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- From: jeff_blum@next.com (Jeff Blum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Keep those great submissions coming!
- Keywords: CD-ROM Education submissions
- Message-ID: <4480@rosie.NeXT.COM>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 22:54:07 GMT
- Sender: news@NeXT.COM
- Reply-To: jblum@next.com
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- We've been receiving loads of outstanding submissions for the
- NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, but we're still looking
- for more! We have space left to fill, and want your
- education-related applications, programming examples and
- palettes, commercial demonstrations, NeXT-related research
- papers, Diagram! palettes, and anything else you think your
- colleagues in education might like to see and use.
-
- We want to give a big thank you to those who have already sent
- us submissions, and a "keep up the great work" to those who are
- polishing their apps in preparation for submitting at 11:59:59
- p.m. on July 31. Even if you can't send your submissions in the
- next few days, we'd like to hear from you so we can gauge
- what's going to arrive during the last week of the month. Just
- to show you that we are not evil, nasty people, if you need a
- few more days after the deadline to meet our guidelines, let
- us know, and we can probably help you out.
-
- Of course, NeXT's education customers will receive first
- priority in the distribution of the CD-ROM. Beyond education,
- we have not established distribution plans (we'll announce
- something later). Of course, we'll give the CD-ROM to anyone
- (higher ed or otherwise) who submits materials for inclusion
- on the CD-ROM. NeXT will also distribute the CD-ROM this fall
- to attendees at the 1992 EDUCOM conference in Baltimore, MD
- (October 28 - 31). This is your chance for fame! Submit now!
-
- *SUBMISSION DEADLINE*
- ****July 31, 1992****
-
- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- We realize that we're going to get gigabytes of stuff, and not all
- will fit on one CD-ROM. NeXT will evaluate for software for
- stability and then select the submissions to be included on this
- version of the NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education.
-
- If you have software that you would like to include on the NeXT
- Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, please observe the following
- guidelines:
-
- 1. Each application should be in a separate directory, along with a
- README file containing the following sections:
-
- a. Who wrote the software and contact information (preferably
- Internet and US. Mail addresses) for questions, comments, bug
- reports, etc.
- b. The category that best describes the software type. (See
- *categories* below.)
- c. What the application does.
- d. What the application is used for at your institution (e.g. in a
- particular course, to illustrate a certain concept, research).
- e. Which NeXT release your software was developed under (2.x or
- NeXTSTEP Pre-Release 3).
- f. Detailed installation instructions (if any).
- g. Any other comments you would like to add.
-
- 2. All executables must be stripped. This can either be done by
- typing "make install" to build the application, or by typing "strip
- <executable name>" in a UNIX shell.
-
- 3. If the software is an Interface Builder palette or an Objective C
- class, we require a small example application and / or detailed
- documentation illustrating the tool's function. Please include this
- in the directory containing the tool.
-
- 4. If your software is shareware, we will gladly include any
- licensing information that you provide for us. Please include such
- information in the README file. We will also place a file in a
- conspicuous place on the CD-ROM encouraging people to register any
- shareware that they use.
-
- Note: We hope that these guidelines will make the CD-ROM much more
- useful for everyone in the NeXT education user community. If any
- guideline(s) presents a particular hardship, please contact us.
-
- PARTIAL LIST OF SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
- (Feel free to suggest a category that we may not have included.)
-
- Architecture
- Astronomy
- Art/Design
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Computer Science
- CraftMan (Both programs and palettes. NeXT will supply the CraftMan
- Engine)
- Economics
- Engineering
- English
- Foreign Language
- Games
- Geology
- History
- Information Management
- Law
- Linguistics
- Mathematics (Including Mathematica Notebooks and front ends to
- Mathematica)
- MediaStation (NeXT will provide a MediaStation engine to run your
- archives)
- MediaView
- Medical
- Multimedia
- Music
- Networking
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Programming (e.g. palettes, objects, examples)
- Psychology
- Publishing
- Statistics
- Utilities/Services
-
- *SUBMISSION DEADLINE*
- ****July 31, 1992****
-
- HOW TO SUBMIT
- In order of preference:
-
- 1. NeXTmail to:
- <next_on_campus@next.com>
-
- 2. A 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk sent to:
- NeXT on Campus
- NeXT Computer, Inc.
- 900 Chesapeake Drive
- Redwood City, CA 94063
-
- If you would like your disk returned, please include a self-addressed
- envelope. (NeXT will provide return postage.)
-
- Please contact us with any questions you may have. And thank you for
- writing top-quality educational software for NeXT computers!
-
- David Spitzler
- Mgr., Higher Education Marketing
- dspitz@next.com
-
- Jeff Blum
- Higher Education Technical Assistant
- jblum@next.com
-