EvangeList Digest Friday, May 1 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1171
In this issue:
Tidbit - Windows 98 (95.5!) Preview Tidbit - Time Magazine Still Likes Macs Job - Software Architect (Minneapolis, MN) Job - Mac-oriented System Administrator (Norwood, MA) Tidbit - May Poster Offer PR - StrainMan 1.0 (Microbial Genetic Research Organizer) Followup - Horse Stable Management Software Tidbit - Steve Wozniak Q & A Tidbit - Mac Sighting on Earth: Final Conflict Tidbit - Network World inFusion Mac Forum $$ - Web Crossing 3.0 $$ - Apple T-shirts Book
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:28 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Windows 98 (95.5!) Preview
This tidbit is from:
jaeger.f.c., <jaeger.cfam@bluewin.ch>
I've just read this at CNN web site, talking about Windows 98:
"I write this with a heavy heart: Where's the innovation? As vilified as "Win95" was for its copycat Macintosh look, it was still a significant advancement in ease of use, simplicity on the screen and progress toward plug and play. Over at the "other OS" when Apple released OS8, it represented major benefits over the 7 series. A day with Windows 98 does not show similar improvements."
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:28 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Time Magazine Still Likes Macs
This tidbit is from:
Lang, Adam, <adam.lang@caere.com>
In their May 4, 1998 edition, Time published a 'First Peek at Windows 98.' It had a lot more information about the current legal situation than it did the actual OS, which (at least in my opinion) is definitely a step up from Windows 95, not that that is in any way difficult. The end of the article, though, shows that somebody at Time is still in the Mac camp:
"...for serious PC users, [70 mb of hard drive space is] a small price to pay to keep pace with the ever improving Windows. Hey, these days it's almost as good as a Mac."
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:33 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Job - Software Architect (Minneapolis, MN)
This job announcement is from:
David Durkee, <ddurkee@earthlink.net>
Multi-Ad Services, a long time developer of advertising software for the MacOS, is looking to expand its development team. We have opportunities for programmers with demonstrated experience creating applications for the Macintosh and enthusiasm for the Mac platform. We require knowledge of C and some experience programming with the Macintosh toolbox. C++ experience strongly preferred. Additional qualifications that would make you more useful to us include understanding of object-oriented programming and the use of frameworks; expertise in PostScript; programming experience in desktop publishing, graphics, or word processing areas; experience writing text editing code for non-Roman languages or knowledge of a non-Roman language; deep knowledge of MacOS technologies such as AppleScript, ColorSync, GX Graphics and Typography; mystical knowledge of Apple's future plans. Rhapsody, Windows 95 or NT programming experience can't hurt either.
Our software development department located in Eden Prairie, MN (just outside of Minneapolis) maintains a casual atmosphere with flexible hours, talented, interesting coworkers, and free coffee. Multi-Ad Services, Inc. is an employee-owned company with medical and dental benefits, annual stock distributions, and a 401K plan.
Principals only. Send resume by mail to e-mail to:
David Durkee Software Project Leader Multi-Ad Services, Inc. 7668 Golden Triangle Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 <ddurkee@multiad.com>
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:31 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Job - Mac-oriented System Administrator (Norwood, MA)
This job announcement is from:
Josh Turiel, <josht@janeshouse.com>
I've written the following job posting for local newspapers, and I figured it'd be a huge help to post here on the EvangeList, too. I'm currently the IS Manager at this company, and I'm leaving in late May to join a larger organization. I want to replace myself with a superior network guru, the kind of person who thinks in packets. If you're that person, read the below ad:
Adlife, a fast-growing retail advertising agency in Norwood, MA is seeking a System Administrator to maintain their network of NT servers and Macintoshes. Candidates should have NT and/or Unix skills, a thorough understanding of protocols such as FDDI, IP, and AppleTalk, and need to be fluent in the Mac OS. A Solaris migration on the server side is tentatively planned for this summer, so experience there is good, too Certifications (MCSE, ASE) helpful but not required. Please send resumes (with salary requirements and references) to:
Adlife Marketing & Communications Attn: Systems Department 555 University Avenue Norwood, MA 02062
or e-mail to <evangelist@adlife.com> (this is an address I'm setting up just for resumes off this listserv)
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:34 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - May Poster Offer
This tidbit is from:
Charlie Monroe, <csm@bellsouth.net>
Okay, here's one everybody can get into....
This month's poster is a "computer sticker". It would have been a bumper sticker, but the inks don't hold up well outdoors.
Send us your design / message and we'll put it on a computer sticker for you. It's printed on removable vinyl, so feel free to come up with an interesting message you could stick on a Windoze anchor or (better yet) your favorite Mac or anywhere else that's crying out for a sticker. For some ideas check out <www.legalist.com/temp/may/bumpers.html>.
E-mail your text or attach your design along with your snail mail address to <tadah@legalist.com> and we'll output your message in full color on a 3.5inch x12inch sticker. Then send us $1.00 (when you get a chance) to A/V Designs 4343 Shallowford Road, Suite C-2B, Marietta, Georgia 30062.
For those of you outside the U.S., send us any sort of paper money equivalent to $1.00 +/- and we'll add it to our *global designs* wall. We're still trying to make it around the world virtually.
The only restriction is, as usual, the content has to be PG. Otherwise its wide open to anyone even if you only have Simpletext on your machine!
BTW check out several of the posters that came in during March and April at <http://www.legalist.com/temp/march/posters.html>. We had some great submissions. If you have the time, drop the author a note and let them know what a great job they did.
Stay tuned for June's offer...here's a hint: You'll want to wear it out!
- -Charlie Monroe PosterMaker to the Evangelist
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:39 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - StrainMan 1.0 (Microbial Genetic Research Organizer)
Keyword: Market by market, Science
This announcement is from:
<Caesar.Software@nh.ultranet.com>
Caesar Software, LLC <http://www.caesarsoftware.com> today announced the release of StrainMan 1.0, its new software product to help scientists involved in microbial genetic research organize and document their strain collections.
"StrainMan is a command-and-control center for microbial genetic research. It provides powerful tools to manage the large amounts of complex information related to a strain collection" according to Dr. Robert S. Negm <negm@caesarsoftware.com>>, President of Caesar Software LLC. "StrainMan demonstrates Caesar Software's commitment to bring innovative applications of computer technology to the scientific community."
Scientists engaged in bacterial genetics can generate hundreds of modified strains every week, making it difficult to track each strain's genetic characteristics. Detailed record keeping is essential, since without detailed records, a strain collection is virtually useless. In many laboratories, information regarding a given strain is divided among notebooks, file cards and individual memories. Efforts to retrieve and summarize the data from these varied sources are inconvenient and inefficient.
Caesar Software developed StrainMan to provide scientists with a solution to the problems of collecting and organizing microbial genetic data. The principal advantages offered by StrainMan are a well-organized and comprehensive description of each strain's characteristics, easy retrieval of strain information, and the ability to publish any portion of the database on the Worldwide Web.
Available now, StrainMan 1.0 runs on computers using the Macintosh, Windows95 and WindowsNT operating systems, and is priced at $995 ($795 for academic users). Fully functional trial versions of the program are available for download at:
<http://www.caesarsoftware.com>
Headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Caesar Software LLC was founded in 1997 to provide innovative computer solutions to the scientific community.
StrainMan was developed on Macs by Mac users. It happens to operate on Windows too, but the look, feel and design is all Macintosh. While users of the program need to have spent years learning the science this program is used for, learning to use the program only takes a few minutes.
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:33 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - Horse Stable Management Software
This follow-up message is from:
Michael Hanna, <_alchemy_@yahoo.com>
Apologies for taking so long in doing this follow-up. Hope everybody didn't go out and buy a Windows machine because of my tardiness ;-)
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EQUEST-I-TECH - -------------
Dave Markant Hometown Information Technologies Equest-I-Tech Division Rochester, NY
** This is a custom Filemaker Pro application. Comes highly recommended by moi.
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ANIMAL*TRAC - -----------
** Animal*Trac at 1-800-645 9149 <http://www.cyberhorse.com/antrac.htm>
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HORSETRAK - ---------
** Horsetrak Business for Macintosh: $99.95 System requirements: Apple Macintosh (68030 or better recommended), hard drive, minimum 4 MB Ram (8 MB recommended), System 6.0 or later (Compatible and optimized for System 7.X) Client Data Entry, Horse Data Entry, Health Data Entry, Service List, Charges and Payments Form, Check Register, Monthly Calendar, Daily Calendar and Pedigree. Company: Forest Enterprises in Alabama 1-800-798-4422
<http://www.horsetrak.com>
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HORSEBYTE - ----------
** Couldn't find any information on this one. You may try <info@horsebyte.com>
<http://www.horsebyte.com>
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EQUIMAC - -------
** EquiMac $495.00 Works on any Macintosh with at least 1 megabyte of memory and a hard drive. Provides pedigree reports, tracks breeding information as well as general health records. It also provides good accounting for bills and tracking expenses. Equine Software Company:
Daniel Schlather <Daniel-Schlather@worldnet.att.net> Tinker Enterprises
** Daniel can make a custom Hypercard application
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Special thanks to: George Slusher, Carol Creasy, Kitty Wieschhoff, larryaf, Kyrie Garretson, Pat Fitz, Dr. Edward M. Covelli, Jr, Matthew Stevens, /Casey
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:27 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Steve Wozniak Q & A
This tidbit is from:
<online@dailycal.org>
Apple Computer inventor and UC Berkeley graduate Steve Wozniak has been selected by the UC Berkeley Senior Class Council as this year's commencement speaker. His comments on student life at UC Berkeley and how he sees the future of technology can be found in a four-part interview on today's edition of the Daily Californian Online.
Feel free to link to, or redistribute this article (provided it mentions the Daily Californian and is unaltered).
The article can be found at the following address:
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:44 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Mac Sighting on Earth: Final Conflict
George Wagner, <g.wagner@sylvania.sev.org>
This tidbit from
<g.wagner@sylvania.sev.org> (George Wagner)
For anyone who watches Earth: Final Conflict, they were suprised with a prominant display of Apple products. During a court trial, the Prosecutor had a PowerBook and a Newton 2000 or 2100, and the defense had a Newton 130. It seems that even in this technologially advanced world (the defense worked for the advanced alien race), they superiority of Apple products are obvious.
George L. Wagner Jr. Computers, Support, & Consulting <g.wagner@sylvania.sev.org> <http://users.aol.com/aaprglw/csc.html>
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:40 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Network World inFusion Mac Forum
This tidbit is from:
Steve Lim, <skul@MIT.EDU>
Network World 'inFusion' is conducting a forum on the viability of supporting the Mac in a Wintel world.
Users are encoraged to participate in the discussion, although a (free) registration on the site is required:
<http://www.nwfusion.com/>
The page along with the discussion can be found at the following URL:
<http://www.nwfusion.com/forum/macintosh.html>
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:42 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Web Crossing 3.0
This special offer is from:
tim lundeen, <tlundeen@lundeen.com>
Web Crossing is the leading software package for Web-based discussions, running at places such as Apple, Excite, the New York Times, CNN, c|net, Salon Internet, and CitiCorp.
Web Crossing provides an integrated server-side solution for building Internet communities, managing corporate communications, or helping workgroups be more productive.
- -- 3.0 Features --
* Web-based discussions, as if on a bulletin board * Chat rooms for real-time discussions * Newsgroups * E-mail list mirroring * Member directory services * High-performance indexed search engine * Access control and user groups * Direct Web service or use your existing Web server * Server-side scripting for complete customization and server-side application development * Highly scalable to millions of page-views per day * Web Crossing/Workgroup prices start at $395
Web Crossing is developed on the Mac first, and then ported to most platforms. Versions are available for Windows 95, NT, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, and most other Unix platforms.
For more information, please see our site at <http://webcrossing.com/>.
Mention MacEvangelist and receive a 25% discount on new server licenses through May 29, 1998.
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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 02:06:41 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Apple T-shirts Book
This special offer is from:
G. Thygeson, <gordon@appletshirts.com>
The book "Apple T-Shirts" has sold well since its introduction in late January and EvangeListas have been our most loyal customers. It has been three months since the book was posted on the 'List and we still have people telling us that's where they heard about it.
To thank all of you for your great support we are offering a 10% discount to all EvangeListas. When ordering at our web site, simply type "EvangeList" (case sensitive, no quotes) in the "How did you hear about Apple T-Shirts?" text field. The discount is applied automatically.
Thanks for your orders!
"Apple T-Shirts: A Yearbook of History at Apple Computer" is a hardbound, full-color book containing photographs of over 1000 shirts created over the entire 20 year history of the company. It is a colorful look at the history of Apple through its most creative and unseen outlet -- its t-shirts.
Our best review yet was recently posted by Mark Delfs on the MacTimes Network. <http://www.mactimes.com/different/archive/shirt.html> And a picture of me and 27 Apple t-shirts is in the May issue of Wired magazine.
The book is for sale at www.AppleTshirts.com for $39.95 (now 35.96 for EvangeListas) plus shipping. The EvangeList discount applies to orders of 1 to 5 books; substantial discounts already apply to orders of 6 or more. See the order page of our web site for details.
<http://www.appletshirts.com/Order/Order.html>
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