From: Jeff_Blum@next.com
Subject: WARNING: Deadline approaching.  Keep those great submissions coming!
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: NeXT cpac educational CD-ROM programs
Reply-To: next_on_campus@next.com
Organization: NeXT Educational Users Group and NeXT Inc.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 08:08:53 GMT

We've been receiving loads of outstanding submissions for the
NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, but we're still looking
for more! We have space left to fill, and want your
education-related applications, programming examples and
palettes, commercial demonstrations, NeXT-related research
papers, Diagram! palettes, and anything else you think your
colleagues in education might like to see and use.

We want to give a big thank you to those who have already sent
us submissions, and a "keep up the great work" to those who are
polishing their apps in preparation for submitting at 11:59:59
p.m. on July 31. Even if you can't send your submissions in the
next few days, we'd like to hear from you so we can gauge
what's going to arrive during the last week of the month. Just
to show you that we are not evil, nasty people, if you need a
few more days after the deadline to meet our guidelines, let
us know, and we can probably help you out.

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!

*SUBMISSION DEADLINE*
****July 31, 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 for 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*
****July 31, 1992****

HOW TO SUBMIT
In order of preference:

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

2. 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.)

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

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