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- Item 7036551 11-May-91 06:58PDT
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- From: BEL0082 MacClub Benelux Bullingen,IUG
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- To: UG0116 Arizona Macintosh User Group,UG
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- Sub: macclub benelux awards 1991
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- For immediate release
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- Amsterdam, May 15 1991
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- MACCLUB BENELUX AWARD 1991
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- Once again, the profile of the Macintosh user in the benelux countries was the
- topic of macclub benelux' yearly opinion poll. For the first time macclub
- benelux used the electronic way to collect these information: about 8,000 disks
- containing a HyperCard stack with pop up menus were sent to Macintosh users in
- the benelux countries. This action met with a good response since about 2,500
- users filled in the electronic questionary. Owing to this unique method of
- polling the received data could automatically be imported into spreadsheets and
- evaluated.
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- Besides the questions concerning the programs used, hardware configuration and
- peripherals, profession and fields of interest (data which will be treated more
- deeply in a market report and which are also available to interested companies)
- the Macintosh users were asked to give their opinion about the support provided
- by the importers and distributors of Macintosh software in the Benelux
- countries.
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- Since 1990, the results of this annual poll indicate the winners of the macclub
- benelux awards: the GOLDEN DISK for the best supported and the ROTTEN APPLE IN
- PLEXIGLASS for the worst supported software product in the Benelux.
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- The question the users had to answer was the following:
- "For which of your (officially registrated) software packages do you get the
- best (or worst) support from the importer or distributor in the Benelux
- countries? Examples of a good support are: demo disks, guided tours, hotline
- service, seminars, affordable upgrades, regular information by means of e.g. a
- newsletter, etc…"
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- The Macintosh users attributed a total number of 1206 points to this item. In
- order to obtain a representative market survey, only those products mentioned
- more than 30 times were taken into consideration for the statistics. The 10
- most important software products received about 70 % of the total votes (i.e.
- 857). And each one of these products got as well positive as negative votes.
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- Because of the unequal market penetration of the products the evaluation was
- not made on a match of the number of positive votes against the number of
- negative votes but based on the proportion between positive and negative votes
- a product received.
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- These percentages determine the winners of the GOLDEN DISK and the ROTTEN APPLE
- IN PLEXIGLASS.
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- The distribution of the points shows clearly that no software distributor can
- fully satisfy all his customers, even not Apple.
- However, some products catch the eye:
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- With 87 % of happy customers, ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE BV takes the lead and is
- awarded the GOLDEN DISK 1991 for the best software support in the benelux
- countries.
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- Despite the high quality of their DTP software XPress, Quark this year again
- comes out with the highest score of unhappy customers: only 20 % of their
- clients are satisfied while 80 % state that this is the program with the worst
- support in the benelux.
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- That is why Quark Inc. is once again awarded the ROTTEN APPLE IN PLEXIGLASS.
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- To complete these information, please find enclosed the detail of the votes as
- they appear from our opinion poll.
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- Macclub benelux Award 1991
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- Total result of the votes:
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- Product Worst BestTotaal
- Microsoft 94 191 285
- Claris 52 88 140
- Aldus 22 50 72
- Apple (Syst + HC) 27 43 70
- Quark X-Press 52 13 65
- Adobe 8 55 63
- Ragtime12 34 46
- Omnis 17 26 43
- WordPerfect7 32 39
- 4D 16 18 34
- Symantec 5 13 18
- AS-Plus7 10 17
- ArchiCad 3 9 12
- Cricket10 1 11
- Think Pascal 1 9 10
- Foxbase7 2 9
- Informix 4 5 9
- InterProgram 3 6 9
- Letraset 8 1 9
- Macvonk4 5 9
- Architrion 1 7 8
- DDI5 3 8
- Dreams 3 5 8
- Helix 5 3 8
- Software Solutions 2 6 8
- Statview 5 1 6
- AB Computer0 5 5
- CE Software1 4 5
- Labview1 4 5
- Plus Products 0 5 5
- Turbo Pascal 5 5
- Ashton Tate3 1 4
- MacLink3 1 4
- MacroMind 1 3 4
- More 3.0 3 1 4
- Softkey3 1 4
- SoftPC 2 2 4
- Decoso 3 3
- Deltagraph 3 3
- Finale 1 2 3
- MacDraft 3 3
- MacTools 2 1 3
- Tops 3 3
- Abaton 2 2
- Alpha Systemes 2 2
- Authorware Professional2 2
- ColorStudio1 1 2
- Design Studio 2 2
- Fast Backup2 2
- HighWare 2 2
- Lotus 2 2
- MacBravo! 2 2
- MacRepertory 2 2
- Mainstay 2 2
- MGMStation 2 2
- Oracle 2 2
- PCMacTerminal 1 1 2
- PixelPaint 2 2
- Scanman2 2
- Sequelink 2 2
- Thunderscan2 2
- Vicom 2 2
- 3+MAIL 1 1
- 5 in 1 van LB software 1 1
- Actec C1 1
- After Dark 1 1
- AM 1 1
- Bit pad plus 1 1
- ChessMaster 2100 1 1
- CMS Utils 1 1
- Coaxis (Brussel) 1 1
- Cobius 1 1
- Computerwinkeltje 1 1
- Comtech1 1
- Copy II1 1
- DB Master 1 1
- Dynodex1 1
- Eccosigns 1 1
- Ecoline 1 1
- Elsevier 1 1
- EQ 1 1
- Ethermac 1 1
- Extend 1 1
- EZVision 1 1
- Formulator 1 1
- GigaSoft 1 1
- Gimeor 1 1
- HTR Mailing Rhenen 1 1
- Ingram Softeurop 1 1
- Interactive Physics1 1
- Liaison 3.01 1
- Lightspeed Pascal 1 1
- Linocolor 1 1
- Logitech 1 1
- Mac Plot 1 1
- MacAuthor 1 1
- Macflow1 1
- MacFortran 1 1
- MacHouse 1 1
- MacLand1 1
- MacR 1 1
- MacRatt1 1
- MacRecorder1 1
- MacServe 1 1
- MacView1 1
- MacWorkstation 1 1
- Macƒin 1 1
- Mathematica1 1
- Mercury1 1
- Micro Planner 1 1
- MiniCad1 1
- MPW1 1
- NoteWriter II 1 1
- OmniPage 1 1
- OverVue (Provue development) 1 1
- Pacer 1 1
- PFS1 1
- Plus 1 1
- PM 1 1
- ProCite1 1
- Prof. Composer 1 1
- Read-It1 1
- Reflex 1 1
- Reports1 1
- Sales Vision 1 1
- SARAH 1 1
- ScriptWriter 1 1
- Sequencer (Opcode Syst)1 1
- Signal nv 1 1
- Softcore 1 1
- Star UX1 1
- Stebis 1 1
- Stonehouse Computing 1 1
- SuperCard & SuperEdit 1 1
- Tecmar 1 1
- Textpert 1 1
- Think C1 1
- TK Solver 1 1
- Topografie-H.S.O. 1 1
- Typestyler 1 1
- UnMouse1 1
- V.I.P. 1 1
- Versacad 1 1
- Visual Business no51 1
- Wich 1 1
- WriteNow 1 1
- Z 88 TO MAC1 1
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- For more information please contact:
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- Hubert Savelberg
- Macclub Benelux - Mactivity
- Wirtzfeld Valley 140
- B-4761 Büllingen-Belgium
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- Phone office xx 32 80 647713
- Fax office: xx 32 80 64 2285
- Hotline Belgium xx 32 80 642150 (members only!)
- BBS Belgium xx 32 80 647363 (24/24 h, 1200-2400-9600 8-N-1 Full)
- Hotline Holland xx 31 43 618540 (members only!)
- BBS Holland xx 31 43 619204 (24/24 h, 1200-2400-9600 8-N-1 Full)
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