From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: A2 Achivement Awards
Date: 13 Apr 92 01:57:29 GMT
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Apr4.060457.16039@cis.ohio-state.edu>, meekins@anaconda.cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins) writes:
> 
> I'll stay out of arguiung for GNO, as I'm biased, but what struck me odd
> as the award went to gsbug 1.6....I've yet to talk to anyone who has seen
> gsbug 1.6 yet...hmm, but 1.5 was released last summer, so I won't argue
> over that...

The voting was just for "GSBug"; the latest release at the time of shipping
was 1.6 (it's on the 6.0 GM CD, which was in the mail well before the
awards ceremony).  That was a bit confusing, granted.

> 
> anyways.....I did think the awards were a total farce...nothing against
> the people of products that won, but many of them should not have been
> eligible! Give the little guys and new products a chance at winning.
> ShrinkIt was a case in point: 1. It won last year, give someone else a chance,
> there are a LOT(!!!!!!) of good shareware programs available, 2. what
> was so signigicant in the 1.0.3 to 1.0.4 update to ShrinkitGS that occurred 
> in 1991? Of all the nominated software that were only upgrades, ProTerm was
> about the only program that had enough of an update to make it eligible, IMHO.
> Even 6.0 was released AFTER the voting was finished, and it won software
> of the year!!?? What happened to the products like Pointless and DreamGrafix
> that were truly new and innovative???? I was really hoping the Apple II
> world would not get caught up in politics, but I guess I was wrong! If the
> awards are done next year, there really needs to be some guidelines! (or
> stricter guidelines)
> 
> TIM MEEKINS                    Ask me about GNO/ME! - MultiTasking on a IIGS!

Now, remember that for this, I'm just a voter like anyone else -- I had
one vote.  I counted all the votes, but mine wasn't any more important than
anyone else's.

I also thought some more innovative stuff should get recognized.  Andy won't
be upset to know that I didn't vote for ShrinkIt for Best Freeware/Shareware.
I was also hoping the voters would recognize more innovative work done in
the past year.

The trouble is, of course, that they didn't, and doctoring the votes to make
them come out more like what I would want is abhorrent to me.  I think all
the winners are fine products that deserve the recognition; I just wish there
was more room in everyone's minds for the newer entries.

(I do think, though, that trying to make a rule that says what is a
"significant" revision and what isn't is a black hole that I'm not going
to get anywhere near.)

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Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical  | The opinions expressed herein are
Support, Apple Computer, Inc.         | not those of Apple Computer, and
Personal mail only, please.  Thanks.  | shame on you for thinking otherwise.
^^^^^^^^ Technical questions are not personal. Please post them instead.
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