From: jeff_blum@next.com
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT:  NeXT CD-ROM, Your last Chance!!!
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: NeXT EDUCOM CDROM Deadline
Reply-To: dspitz@next.com
Organization: NeXT Computer, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 06:33:04 GMT

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has submitted to
the NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education! We have
more than 350 MB of software for the CD-ROM at this point,
representing approximately 150 individuals and institutions.
I've almost recovered from the backlog of submissions over the
last few days, yet more software keeps coming in. Many people
have asked for extensions to polish up their submissions. We can
give you until this coming Tuesday (August 18) if you need extra
time. After this date, we cannot guarantee that your submissions
will be included on the CD-ROM, but you are welcome to send
us software for as long as you like.

You probably have them memorized by now, but you will find a
copy of our submission guidelines at the end of this message.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped to make this project
a great success!

Jeff Blum
Higher Education Technical Assistant


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WHAT IS THE NeXT PUBLIC DOMAIN CD-ROM FOR EDUCATION?
The Higher Education Marketing group at NeXT Computer, Inc. is
gathering educational software that is available either free of
charge (freeware) or for minimal costs (shareware) and will
distribute the wares via CD-ROM. There will also be a handful of
commercial demos (education related) on the CD-ROM, as well
some selected demonstration applications developed at NeXT which are
not part of NeXT's current product lines. We will consider anything
even remotely education related; we even have a section for games.

******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Tuesday, August 18, 1992***

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We realize that we're going to get gigabytes of stuff, and not all
will fit on one CD-ROM.  NeXT will evaluate the software for
stability and then select the submissions to be included on this
version of the NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education.

If you have software that you would like to include on the NeXT
Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, please observe the following
guidelines:

1. Each application should be in a separate directory, along with a
README file containing the following sections:

a. Who wrote the software and contact information (preferably
Internet and US. Mail addresses) for questions, comments, bug
reports, etc.
b. The category that best describes the software type. (See
*categories* below.)
c. What the application does.
d. What the application is used for at your institution (e.g. in a
particular course, to illustrate a certain concept, research).
e. Which NeXT release your software was developed under (2.x or
NeXTSTEP Pre-Release 3).
f. Detailed installation instructions (if any).
g. Any other comments you would like to add.

2. All executables must be stripped. This can either be done by
typing "make install" to build the application, or by typing "strip
<executable name>" in a UNIX shell.

3. If the software is an Interface Builder palette or an Objective C
class, we require a small example application and / or detailed
documentation illustrating the tool's function. Please include this
in the directory containing the tool.

4. If your software is shareware, we will gladly include any
licensing information that you provide for us. Please include such
information in the README file. We will also place a file in a
conspicuous place on the CD-ROM encouraging people to register any
shareware that they use.

Note: We hope that these guidelines will make the CD-ROM much more
useful for everyone in the NeXT education user community. If any
guideline(s) presents a particular hardship, please contact us.

PARTIAL LIST OF SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
(Feel free to suggest a category that we may not have included.)

Architecture
Astronomy
Art/Design
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Communications
Computer Science
CraftMan (Both programs and palettes. NeXT will supply the CraftMan
Engine)
Economics
Engineering
English
Foreign Language
Games
Geology
History
Information Management
Law
Linguistics
Mathematics (Including Mathematica Notebooks and front ends to  
Mathematica)
MediaStation (NeXT will provide a MediaStation engine to run your  
archives)
MediaView
Medical
Multimedia
Music
Networking
Philosophy
Physics
Programming (e.g. palettes, objects, examples)
Psychology
Publishing
Statistics
Utilities/Services

******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Tuesday, August 18, 1992***

HOW TO SUBMIT
In order of preference:

1. NeXTmail to:
<next_on_campus@next.com>

2. ftp -- just give us the name of the site and the location of
the file(s).

3. A 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk sent to:
NeXT on Campus
NeXT Computer, Inc.
900 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063

If you would like your disk returned, please include a self-addressed
envelope.  (NeXT will provide return postage.)

DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Of course, NeXT's education customers will receive first
priority in the distribution of the CD-ROM. Beyond education,
we have not established distribution plans (we'll announce
something later). Of course, we'll give the CD-ROM to anyone
(higher ed or otherwise) who submits materials for inclusion
on the CD-ROM. NeXT will also distribute the CD-ROM this fall
to attendees at the 1992 EDUCOM conference in Baltimore, MD
(October 28 - 31). This is your chance for fame!  Submit now!

Please contact us with any questions you may have.  And thank you for
writing top-quality educational software for NeXT computers!

David Spitzler
Mgr., Higher Education Marketing
dspitz@next.com

Jeff Blum
Higher Education Technical Assistant
jblum@next.com