From: brianmo@microsoft.com (Brian Moran)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.announce
Subject: Windows NT Shareware Contest for COMDEX 92
Keywords: Contest Windows NT Shareware prizes
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:17:32 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

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.



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ENTRY FORM
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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.
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prizes
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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.