dealers and direct from Software Solutions through their website at <http://www.macapp.com> or at (812) 477-3181. Upgrades are available directly from Software Solutions.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:05:32 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Networked Sales Database Required
This request is from:
<mailto:eidltd@sb.net>
We have an urgent problem, and would appreciate any advice you can give us. Our sales office requires every employee to have access to a networked contact database, i.e. the server hosts the company database and each sales person accesses it via a client machine. Until now, we were using a program called Telemagic, which is on the foxpro platform. Unfortunately, Telemagic has a Y99 problem, which is forcing us to make a move to a new database *now*. Telemagic no longer makes a product for the macintosh.
After some serious research, I have not been able to find any off-the-shelf solution other than filemaker pro, which unfortunately would require me to spend some serious hours learning Filemaker Pro and customising (programming) the software for our purposes. This is not a viable option. The only other databases available for the Mac are single-machine contact managers like ACT and NOW UPTODATE which cannot be run off a server on a company-wide basis. I have discovered a program which has everything we could wish for in the way of features... Goldmine by Goldmine Inc. Unfortunately, it is only available for the PC. I am having a tough time justifying to the powers-that-be that we should stick with the Mac platform if we'll be running our two principal applications (the database and MS WORD, for mail merge) on Virtual PC or Softwindows.
Our Macs are older machines, and the Telemagic Y99 issue is forcing a company-wide hardware upgrade now. All of us would prefer our new machines to be Macintosh G3s, not Windoze boxes. Please help! Any evangelistas who know about suitable database applications for sales operations should please get in touch with me - Barbara Masin EID Ltd. <mailto:eidltd@aol.com> I am sure that there are many of us with this problem, so I will post a synopsis of the feedback back to the list.
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:07:48 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - A News-And-Rumor Site... In Spanish
This is to announce that Macuarium, the news and rumors site in Spanish, is back at cruise speed after solving some host problems. This site, which deals with late-breaking stories (like the Sony lawsuit against Connectix) and also goes in for some explaining (full VGS review), is very fond of Mac OS and hardware rumor (customizable G3 plastic bodies). It gets a lot of info from scouring and translating US sites, but has developed a few sources of its own and the beggining of a working relationship with much bigger and older sites. I believe it's the most "evangelising" site to be found in Spanish.
And it's only two weeks old. Our project list is enormous.
It could use some :-) promotion . And also any collaboration in its fields of interest. So I thought you might be able to do something about it, like posting this story and the Spanish note on the same atter that follows:
Macuarium, el site de actualidad del entorno Macintosh con noticias, reportajes y rumores actualizados en espaol, vuelve a estar on line despus de solventar pequeos problemas tcnicos. Para los que no lo conocis (todava demasiados), es un site de actualizacin casi diaria que trata temas de ltima hora (como la demanda de Sony contra Connectix del viernes), explicando algo los antecedentes (comentario exhaustivo de la versin 1.0 de la VGS) y buscando cada rumor consistente del Mac OS y su hardware ("carroceras" a la medida para los nuevos G3). Extrae mucha de su informacin de rebuscar y traducir sites estadounidenses, pero ya tiene algunas fuentes propias y el comienzo de relaciones de trabajo con sites mucho ms grandes y antiguos. Probablemente sea el site ms "evangelista" en espaol.
Y slo tiene dos semanas. La lista de proyectos es inacabable.
Le vendra bien algo :-) de promocin. Y cualquier colaboracin en las reas de inters que trabaja, o en el apartado grfico. As que pasad la voz. Y pasos por Macuarium.
Thanks for your help. Any ideas are welcome.
Miguel Cornejo <mailto:bigpriest@bigfoot.com> welcome.to/macuarium, start.at/macuarium, surf.to/macuarium, pagina.de/macuarium, & <http://www.macinsearch.com/users/macuarium/macuarium> (Todas dan al mismo sitio - it's all the same great place)
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:06:18 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Apple Retail Share Hits 37% In Japan
This tidbit is from:
JT <mailto:jxii@netscape.net>
Here's fantastic news on the Mac in Japan, Apple's second largest market. For the week of January 11, Apple tromped on every Wintel vendor with a 37.0% share of the entire PC retail market. That's not a misprint: that's 37.0%.
Market shares here are from BCN, a trade publication that tracks retail shares through POS data from 200+ major computer retailers in the three largest urban markets.
The original iMac's retail market share has yet to dip below 10% since its introduction last August 29. It's been the top-selling PC every week, usually with a share two or three times that of its closest competitor. The industry is still marveling at this ongoing record, achieved with an unprecedented lack of discounting.
The new revision models and Apple Japan's 1% "Smart Loan" campaign kicked iMac share higher from November. On January 17, the last day of the successful loan program, Apple Japan gave the iMac its first price break, dropping price from 178,000 yen to 128,000. Market share for the iMac alone shot to 28.8% for the week. The runner-up, an NEC laptop, choked on apple-scented fumes with a paltry 5.3%. Apple took 37.0% of retail sales that week; ex-ruler of the market NEC was left with 23.1%.
The following week, the five new colored iMacs debuted. All five colors made the Top 15 retail sales ranking for the week of January 18 to 24 -- despite going on sale on the 24th! (Consumer preferences for that one day, in order: blueberry, strawberry, grape, lime and tangerine.) With the Bondi blue iMac still taking over 10% of the market, Apple posted a 29.6% retail share, again defeating NEC and the rest.
Needless to say, the computer press remains flabbergasted over this takeover of the retail market by Macs. But they'll get used to it. Apple is now the #1 PC vendor in Japan, and a Mac has been the top-selling PC -- by a huge margin -- for 22 weeks and counting.
These are great statistics to recall the next time some "analyst" speaks of a tiny Mac market. And if you hear that lie of "Macs are too expensive", kindly let the "analyst" know that of the Top 15 retail models in Japan, the iMac is the cheapest, week after week.
Of course, this is only the retail PC market, and only one measurement of it. Apple's share of the entire market -- retail, enterprise, education, etc. -- is lower. But it's definitely rising, and stealing points from you-know-who!
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 05:12:20 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: Job - Corporate Sales Rep. (Orinda, CA)
Job opening: Corporate Sales Representative, Dantz Development Corporation
Dantz Development Corporation, makers of the award winning Retrospect backup software, is seeking motivated individuals with strong verbal, written and telephone communication skills. We offer a fun and supportive work environment with great benefits.
As part of our US Sales team, you will help to increase sales of Dantz's backup software through extensive outbound telephone contact, including corporate, government and educational accounts. You will promote our products to targeted accounts so that the customers who would benefit from Dantz's backup solution are clearly presented with salient reasons to buy and standardize on Dantz products.
Primary Responsibilities:
- -Use telephone skills to identify and develop business with corporate customers. - -Meet daily target of attempts to reach customers and prospects. - -Research, qualify and develop new accounts. Educate prospects on the importance of backup and on backing up with Dantz products. - -Facilitate direct sales orders, conduct database searches, plan and coordinate regional seminars as necessary. - -Over time, manage and support existing accounts (e.g., promote and assist with upgrades and on expanded use of Dantz products). - -Provide a daily report of activities. - -Represent Dantz at trade shows and user groups events as necessary. - -Qualify and follow up on leads from trade shows and user group events. - -Continue educating self on knowledge of Dantz's products, devices and the industry in general. - -Be the customers' advocate.
Requirements:
- -Team player - -Good written, verbal, and telephone communication skills - -Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize - -Familiarity with the Mac OS
Interested applicants, please fax cover letter (state salary requirement) and resume to Ms. D'Argent at 925-253-9099 or via email to human_resources@dantz.com. No calls please.
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Start up Kick butt Cash out
<http://www.garage.com/>
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:05:27 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Web Confidential 1.2
This announcement is from:
Alco Blom, alco@xs4all.nl
PR - Web Confidential 1.2
Where do you keep your confidential data?
Like most people these days, you've probably got a growing number of user IDs, passwords, registration keys, PINs, serial numbers, and the like, stored in various places on your Mac or scribbled on miscellaneous pieces of paper around your home or office. When you stop and think about it, you probably have more of these pesky bits of information scattered about than you realize.
The proliferation of the Internet is exacerbating this situation. Increasing numbers of commercially-oriented sites, such as the NY Times, require some form of registration even simply to view content. Other transaction-oriented sites, such as Amazon.com, or personalized newsites, such as My Yahoo, require passwords for personal services.
Now there is a software program to manage passwords and the like: it is called Web Confidential. It uses an intuitive, easy-to-use cardfile metaphor which will enable even novice users to get up to speed in no time. Power users will find a large number of options to enable them to configure Web Confidential to meet their specific needs.
Web Confidential uses the Blowfish algorithm to protect your data. Your key can be up to 448 bits in length. Blowfish is fast and very secure.
Web Confidential 1.2 is available in English and Japanese.
Please download from:
<http://www.web-confidential.com>
Contact: Alco Blom <mailto:alco@xs4all.nl>
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