PR Announcing "The MacDirectory" Are your tired of hearing "There is no software for the Mac?" I have decided to do something about it, hence "The MacDirectory". The goal is to publish a monthly directory of software available for the Mac. The directory will be in ezine format, indexed searchable and printable. It will be open to commercial software, shareware and freeware listings. The directory may be freely uploaded to any BBS or distributed on any CDROM distribution. To find out more about having your product listed, email me at mailto:lnjordan@sprynet.com In the subject put "Info MacDirectory" Thanks Lem Jordan

Installer VISE Delivers Active Web Install Capabilities To Internet Explorer 4.0 For Macintosh LINCOLN, NEBRASKA -- January 5, 1998: MindVision Software, the leading provider of installer creation tools for the Macintosh platform, today announces that Microsoft has chosen MindVision's new Active Web Installer technology for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Macintosh. Internet Explorer 4.0 users will greatly benefit from technical breakthroughs that seamlessly address data transfer rate, interrupted connections, and various hardware configurations for a convenient, trouble-free download and installation over the Web. End users frequently do not need all the files contained in an installer. Previously, online users faced an often-daunting task of either downloading complete installers or choosing just the right installer for their system. MindVision's Active Web Installer technology simplifies the user experience by first downloading a small installer which can retrieve just the...

BE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF FRANK BOOSMAN AS VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPER RELATIONS MENLO PARK, Calif. (January 6, 1998) -- Be., Inc. today announced the appointment of software industry veteran Frank Boosman as Vice President, Developer Relations, effective immediately. Mr. Boosman brings with him ten years' experience in product development and product marketing roles at a variety of software businesses, ranging from small start-ups to established corporations. In his role at Be, Mr. Boosman will be responsible for all aspects of the company's relationship with companies and people developing software for the Be Operating System (BeOS). "Of course, we're delighted to have Frank join the Be team," said Alex Osadzinski, Be's Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "We're obsessed with developing and maintaining excellent, productive relationships with our developers, and Frank clearly shares this mindset and has the experience necessary to be successful." "I consider it to be a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney MacTech Magazine 805-494-9797 x105 marketing@mactech.com Get A Free T-shirt With A MacTech(r) CD-ROM Demonstration at Macworld San Francisco, January 6 - January 9, 1998. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- January 5, 1998 -- Xplain Corporation, the publisher of MacTech Magazine, today announced that it will be giving away a free T-shirt with a demonstration of the MacTech CD-ROM (while supplies last). As one of the first CD-ROM publishers, MacTech Magazine has continually updated its historical CD with an extensive library of reference material, hundreds of megabytes of source code, special offers with developer demos, and much more. The MacTech CD, includes every article from MacTech magazine from 1984 through 1997. It has the entire history of develop. The CD also has the original Inside Macintosh, and the most complete set of FrameWorks archives known (the publication of the late Software FrameWorks Association). Starting with the May, 1997...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stalker Software Announces CommuniGate Pro Server Key features: Rhapsody-based, industry-strength, administration via the Web, extensive multi-domain support, unique IMAP multi-mailbox features. MILL VALLEY, CA - January 5th, 1998 - After the successful launch of the Stalker Internet Mail Server, Stalker Software announces the CommuniGate Pro messaging server for the Rhapsody family of operating environments. The new reincarnation of the CommuniGate integrated messaging system unifies the performance and standard-compliance of the SIMS with flexibility and powerful features of the modular MacOS CommuniGate System. The CommuniGate Pro is based on the Rhapsody Foundation framework and can run under all operating systems supported with the Rhapsody "Yellow-box": Rhapsody for Power Macintosh, Rhapsody for Intel, and the Yellow Box for Windows NT. The ability to run on all these platforms is extremely important for the today...

Digital Technology International Announces FaceSpan 3.0 Orem, Utah -- December 31,1997 -- Digital Technology International announced today that it will be demonstrating FaceSpan 3.0 at Macworld Expo in San Francisco next week. What is FaceSpan? FaceSpan 3.0 (expected to ship the first week of February 1998) is the latest version of Digital Technology's cutting edge, interface design and rapid application development (RAD) tool. FaceSpan affords its users the power to build and customize Macintosh applications quickly and easily. What can be done with FaceSpan? FaceSpan works in conjunction with AppleScript or any other OSA (open scripting architecture) language and makes it easy to: - Automate often-repeated tasks. - Customize existing applications. - Integrate the functionality of multiple applications. - Rapidly build applications and prototypes. - Personalize the Macintosh computing environment. New Features Features new to FaceSpan 3.0 allow users to: - Create interfaces and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cyndi Yuchas 1.817.478.5070 e-mail: yuchas@thursby.com Thursby Ships DAVE 2 - First Complete Windows NT to Mac OS Solution ARLINGTON, TEXAS--December 29, 1997--Thursby Software Systems, Inc. (Thursby Software) will begin shipping DAVE V2.0 during the Macworld Expo in San Francisco next week. DAVE is the first complete Microsoft Windows connectivity solution for the Macintosh. The introductory price for this enhanced offering is $119.00, with a March 1 retail price of $149.00. DAVE is the only Macintosh-based TCP/IP software product for connecting a wide range of Microsoft-based computers with the Mac OS -- including NT (Server and Workstation), Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 systems. DAVE V2.0 adds many new features to the product. The number one feature is full peer-to-peer support. This new version allows Wintel PCs full access to Macintosh files and PostScript printers for file and printer sharing. In...

For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com/ Andrew Stone to Speak At MacWorld Pro Conference Albuquerque, NM - December 29, 1997 - Andrew Stone, 10 year Rhapsody veteran and Chief Executive Hacquer of Stone Design Corporation, will be speaking and leading a panel at the MacWorld Pro Conference, which is running in conjunction with MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, California, January 5-9. The presentation is entitled "Readying for Rhapsody - Objects are closer than they appear" and is scheduled for Wednesday, January 7, at 4:15pm. Mr. Stone will be speaking about migration to Rhapsody, a topic with which he is very familiar as the first developer to have a product for Rhapsody and Yellow Box. Create(TM) Rhapsody was released in May, 1997, in time for Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. A panel of experts will assist in presenting real world information on adding Yellow Box/Rhapsody to your network mix...

INTERACTION 1.6: INTRODUCING DYNAMIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS FOR MAC WEB SERVERS San Diego, CA: Media Design in*Progress has released the 1.6 version of Interaction, the powerful web server companion for dynamic social websites that adapt to the visitor. The new version introduces Dynamic Access Restrictions, a flexible means to make pages and sections of websites conditionally available. A 60 day trial copy of Interaction can be dowloaded from: http://interaction.in-progress.com Dynamic Restrictions allow or deny access to parts of a website depending on the context of the request. Using a dialog on the Mac, the webmaster can tailor an access restriction that for example only allows access outside working hours, or that requires the visitor has been on one or more other pages first. Interaction 1.6 goes beyond realm-based access restrictions by allowing the webmaster to use dynamic restrictions not only on page level, but also to restrict access to XML Entities as well as to sections...

Webmasters: Check out this sneak preview of WebTen 2.0. WebTen 2.0 is scheduled to ship in January. A public beta release is now available. Try it first and then contact sales@tenon.com. Ordering a copy of WebTen 2.0 before the final release date will save you $100. WebTen is the fastest Macintosh Web server on the market and it just got faster. WebTen 2.0 quadruples the performance of the Mac's top-performing Web server. The public beta version of WebTen 2.0 can be downloaded from: (http://www.tenon.com/products/webten/index.2.0.html) WebTen 2.0 includes: - Secure connections using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL 3.0) - SuperCache high speed caching, quadrupling WebTen 1.1 performance - Multihomed File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service - Integrated Domain Name Service (DNS) using BIND - Integrated time based script administration using Cron - Network File System (NFS) based Web content folders. WebTen 2.0 comes with a two-day timeout. For longer testing, please use the...

MRJ 2.0 is Now Available! MRJ 2.0, Apple's Mac OS implementation of Sun's JDK 1.1.3 Java virtual machine, is now available from the software downloading page (http://applejava.apple.com/text/download.html). We recommend that everyone download and install this version immediately to gain the advantages provided by all the latest Java features it incorporates. We believe MRJ 2.0 to be the first virtual machine, other than Sun's, to pass all required Sun conformancy tests for JDK 1.1.

VIVISTAR CONSULTING ANNOUNCES NEW VTEXT DISTRIBUTION POLICY 22 December 1997 -- In conjunction with the immediate availability of its CWPro 2 update for its VText library ViviStar Consulting announced an even more relaxed source distribution policy. VText is an incredibly flexible and versatile C++ add-on library for Metrowerks' PowerPlant application framework. VText provides complete Macintosh text support including: greater than 32kb text, tabs, rulersets, undo, drag and drop editing, AppleEvent scripting and recordability, full support for multibyte characters and inline input methods including Japanese and Chinese text, and full support for bidirectional script systems including Arabic and Hebrew. The new relaxed distribution policies include: immediate source downloads for evaluation purposes; shareware, freeware, and student authors not needing to pay the normal licensing fee until their gross revenue from their VText projects reaches a value ten times that of the normal...

From: Ron Liechty (mwron@metrowerks.com) CodeWarriors, There is a release of the PowerPlant 1.8.1 Update for CodeWarrior Professional 2 PowerPlant is available now or soon for downloading from http://www.metrowerks.com/tools/software/updates/ or ftp://ftp.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ ftp://ftp2.metrowerks.com/pub/updates/ If you are connecting from europe, you may want to try the mirror at: (ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/Metrowerks/mirror/updates/) PowerPlant 1.8.1 stresses improvements to the new Appearance Classes, with some additional fixes to core PowerPlant. An updated Constructor (2.4.4a1) is included as well. Some changes in v1.8.1 (since v1.8 on CW Pro 2) have been severe (notably to LEditText). Be certain to read the release notes and change log before installing and updating your projects. Previous updates API Documentation Released on 12/04/97 This package contains headers, libraries, documentation, and example code for writing CodeWarrior plugins. Download Update (1010k) Java...

DevDepot's Holiday Sale December 22, 1997 - January 1, 1998 Celebrate the holidays with DevDepot. We are definitely in the holiday spirit by knocking an extra 10% off of our already low prices. Whether you're a last minute shopper or if you want a jump on the new year. The Depot is the place to be. And you know you can always count on the Depot to have the season's hottest products at the prices you want. To qualify for the 10% off is easy. You only need to order via e-mail, fax, or on our convenient web site. That's it --any order you place via any of these ways AUTOMATICALLY qualifies you. (Due to the overwhelming response expected, we cannot take phone orders at the discount price. If you need to speak to us by phone, send us an e-mail with your phone number and we will call you -- and you will still qualify for the discount). * on the Web at http.//www.devdepot.com * via e-mail at orders@devdepot.com * via fax to 805/494-9798 Hurry and pay us a visit at (http://www....

This is a resend which corrects a slight error we made in the previous version -- a slip of the mouse which edited out one digit in one of the tables. Sorry for the confusion. MacDev-1 ------------------------ A recent analysis of the worldwide Macintosh installed base and the Macintosh user base for fiscal year 1997 (ending September 30), revealed a number of interesting highlights, including the following: * 27.6 million Macintosh computers have been shipped worldwide since 1984. * 79 percent of all Macintosh computers shipped are still in use. (That's 21.8 million active Macintosh computers.) * There are an average of 3.2 users per active installed Macintosh, which means there are 69.3 million Macintosh users worldwide. (http://devworld.apple.com/stats.html) text copied here: ------------------------ FY1997 Macintosh Installed Base and User Statistics "How many Macintosh computers have been sold? How many people use Macintosh today? Where are they, and what do they use the...

NEW EtherPeek? v.3.5 for Macintosh Preview at Macworld Expo '98 in San Francisco January 6-9 Booth #4244 Walnut Creek, California - December 18, 1997 - The AG Group will be showcasing EtherPeek version 3.5, an upgrade to its popular 3.0 version, at MacWorld Expo, Moscone Center - San Francisco, January 6-9 (booth #4244). The award-winning Ethernet network and protocol analyzer offers real-time and post-capture packet analysis, Plug-Ins for expert packet analysis, powerful decoding with support for all major protocol suites, including IP, AppleTalk, Netware IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, NetBIOS, DECnet, and more, intuitive address, protocol and offset filtering capabilities, real-time utilization, node and protocol monitoring, HTML traffic statistics output and more. EtherPeek v.3.5 for Macintosh Feature Enhancements EtherPeek software, designed to make the complex task of troubleshooting mixed-platform, multi-protocol networks easy, has all the superior diagnostic and analysis capabilities of a...

Toronto, Canada - CircleDream Software (CDS) is proud to announce the release of InternetMemory2 (IM2), a complete update to our popular URL manager for the MacOS. This release is a complete rewrite and ads a wealth of new features that are sure to make IM2 a hit on anyone's wish list. IM2 features the unique IMPalette, which offers full, OS-level integration of your Internet Addresses. What is InternetMemory? InternetMemory is a best-of-class URL manager for the MacOS. It is used to collect, organize, manage and use Internet addresses of all types. Through our unique IMPalette and IMMenu interfaces, InternetMemory provides system level integration of your Internet addresses, making them available to you no matter what you are currently using your Mac for. Address Books can be shared between users like any other file, and built-in security features stop people from snooping through your precious data. IM2 Features * A Familiar Face: IM uses a MacOS8 compatible user interface...

CREATIVE LABS, LTD. FORCES GOO SOFTWARE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS San Jose, CA - December 18th, 1997 - Goo Software, makers of the one-of-a-kind Spam Blaster anti-spamming email client software product today was forced to close its doors due to a frivolous and predatory lawsuit from Creative Labs, Ltd., makers of the Sound Blaster line of )products for the PC. Creative Labs is attempting to sue Goo Software over the use of the term "blaster" in its product name. Creative Labs claims it has sole and exclusive rights to use of the term "blaster', even though there are over 100 federally registered trademarks that use the term in product names. Only a handful of these trademarks are owned by Creative Labs. "Obviously, if the Federal Patent and Trademark Office has granted use of the term 'blaster' in combination with other terms in product names, it feels that the term "blaster" is a generic term and cannot be trademarked", said Michael Amorose, Principal for Goo Software. "How can you have...

LASSO 2.5 NOW AVAILABLE Major Upgrade Includes Plug-in Architecture and Advanced Data Handling Capabilities Bellevue, WA - December 17, 1997 - Blue World Communications, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Lasso 2.5, the new version of the company's award-winning solution for Web- and Java- enabling FileMaker Pro for Mac OS from Claris Corporation. Released just five months after Lasso 2.0, Lasso 2.5 represents a significant upgrade further positioning Lasso as the tool which sets the standard for Mac OS dynamic Web database publishing. "With Lasso technology embedded within FileMaker Pro 4.0 and included with Symantec's Visual Cafe Pro Database Edition, Lasso technology is widely deployed on a rapidly growing number of Web sites," said Bill Doerrfeld, President & CEO, Blue World Communications. "Now with Lasso 2.5, Web masters have unprecedented creative control and flexibility to develop even more powerful Web database applications." Lasso 2.5 is the ultimate Web...

From: Jon Summers (jons@vrtools.com) PanoMAGIC, a shareware MacOS QuickTime VR tool that produces QuickTime VR panoramas, has been released and may be downloaded ConVRter, a shareware MacOS QuickTime VR tool that converts QuickTime VR panoramas between QuickTime VR 1.0 and 2.0 file formats, has been released and may be downloaded ReverseVR, a shareware MacOS QuickTime VR tool that extracts the picture image from QuickTime VR 1.0 and 2.0 panoramas, has been released and may be downloaded PanoMAGIC is an integrated development environment for the creation of QuickTime VR. Version 1.0 creates single and multinode QuickTime VR 1.0 and QuickTime VR 2.0 panoramas. PanoMAGIC manages QuickTime VR multinode projects, authoring of hotspots, adding URLs, linking panorama nodes and QuickTime VR Objects, defining custom VR cursors and creating web ready html. The Apple QuickTime VR Authoring Kit is supported with a graphic user interface Stitch Wizard to quickly determine optimum stitching...

Cyberian Outpost Becomes An Authorized Apple Product Electronic Reseller Agreement offers customers opportunities to electronically purchase wide array of Apple products Kent, Conn. --- December 16, 1997 --- Cyberian Outpost (www.outpost.com), one of the leading online retailers of Apple products, has been named an Apple Computer, Inc. (www.apple.com) authorized electronic reseller. As an authorized reseller, Cyberian Outpost will resell via the Internet all manufactured Apple and Macintosh products. "It's quite an honor for a small, rapidly growing two-year old company like Cyberian Outpost to become a reseller of one of the world's most recognizable computing brands," said Darryl Peck, president and CEO of Cyberian Outpost. "And now as an Apple authorized reseller, we will provide Apple online customers competitively priced Apple-based products with the exceptional speed and service Cyberian Outpost customers expect and appreciate." Effective October 30, 1997, Cyberian Outpost...

New native Absoft F90 and F77 for Linux Absoft Corporation today announced immediate availability of two new commercial Fortran toolsets for Linux: - Pro Fortran - F90/F77/Fx suite, suggested retail $899 (USA) - F77 SDK v4.4 - F77/Fx, suggested retail $699 (USA) Absoft F90 is full ANSI/ISO native implementation. Utilizes extended version of Cray CF90 front-end. F77 supports most workstation extensions. Both compilers are fully link compatible. New features include faster compile speed, link compatibility with g77, f2c and gcc, Big Endian (-) Little Endian data conversion, Pentium Pro optimizers. Fx multi-language debugger is Fortran savvy. Also debugs gcc, assembler and now supports hardware break points. Motif and curses interfaces included. Distribution CD also includes complete DISLIN graphics library, compiled HDF, BLAS, LAPACK routines and HTML document on converting F77-)F90. Complete v3.0 IMSL Math and Stat Fortran libraries are available as an extra cost option. Product...

Drag-and-drop File Sharing over the Internet ST. PAUL, Minnesota -- December 12, 1997 -- Qdea today announced the release of SpeedShare Beta 5, a free public beta of its file sharing utility for Macintosh computers connected to the Internet. SpeedShare Beta 5 can be downloaded from the Qdea web site at (http://www.Qdea.com). SpeedShare has the following benefits: * Works like (and with) the Finder, with drag-and-drop simplicity. * On-the-fly data compression. * Real-time messaging to and from the server. * Transfer files between any two Macs on the Internet, even if both have dialup modem connections. * Copy open files from a remote Mac. When released, SpeedShare will be $49.95 for one server + one client, and $29.95 for additional clients. For more information, and for downloadable demos of all Qdea products, visit the Qdea Web site at http://www.Qdea.com. Qdea is an innovative developer and publisher of Macintosh software, founded in 1992. Specializing in products for the...

Macromedia Announces Flash Asset Xtra Integration Allows Director Developers to Import Compact, Vector-based Flash Animations, Graphics, and Text San Francisco, CA-December 15, 1997-Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:MACR), today announced the immediate availability of the Flash Asset Xtra, a powerful new addition to Macromedia Director that enables developers to import vector-based graphics, animation, and text created in Flash into Director 6. For the first time, Director developers can store Flash movies as cast members (the media element database of Director), and manipulate Flash movies directly within the score (the primary user interface for Director). In addition, Flash users gain the powerful output options possible through Director projectors, Shockwave support, kiosks, and interactive CD-ROM titles. "Our customers have been waiting for the ability to integrate Flash's cool vector graphics within Director's incredible interactive environment," said Steve Guttman, vice president of...

Contact Ilene Hoffman, MS Macintosh/ Internet Consultant Boston area ileneh@mediaone.net Macintosh/Internet Consultant and Writer, Ilene Hoffman is pleased to announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events/ Party list web site is online! The web site will contain every party and press function scheduled during MacWorld week in San Francisco, January 5th through January 10th. (Some events occur before and after the actual show.) The page will be updated almost daily until January 3rd. Please email any scheduled events or press conferences to ileneh@aol.com or use the Event Submission Form on the site. A "fun stuff to see at the show" page has been added so that users can get a head start on the cool booths to see, so if you have a product announcement please send a 2-line description for that page. Banner Advertising is being sought for the site. If you want to put your company in the face of 8,000 - 10,000 show attendees, please send email. If your preferred email address was not...

Macworld Magazine and MacTech magazine have just made the below announcement. As a developer, you'll want to take special note of the new developer part of these awards. There are four developer categories. Thought you'd like to see it! Thanks, Neil Ticktin Publisher, MacTech MagazineacTech magazine, the leading developer journal in the industry. "Obviously, recognizing the developer community is essential to fostering growth and identifying emerging technologies which will become the future standards and building blocks for the Macintosh platform," said Neil Ticktin, publisher of MacTech magazine. "We're delighted to be part of the most prestigious award program in the industry and that Macworld is honoring these important contributions in the development arena." The Eddy Awards, traditionally held the eve before Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco, will be presented at an industry gala on January 5 at Bimbo's 365 Club, one of The City's landmarks as well as a San Francisco night...

Alphabetas Announces Holiday Price Savings The CFO of Alphabetas, Inc., Dwight Ludvigson, announced Thursday (Dec.11 1997) that they would be offering considerable savings (up to 50% off) their Beta-Test cycles to selected lists members and key parts of the Macintosh developement community. Alphabetas, Inc. is a company established just this year made up of skilled technical and creative people in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area. Most of the testing they have finished is Game-centric, although they do admit to having thoroughly tested business and home use applications. To date the finished games read like a Who's Who of recent hit software (because of non-disclosure agreements the actual list may only be released under terms of nondisclosure, but their walls have copies of some very well known titles)and they would like to add your titles to the roster, and allow you some Hoiday Savings to boot! The company specializes in PPC Game testing as well as 020-040 platforms under the Mac OS,...

VRML Consortium and 3D Design Magazine Organize VRML Contest San Ramon, CA -- December 10, 1997 -- The VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) Consortium today announced that it is sponsoring a VRML contest in collaboration with 3D Design Magazine, an industry recognized source for 3D graphics news and information. The contest will encourage and showcase the latest Web content using VRML to bring interactive 3D graphics to the Web. "Thanks to the combined efforts of the consortium members, the use of VRML is proliferating among businesses and individuals," said Neil Trevett, President of The VRML Consortium. "VRML is finding its way into the corporate world and is being used by companies such as Pepsi and Verifone for practical business applications -- including Web advertising, e-commerce and data visualization. We believe the VRML contest will alert a wide audience to the advantages of using VRML and will encourage further exploration of the technology's potential." "3D designers...

This tip in from an anonymous source: Apple has incorporated Power's tech info library content (PowerSource) into the Apple TIL. They haven't announced it but Power provided it to them for posting and it's up as of 12/8. Just do a search on Power Computing and you'll find the articles along with this disclaimer: "Power Computing provided the information in this article and it was deemed accurate as of 14 November 1997. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content. This article is being provided as is and will not be updated in the future."

Announcing LANsurveyor 4.0 and Neon Responders LAFAYETTE, CA - December 10th, 1997 - Neon Software announced today a radical upgrade to their network mapping application, LANsurveyor. Version 4.0 introduces a new client technology which queries for and displays a wealth of information about MacOS machines on the network from LANsurveyor's easy-to-use map interface. The client technology, called the Neon Responder, is also very powerful because users now have the new ability to remotely control and manage MacOS machines. "We realized LANsurveyor's strengths could be extended to solve user's hardware and software asset management needs." said Michael Swan, senior technical officer and founder of Neon Software. "Important tasks such as system profiling, software and hardware inventorying, software licensing compliance, and file distribution are greatly simplified and can easily be done from LANsurveyor. We also saw a need to provide a more powerful replacement for several older,...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) For those CodeWarriors out there who are planning on developing for Rhapsody, you can now test CodeWarrior Latitude's Mac Toolbox coverage against your own applications without purchasing Latitude. You can now "try-before-you-buy" by downloading the Latitude Link Test Library from the Metrowerks web site: (http://www.metrowerks.com/desktop/latitude/) By replacing the Mac OS InterfaceLib in your CodeWarrior Project with the Latitude Link Test Library and performing a link (Make) operation in the CodeWarrior IDE, you can see if there are any Mac OS Toolbox calls that your application is using that are not yet implemented in Latitude. This is helpful to developers that are planning to port their applications to Rhapsody or any other Latitude supported platform. Potential buyers must have CodeWarrior Professional to perform this test. CodeWarrior Latitude consists of a set of libraries that performs the functions of the Macintosh API on Rhapsody and...

Macromedia Ships Dreamweaver Macromedia and Project Cool Launch Web Site Design Contest New York, N.Y. - December 8, 1997 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR), today announced that Dreamweaver, the first visual Web authoring tool created for Web development professionals is now shipping for Windows and Macintosh. With Dreamweaver, Web professionals experience the power and productivity of a visual tool with the control and flexibility of an HTML text editor. Dreamweaver is also the first HTML editor with in-depth support for cross-browser dynamic HTML. Since the Dreamweaver beta was released in October, over 80,000 downloads have been recorded from the Dreamweaver Web site, www.dreamweaver.com. To celebrate the shipping of Dreamweaver, Macromedia and Project Cool have launched the Dreamweaver Web site design contest. Top Web design firms such as Digital Planet and Box Top Interactive have already incorporated Dreamweaver into their day-to-day production schedule while several sites...

This is a special Christmas offer for all European MacDev subscribers from Maxum Development. Until the end of December 97, Maxum in Europe are happy to announce that we will be offering Rumpus, the leading FTP server for MacOS, for $165.00, and Rumpus Pro for $335.00, which represents a 15% discount on retail prices. This offer is only available in Europe. To claim your special Xmas discount, fax your order along with payment details to Maxum Europe on +33 (0) 5 62 64 10 34, or eMail: Paul@Maxum.com. Further information about Rumpus and Rumpus Pro can be found at (www.maxum.com), where demo's are also available. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally if I can be of further assistance, Maxum in Europe would like to wish everyone a happy Xmas and a prosperous new year. Paul Lambert Maxum in Europe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney DevDepot 805-494-9797 x 105 marketing@devdepot.com DevDepot Launches Worldwide Campaign WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- December 5, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the parent company of DevDepot, announced today it is launching the next step in its worldwide campaign for the catalog. When DevDepot was introduced to the Mac market in May 1996, the clear goal was to become the premier source for Macintosh development tools and related products. Since its introduction, the catalog has been experiencing tremendous growth in size and popularity, so the excitement surrounding this campaign will definitely be well received within the industry. Earlier this year, Apple began to focus its efforts to support the marketing programs for the Mac OS, Rhapsody, and broadening the availability of Mac OS tools. As part of this new focus, the last issue of the Apple Developer Catalog was February 1997, and on October 31 1997, ADC closed its online catalog as well. Apple...

THE ASSOCIATION OF MACINTOSH TRAINERS (Newport News, VA) -- We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Association of Macintosh Trainers. The purpose of the association is to establish an international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers, instructors and educators that is easily accessible to end users and to help facilitate and improve upon the quality of Macintosh computer support. The association was founded in 1991, has a current membership roster of over 100 members and has received over 3,500 inquiries from all over the world. The membership includes individual trainers and instructors, computer retailers, consultants, government agencies and educators from public school systems, colleges and universities. The Association of Macintosh Trainers can be contacted through Jimmy J. Davies, President, P.O. Box 2743, Newport News, Virginia 23609, 757-877-9463, Fax 757-877-9463, eMail: namt@aol.com, or visit our web site at: http://www.cyphernet.com/amt

METROWERKS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 1998 REVENUES OF US$6.2 MILLION Company Records Profit of US$237,000, or $0.02 per Share, for Quarter AUSTIN, Texas-December 1, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), a provider of software development tools, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending July 31, 1998 (Q1FYJuly98). Revenues for Q1FYJuly98 totaled US$6.15 million, an increase of 65% over revenues of US$3.77 million for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97. Revenues for Q4FYJuly97 totaled US$6.23 million. As in previous years, revenues for Q1FYJuly98 were approximately the same as revenues for Q4FYJuly 97. In Q1 FYJuly98, the Company reported a net profit of US$237,000 (US$0.02 per share on a fully diluted basis), compared to a net loss of US$135,000 (US$0.01 per share) for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97, and compared to net income of US$155,000 for the previous quarter, Q4FYJuly97. The Company completed a financing during the quarter,...

Apple Announces WebObjects 3.5 Premier Internet Development Environment Enhances Ease-of-Use, Java Support, Leverages Customer Experience to Better Develop and Deploy Mission-Critical Applications over the Web CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 1, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today announced WebObjects 3.5, the latest enhancement to Apple's market-leading web application development platform. The newest version of WebObjects dramatically enhances ease-of-use with its Direct-to-Web technology, and improves Java support. WebObjects has transformed the way many companies approach web commerce and development. Many of the new features found in WebObjects 3.5 are the direct result of input from these companies. WebObjects combines Apple's strength in web content creation with industrial-strength performance, scalability and connectivity capabilities to deliver an ideal platform for developing transactional content. The platform enables the seamless collaboration of application...

Apple, BLaCKSMITH Offer Classes On Creating Dynamic Web Applications CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 25, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and BLaCKSMITH, Inc., an object-oriented software development and services company, have joined together to deliver training programs on Apple's market-leading web development platform, WebObjects. Geared for corporate programmers and analysts, the WebObjects programming course is designed to make it easier for attendees to create dynamic web applications. The first five-day session is scheduled to be held Jan. 26-30, 1998 at BLaCKSMITH's training facilities in McLean, Va. "BLaCKSMITH is a valued Apple Enterprise Alliance Program Member that has created and delivered training classes on OPENSTEP and Java, provided OPENSTEP consulting services, and developed shrink-wrap productivity applications for both OPENSTEP and Rhapsody," says Sara Benson, director of WebObjects and OPENSTEP customer training for Apple. "By including WebObjects in their...

Joy introductory offer expires this week Vienna, November 25, 1997. Till November 30, Joy, the must-have tool for Rhapsody developers, can be ordered at discounted introductory prices: $49 for Joy Explorer and $299 for Joy Developer. Free evaluation keys are available on request from joy@aaa-plus.com, implying no further obligations. These enable all features of Joy Developer, and can be used with the demo version, which came on the Rhapsody Developer CD. To download it or order Joy go to http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/order The offer applies to all platforms: Joy for Rhapsody/PPC, Joy for Rhapsody/Intel, Joy for Windows NT/95, Joy for OPENSTEP/MachOS. Typical uses of Joy include: - interactive exploration of Rhapsody frameworks - prototyping solutions - rapid application development - automated testing and debugging of Rhapsody applications Joy Explorer includes a dynamic class browser, embeddable in any application. It allows you to browse the class tree, inspect objects,...

From: Wes.Butler@genieworks.com Subject: [ANN] SpotCheck, the program editor that knows Java GenieWorks, LLC announces the release of SpotCheck 1.0 for the Macintosh. SpotCheck is a language-based editor that "knows" the Java language. It is designed to help a Java programmer produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback from a compiler. Specifically, SpotCheck identifies syntax errors and semantic errors (undefined names, type mismatches, etc.) -- those errors normally returned by a compiler. This analysis is performed after each edit, giving the programmer immediate feedback on errors. SpotCheck provides a host of additional features, including: * smart links to name declarations * cross-referenced Java APIs * editing with popup menus * interfaces to helper apps to compile & run * hierarchical project browsing * color-coded syntax For more information, or to download a free, fully-functional demo of SpotCheck 1.0, visit (http://www.genieworks.com/).

SiteWarrior Wages War On Web Site Complexity ProVUE Development has released SiteWarrior, a new program that uses a revolutionary approach for authoring and managing medium to large web sites. This approach makes HTML coding faster, more flexible and more productive by using an ultra fast RAM based database to manage the structure of an entire web site. SiteWarrior automates tedious tasks such as building tables, catalogs, tables of contents, navigation banners, links to neighboring pages, and other repetitive elements within a web site. Unlike most web authoring tools, SiteWarrior does not attempt to eliminate the need for HTML with WYSIWYG features. Instead, SiteWarrior embraces HTML and automates HTML production with custom "HTML factories" controlled by user defined templates. "For the past two years vendors have tried to convince me that I should stop coding in HTML, but I find that direct HTML coding is still the way to go", says SiteWarror beta tester Kevin Killion of Stone...

Maxum Development Announces Release Of NetCloak 2.5 Upgrade November 24, 1997 -- Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server tools, announces the release of NetCloak 2.5, a major revision to the enormously popular Web server tool for creating dynamic Web pages. NetCloak, the first commercial Web server tool ever available for Macintosh, has been included on the Apple Internet Server Solution for well over a year, and is now included as a standard component of Apple's AppleShare IP 5.0.2 package. The new version adds dozens of new capabilities, improved support for the wide range of servers available for the Mac OS, better 3rd-party tools support, and more. "NetCloak 2.5 is easily the biggest leap forward in functionality since we released NetCloak 1.0 almost 3 years ago," said John O'Fallon, President of Maxum. "The focus of NetCloak is still on ease-of-use, and with NetCloak 2.5, we are bringing higher-end Web site capabilities into the hands of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lightsoft have introduced a new Fantasm 5 price (complete package) for users who are students, unemployed or on a low income. There is also a revised demo/unregistered package, including the PowerPC assembler (in response to users requests). More details can be found at our web page: (http://www.tau.it/lightsoft/) For other details, or comments on this message, please email lightsoft@zedworld.demon.co.uk MORE INFO: Fantasm 5 is a totally revised version of the popular Macintosh Assembler 'Fantasm' (by Lightsoft). It contains, amongst other things, a graphical project manager making it one of the easiest development environments to use on the Mac, in addition to being THE development system for producing fast PowerPC and 680x0 native code.

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Igor Mikolic-Torreira has asked me to let Fortran Warriors know that..... Mac F2C v1.3.6 is now available at: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html Version 1.3.6 is a quick fix that solves an incompatibility between Mac F2C's f2c.h, the error functions in libF77 and CW Pro 2's (math.h) header and the latest Universal headers. Version 1.3.6 is fully compatible with CW Pro 2. Mac F2C is a freeware FORTRAN-to-C translator.

Bay Area Apple-NeXT GROUP Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 PM in Apple Campus' Town Hall auditorium 4 Infinite Loop, Cupertino [off De Anza/Cupertino exit from 280] Hit the Ground Running With Rhapsody Development (Overviews, Hints and Testimonials from the Trenches ...) For more info: (http://www.bang.org/meetings.html) These real world figures have kindly agreed to present: Dan Wood of Bear River Associates: "Mac Toolbox + PowerPlant + C++ Compared To Rhapsody" Eric Simenel of Apple Computer , Inc.: "How a 12-year Mac Developer Veteran Copes With Switching To Another Development Environment". A source code review and demo of - "My First Yellow Application" Steve Dekorte of Inquisit, Inc. and Robert Vasvari, consultant with Inquisit, Inc.:"Real YellowBox Business Apps" - a very cool app using AppKit and EOF, developed in 3 weeks. Please join us for the presentation, demos, Q&A, and dinner after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. Presenter Bios: Dan Wood, a Mac programmer...

From: Bjarne Stroustrup, bs@research.att.com Friday, Nov 14, the ISO C++ standards committee unanimously approved a "final draft international standard" (FDIS) for C++. This means that all technical work on the C++ standard has been completed. The number of the C++ standard is ISO/IEC 14882. There is a final step in the ISO process where the standards bureaucraties ratify the decision of their technical experts. However, that is a formality where no serious controversy exists (and the C++ vote was unanimous!). Under ISO rules, it is now possible to refer to the C++ standard from other standards. Therefore, so can we. We now have ISO C++, ANSI C++, AFNOR C++, BIS C++, DIN C++, etc. - and they are all the same :-) A press release from the committee aimed primarily at non-programmers can be found among my homepages. Personally, I'm very pleased with the new standard. - Bjarne Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Judith Steinbaum Roaster Technologies 617-876-4031 x1818 judith@roaster.com Roaster Release 4 Product Family: All Java -- Cross Platform and Extensible November 14, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its first announcement of detailed information regarding the eagerly awaited Roaster(r) Release 4, Roaster Technologies revealed that the new release is written entirely in Java(tm), utilizes the Java(tm) Foundation Classes, and is the basis for its Data and Enterprise Editions. Release 4 is the cornerstone of the extended Roaster family of development software for high-end professional developers working in Java. The environment is completely extensible, enabling the integration of a wide variety of technologies. "Roaster Release 4 represents a major innovation in the field of Java IDE's," noted John Dhabolt, President and CEO of Roaster Technologies. "This product is the foundation of a substantial and extensible architecture which offers...

OPENBASE NEWS! 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! 2. SPECIAL DEVELOPER PRICING ($99 per connection, 5 Pack) 3. RHAPSODY DEMO CD: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS? 4. OPENBASE LITE: INFORMATION ON THE FREE LICENSE 5. DOWNLOAD SITES & INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------ 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! ------------------------------------------------------ OpenBase International, Ltd. has made OpenBase Network & OpenBase Lite available for both the PC-Compatibles and PPC versions of Rhapsody. OpenBase is a high performance SQL engine that handles all of the complexities of data storage and multi-user communication for end-user applications. Aggressive multi-threading, row level locking, text searching, change notification and variable record length technology makes OpenBase a robust database solution. Some of the companies who use OpenBase include: Adobe Systems, Allegheny College, AT...

To all Macintosh Pascal programmers: The following is a summary of the current contents available at Pascal Central. For any of you who may not know about Pascal Central, Pascal Central provides the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. The home page is at http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central. Pascal Central is now broken up into the following sections: FEATURED ARTICLES: These are the latest articles contributed to Pascal Central. See the end of this note for a summary of these articles. FORUMS & LINKS: This pages provides information on Pascal forums (such as the MacPascal mailing list, and the Pascal newsgroups), and several links to Pascal related web sites (for PC and Mac). To join the MacPascal mailing list, go to http://www.stairways.com/mailinglists/macpascal.html. NOTHING BUT MACINTOSH SOURCE CODE: This is a collection of contributed articles which include Pascal source code for the...