( Please print this readme and read it in its entirety. It gives you important information that will help you get the most from Co-motion Lite. )
OVERVIEW
Co-motion Lite is an affordable and useful Shareware version of the brainstorming features available in Bittco's fully-featured commercial version of Co-motion.
Co-motion Lite specializes in group brainstorming. Co-motion Lite empowers efficient and effective collaboration for teams, departments, task forces, even for groups separated by distance and time. Real-time, multi-user technology energizes collaboration as participants brainstorm ideas in a session over the network. Idea generation tools focus the group on three essential areas of decision making: actions, objectives and concerns. Participants instantly organize the brainstorming by printing reports that show the group's concerns, objectives, and actions surrounding issues or problems.
Other features include chatting, a resizable palette where the group can exchange messages in real time, as well as tools for finding, listing, and scrolling through the ideas in a shared, live document called the session. Be in as many sessions as you can handle, with as many people as you want, wherever and whenever it is convenient.
Host and participant capabilities in every copy saves costs and simplifies setup and administration.
REQUIREMENTS
Co-motion Lite requires a Mac® running System 7 or better, 4 Mb of total RAM, a hard disk, and an AppleTalk® compatible network, including EtherTalk and others.
INSTALLATION
Co-motion Lite is distributed as a single file called “Co-motion Lite Package” which is a self-extracting archive. When this file is opened from the Finder™, it creates a folder containing the Co-motion Lite application and supporting documentation.
To install Co-motion Lite, double-click it. When prompted to extract, choose a location on your hard drive, preferably on the startup disk (the one which has your System folder).
CONFIGURATION
Make sure that your AppleTalk, or other network service is on, through the 'Chooser' under the Apple menu and the 'Network' control panel if required.
Make sure that your Macintosh has a name and owner name with the 'Sharing Setup' control panel. Also with the 'Sharing Setup' control panel, make sure that 'Program Linking' is started, indicated by the button next to program linking being titled 'Stop.'
For easier access, you may allow guests to program link by opening the 'Users and Groups' control panel, double-clicking 'Guest,' and checking the 'allow guests to program link' option.
If you have concerns about security, you may freely assign users, groups and passwords.
Very important: Rename your Co-motion Lite application in the 'Co-motion Lite' folder so that it has a unique name. A good name would incorporate your name. For instance, 'George's Co-motion.' Co-motion Lite cannot communicate with any other Co-motion with the same name. Renaming your Co-motion will ensure that you can easily communicate with all your friends and co-workers who use Co-motion Lite.
USE
The balloon help will get you off to a good start so use it until you thoroughly understand Co-motion Lite.
Once you register, you'll receive the full printed and on-line documentation. In the meantime, the details here will get you started and ensure that you enjoy your trail of Co-motion Lite.
To host a session, simply choose 'New' from the 'File' menu. Others will link to your session.
To link to a session that someone else hosts, choose 'Link' from the 'File' menu, navigate to the host's computer, and enter security name and password as required. You'll receive a list of sessions available on the host to which you've linked.
You may freely host and link to as many sessions as you can handle.
The host enters the issue by typing in text next to the swirl icon. The host, along with everyone joined, can create and move ideas in the session window. To create an idea, choose an idea type from the Idea palette at the top-left of the screen, then click to place the idea. Type in the text of your idea, and hit enter or return. Your idea is immediately visible to everyone.
Use the three types of idea icons constructively. The shovel tool is used for concerns, the target tool for objectives, and the runner tool for actions.
Use the browse hand on the idea palette to select and move ideas.
At any time, enter chat in the chat palette at the bottom-left of the screen. Type your contribution, hit enter or return -- or click the arrow button -- to send your chat to the group.
If the variety and number of ideas become bewildering, use the Scroll palette, accessed by the 'Scroll' item under the 'Windows' menu, to quickly navigate around the session window. You can also work with lists, and subsetted lists, of ideas with the Find window opened from the 'Find' item on the 'Ideas' menu.
There is no need to stack or order the ideas in any way. The report will list and sort things alphabetically. At the end, choose 'Print' from the 'File' menu to print out all the ideas brainstormed.
Hosts should remember to save the session file for future use. Participants save a link file which they can open or double-click to re-enter a session, provided the session is available on the host machine.
ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL VERSION OF CO-MOTION
If you like Co-motion Lite, you'll love Co-motion. Co-motion has many advanced evaluation, detailing and reporting options not available in Co-motion Lite that will take your group beyond brainstorming, empowering your group to resolve issues and solve problems.
REGISTRATION
If you find Co-motion Lite useful and continue to use it beyond the 30 day free trial period, you are required to register your copy. A $30 US registration fee will license one copy of Co-motion Lite.
When you register, you'll receive installation diskette(s), the latest registered version, a manual, and an on-line reference.
Again, Co-motion Lite is distributed as Shareware. It is NOT free. You are permitted to use the product on a trial basis for up to 30 days. If you wish to continue using the product beyond that period, you are required to pay a registration fee of $30 US.
HOW TO REGISTER
There are several ways to register. You can print the order form included with this package, fill it out, and send or fax it. If you can't print the form, just forward your name, address, phone ( in case we need to contact you ), and payment information ( check, money order, VISA and Mastercard welcome ).
Address:
Co-motion Lite c/o Bittco Solutions
#194, 3803 Calgary Trail S
Suite 1215
Edmonton, AB
Canada, T6J 5M8
Fax:
(403) 922-2859
OR EVEN EASIER, ORDER BY TELEPHONE AT -
(800) 265-2726
(403) 922-5514
PURCHASE ORDERS
Purchase orders are accepted from US government organizations, schools and Fortune 1000 companies. Purchase orders which include patent indemnity clauses or which require a warranty inconsistent with Co-motion Lite's stated warranty will not be accepted. Payment terms are net 30 days.
SITE LICENSING
Site licenses are available to permit the use of Co-motion Lite within companies or government agencies. A site license allows internal use and copying for a specified number of computers.
The fee for a site license is $25 US for each computer covered. The minimum license fee is $250 US which includes licensing for the first 10 computers. Additional discounts may be negotiated if a large number of machines are licensed.
To request a site license, send a letter specifying your organization’s name and address, as they should appear on the site license contract, and indicate the number of computers you wish to have covered by the license. You will receive two copies of the site license which must be signed and returned with payment of the site license fee. An authorized copy of the site license will be mailed to you along with Registered Co-motion Lite packages for all the machines you have licensed.
WHAT IS SHAREWARE?
“Shareware” is a method of software distribution which gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Details vary for individual programs -- some request registration while others require it; some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software, to an updated program with printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Like commercial authors, Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, and the programs are of comparable quality (in both cases, there are good programs and bad ones). The main difference is in the method of distribution. The Shareware author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their software.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook—whether it’s commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier because you can try before you buy. Furthermore, since the Shareware author’s overhead is low, prices are generally low as well. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee — if you don’t use the product, you don’t pay for it.
THE “CO-MOTION LITE PACKAGE”
Co-motion Lite is distributed as a single file called “Co-motion Lite Package” which is a self-extracting archive. When this file is opened from the Finder™, it creates a folder containing the Co-motion Lite application and supporting documentation.
The following items are included in the Co-motion Lite package: Co-motion Lite Unregistered application program, a registration form, and this readme file.
DISTRIBUTION
Co-motion Lite is a Shareware program and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. You are encouraged to copy and distribute Co-motion Lite for non-commercial use with the following restrictions.
You may copy and distribute the self-extracting “Co-motion Lite Package” file but not the individual application and document files. This ensures that users receive a complete package with all documentation files.
You may not modify the “Co-motion Lite Package” file in any way.
You may not charge any fee for the use, copying, or distribution of the product.
Clubs and user groups may charge a nominal fee (not to exceed $10) for expenses while distributing Co-motion Lite. All other organizations must obtain written permission to distribute copies of Co-motion Lite if any fee is charged for the use, copying, or distribution of Co-motion Lite.
WARRANTEE
Co-motion Lite is supplied as is. Bittco hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Bittco will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if Bittco, or an agent of Bittco has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Bittco's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT
This readme and the software described in it are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this readme may not be copied, in whole or in part, without written consent of Bittco. Under the law, copying includes translating into another language or format.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this readme is accurate. Bittco is not responsible for any printing or clerical errors.
Bittco, the Bittco Solutions logo, Co-motion, and the Co-motion logo are trademarks of Bittco Solutions Ltd.
Macintosh, Mac, AppleTalk, EtherTalk, and Apple are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc., registered in the US and other countries.
Mention of third-party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Bittco assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance of these products.
