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- MATH CHALLENGE HELPS SCHOOL FINANCES
- ------------------------------------
- -- For Immediate Press Release --
-
- In the dual interests of advancing math education and promoting
- its products, effective with the release of Version 2.0, JUST FOR
- ME SOFTWARE, INC. announces that MATH CHALLENGE, its popular
- shareware program for teaching children their math tables, can
- now be used without fee in its unmodified state on any computer
- owned by a school system, public, private, or parochial.
-
- When using this program in a school system, the only requirement
- is that JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE be notified of the usage with a
- letter on official school system stationery.
-
- John Koszewnik, President of JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE cites his
- rationale for this action as follows:
- "For some time now, shareware products have been growing
- in popularity and quality, to the point where they
- are now as good or better than their commercial
- equivalents. I am certain that users of MATH CHALLENGE
- will find it to be superior to anything else available.
- Nevertheless, many people remain unaware of shareware's
- potential. This action is intended to demonstrate the
- quality and value of such products, particularly important
- in these times of financial constraints within schools."
-
- MATH CHALLENGE program features include:
- -- Simple user interface -- with full mouse support for
- children input
- -- Problems individualized to the pace of each student.
- -- Personalized text encouragement for correct answers
- (MATH CHALLENGE can accommodate up to 49 students in
- one directory).
- -- Enticing VGA animal graphics with true photographic quality.
- -- Color animation and interesting sound effects.
- -- Ability to toggle sound on and off.
- -- Ability to "save progress" -- and return to program later.
-
- Please note that individuals using this program on their home
- computers must still register their program if they use it beyond
- a free 30 day trial day period regardless of whether or not it is
- used freely at their school.
-
- John Koszewnik elaborates:
- "I sincerely hope that other shareware authors will follow
- our example and release their products without fee for use
- in school systems. This will spread the word about shareware
- while providing a partial solution to the budget crises
- facing many of today's school systems."
-
- JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE, INC. is a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). Other shareware products now
- available from JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE include DOCTOR CODEMASTER,
- BATTLE SKIMMERS, and SIMPLE SIMON'S PHOTO SCRAMBLE. MATH
- CHALLENGE, as well as these other products, are available from
- Compuserve, many BBS's, and from all better shareware disk
- vendors.
- Just For Me Software
- March 1, 1993
- MATH CHALLENGE HELPS SCHOOL FINANCES
-
- This is a press release from JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE announcing that
- MATH CHALLENGE, a popular educational software program for
- children, can now be used without fee on any computer owned by
- school systems, public, private, or parochial. This action is
- intended to help school system cope with limited finances, as
- well as promote shareware products. MATH CHALLENGE version 2.0
- is available in the SOFTWARE-TO-GO section of Compuserve's
- EDFORUM.