From: it1@ra.msstate.edu (Tim Tsai)
Subject: Re: Windows NT Shareware Contest for COMDEX 92
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Keywords: Contest Windows NT Shareware prizes
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:18:32 GMT

  Gee, wasn't this one of the ideas proposed by Bert for OS/2 a few
months ago?  Of course since IBM isn't making the development tools
available to general users cheaply (no, I don't think $295 is cheap),
this may not be such a hot idea for OS/2 afterall..

brianmo@microsoft.com (Brian Moran) writes:
>The Windows NT Shareware Contest

>Move your Windows 3.x or other Shareware* application to Windows NT
>and win some fantastic prizes.  Even if you're not a winner, you'll
>receive your choice of Microsoft Beethoven, Microsoft Money, or
>Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows, just for entering!

>Sponsored by Microsoft, CompuServe, Jolt Cola, NEC, and Nanao, in
>conjunction with the Association of Shareware Professionals, the
>contest provides the opportunity to have your 32 bit Shareware
>application previewed by thousands at this year's Fall Comdex in Las
>Vegas.  Don't miss out on having it included in the Windows NT
>Shareware catalog, which will be distributed at the show, November 16-20.

>Your application will be judged by some of the computer industry's
>leading enthusiasts: Diego Aranda, author of monthly Internet
>Shareware reviews, Steve Gibson, InfoWorld columnist and publisher of
>SpinRite, Fred Langa, Editorial Director, Windows magazine, Brian
>Livingston, InfoWorld columnist and author of Windows 3 Secrets, and
>Jerry Pournelle, Senior Editor, Byte Magazine.

>There will be grand prize winners and runners up in each of five
>categories: Utilities, Games, Tools, Business applications, and
>Widgets (miscellaneous).  So fill out the contest entry form, and
>send it in with your native Windows NT application by October 15th.

>To get an entry form and find out what you'll receive if you're a
>winner, on CompuServe GO WINNT and download NTCTST.ZIP from library
>#4, on the Internet send mail to shareinf@microsoft.com, or fax to
>(206)936-7329, attention David Feinleib, Bldg 4. NOTE- ALL INFORMATION
>IS  ATTACHED TO  THIS MESSAGE.

>* Shareware: Applications classified under any of the following terms
>will be accepted.  Retail programs, i.e., programs that are sold in
>stores and via other traditional sales channels, will not be
>accepted.

>Shareware - copyrighted or patented programs sold on a "try before
>you buy" basis.

>FreeWare - copyrighted or patented programs which do not require
>compensation for use in most cases.

>Public Domain - free from copyrights or patents; open to use by the
>public without compensation.



>----- 
>ENTRY FORM
>-----
>The Windows NT Shareware Contest - Entry Form

>Application name:_________________________________________________________

>Description (please keep to three lines or fewer):
>		_________________________________________________________

>		_________________________________________________________

>		_________________________________________________________

>Price:	_________________________________________________________

>Name:	_________________________________________________________

>Address:_________________________________________________________

>City, State, Zip:	_________________________________________________

>Country (if not U.S.):	_____________________________________________

>Phone:	__________________	CompuServe ID:	________________

>Fax:	__________________	Other e-mail:  	________________

>Type of application:[    ] Tool                 [    ] Utility  [    ] Game
>                    [    ] Business application [    ] Widget (Misc.)

>Originally written for: [    ] MS-DOS   [    ] Windows 3.x  [    ] Windows NT
>                        [    ] Other: ______
>Also available for: [    ] MS-DOS   [    ] Windows 3.x  [    ] OS/2 2.0	
>                    [    ] OS/2 1.x [    ] Macintosh    [    ] Other: ______

>Disk size submitted:	[    ] 3.5"     [    ] 5.25"
> 
>Build of Windows NT:	[    ] July '92 [    ] Other: ___________________


>Do Shareware vendors have your permission to distribute the Windows
>NT version of your application (answer does not effect contest
>entry)?  [ ] Yes [ ] No

>Your signature: 	______________________________	Date:__________________


>For my valid contest entry, I'd like to receive (one per unique application
>entered):

>[ ] Microsoft Money [ ] Microsoft Beethoven [ ] Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows

>Send this completed entry form, along with five copies of your
>application on separate disks, each labeled clearly with your name,
>address, and application name, to:

>	Windows NT Shareware Contest
>	Attn: David Feinleib
>	Microsoft Corporation
>	One Microsoft Way - Bldg. 4
>	Redmond, WA 98052-6399

>Contest Rules: To facilitate judging, you must submit five diskettes
>for each application you send.  All submissions must be received by
>October 15th, 1992.  The winners will be announced at Fall Comdex
>'92.  Applications must be compiled to run as a native 32 bit
>application for the July or later build of the Windows NT operating
>system; you may be requested to rebuild your application on a later
>build before Comdex.  Prizes may vary depending on availability and
>number of entries received.  Applications classified under any of the
>following terms will be accepted -- retail programs, i.e., packaged
>programs that are sold in stores and via other traditional sales
>channels, will not be accepted.  Shareware - copyrighted or patented
>programs sold on a "try before you buy" basis.  FreeWare -
>copyrighted or patented programs which do not require compensation
>for use in most cases.  Public Domain - free from copyrights or
>patents; open to use by the public without compensation.  Submitted
>diskettes will not be returned.  All decisions are final.  Void where
>prohibited.
>---
>prizes
>---
>Windows NT Shareware Contest

>PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

>Cutting edge ShareWare for Windows NT deserves cutting edge prizes --
>and we have just the ticket for -enterprizing- software developers!
>First, second, and third prize winners will receive the following
>prizes:

>First Place winner in each category: 

>* ARTIST Graphics WinSprint 180 Video card, based on the S3 928
>chipset.  This card is capable of 1280x1024 with 256 colors with a 72
>Hz refresh rate, and 22 MILLION Winmarks!  

>* Nanao 340i 15" video monitor with extremely crisp resolution and a
>bunch other neat whizzy features to support the ARTIST Graphics Video
>card.  

>* BOTH OF THESE PRODUCTS DEBUT AT COMDEX!

>Second Place winner in each category:

>* NEC Multimedia upgrade kit, including external NEC CDROM drive with
>MultiSpin, and NEC 16 bit sound card, speakers, microphone, and
>Asymmetrix Toolbook.

>Third Place winner in each category: 

>* ARTIST Graphics WinSprint 100 Video card, based on the S3 911
>chipset.  This card is capable of 1024x768 with 256 colors.

>Additional prizes from Compuserve, Jolt and Microsoft to be awarded,
>including T-shirts, Software, Cola, Online computer time.