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Item 7036551 11-May-91 06:58PDT
From: BEL0082 MacClub Benelux Bullingen,IUG
To: UG0116 Arizona Macintosh User Group,UG
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Sub: macclub benelux awards 1991
For immediate release
Amsterdam, May 15 1991
MACCLUB BENELUX AWARD 1991
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.
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.
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.
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…"
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.
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.
These percentages determine the winners of the GOLDEN DISK and the ROTTEN APPLE
IN PLEXIGLASS.
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:
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.
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.
That is why Quark Inc. is once again awarded the ROTTEN APPLE IN PLEXIGLASS.
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
Total result of the votes:
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
For more information please contact:
Hubert Savelberg
Macclub Benelux - Mactivity
Wirtzfeld Valley 140
B-4761 Büllingen-Belgium
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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