Contact Ilene Hoffman, MS Macintosh/ Internet Consultant Boston area ileneh@mediaone.net Macintosh/Internet Consultant and Writer, Ilene Hoffman is pleased to announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events/ Party list web site is online! The web site will contain every party and press function scheduled during MacWorld week in San Francisco, January 5th through January 10th. (Some events occur before and after the actual show.) The page will be updated almost daily until January 3rd. Please email any scheduled events or press conferences to ileneh@aol.com or use the Event Submission Form on the site. A "fun stuff to see at the show" page has been added so that users can get a head start on the cool booths to see, so if you have a product announcement please send a 2-line description for that page. Banner Advertising is being sought for the site. If you want to put your company in the face of 8,000 - 10,000 show attendees, please send email. If your preferred email address was not...

Macworld Magazine and MacTech magazine have just made the below announcement. As a developer, you'll want to take special note of the new developer part of these awards. There are four developer categories. Thought you'd like to see it! Thanks, Neil Ticktin Publisher, MacTech MagazineacTech magazine, the leading developer journal in the industry. "Obviously, recognizing the developer community is essential to fostering growth and identifying emerging technologies which will become the future standards and building blocks for the Macintosh platform," said Neil Ticktin, publisher of MacTech magazine. "We're delighted to be part of the most prestigious award program in the industry and that Macworld is honoring these important contributions in the development arena." The Eddy Awards, traditionally held the eve before Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco, will be presented at an industry gala on January 5 at Bimbo's 365 Club, one of The City's landmarks as well as a San Francisco night...

Alphabetas Announces Holiday Price Savings The CFO of Alphabetas, Inc., Dwight Ludvigson, announced Thursday (Dec.11 1997) that they would be offering considerable savings (up to 50% off) their Beta-Test cycles to selected lists members and key parts of the Macintosh developement community. Alphabetas, Inc. is a company established just this year made up of skilled technical and creative people in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area. Most of the testing they have finished is Game-centric, although they do admit to having thoroughly tested business and home use applications. To date the finished games read like a Who's Who of recent hit software (because of non-disclosure agreements the actual list may only be released under terms of nondisclosure, but their walls have copies of some very well known titles)and they would like to add your titles to the roster, and allow you some Hoiday Savings to boot! The company specializes in PPC Game testing as well as 020-040 platforms under the Mac OS,...

VRML Consortium and 3D Design Magazine Organize VRML Contest San Ramon, CA -- December 10, 1997 -- The VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) Consortium today announced that it is sponsoring a VRML contest in collaboration with 3D Design Magazine, an industry recognized source for 3D graphics news and information. The contest will encourage and showcase the latest Web content using VRML to bring interactive 3D graphics to the Web. "Thanks to the combined efforts of the consortium members, the use of VRML is proliferating among businesses and individuals," said Neil Trevett, President of The VRML Consortium. "VRML is finding its way into the corporate world and is being used by companies such as Pepsi and Verifone for practical business applications -- including Web advertising, e-commerce and data visualization. We believe the VRML contest will alert a wide audience to the advantages of using VRML and will encourage further exploration of the technology's potential." "3D designers...

This tip in from an anonymous source: Apple has incorporated Power's tech info library content (PowerSource) into the Apple TIL. They haven't announced it but Power provided it to them for posting and it's up as of 12/8. Just do a search on Power Computing and you'll find the articles along with this disclaimer: "Power Computing provided the information in this article and it was deemed accurate as of 14 November 1997. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content. This article is being provided as is and will not be updated in the future."

Announcing LANsurveyor 4.0 and Neon Responders LAFAYETTE, CA - December 10th, 1997 - Neon Software announced today a radical upgrade to their network mapping application, LANsurveyor. Version 4.0 introduces a new client technology which queries for and displays a wealth of information about MacOS machines on the network from LANsurveyor's easy-to-use map interface. The client technology, called the Neon Responder, is also very powerful because users now have the new ability to remotely control and manage MacOS machines. "We realized LANsurveyor's strengths could be extended to solve user's hardware and software asset management needs." said Michael Swan, senior technical officer and founder of Neon Software. "Important tasks such as system profiling, software and hardware inventorying, software licensing compliance, and file distribution are greatly simplified and can easily be done from LANsurveyor. We also saw a need to provide a more powerful replacement for several older,...

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) For those CodeWarriors out there who are planning on developing for Rhapsody, you can now test CodeWarrior Latitude's Mac Toolbox coverage against your own applications without purchasing Latitude. You can now "try-before-you-buy" by downloading the Latitude Link Test Library from the Metrowerks web site: (http://www.metrowerks.com/desktop/latitude/) By replacing the Mac OS InterfaceLib in your CodeWarrior Project with the Latitude Link Test Library and performing a link (Make) operation in the CodeWarrior IDE, you can see if there are any Mac OS Toolbox calls that your application is using that are not yet implemented in Latitude. This is helpful to developers that are planning to port their applications to Rhapsody or any other Latitude supported platform. Potential buyers must have CodeWarrior Professional to perform this test. CodeWarrior Latitude consists of a set of libraries that performs the functions of the Macintosh API on Rhapsody and...

Macromedia Ships Dreamweaver Macromedia and Project Cool Launch Web Site Design Contest New York, N.Y. - December 8, 1997 - Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR), today announced that Dreamweaver, the first visual Web authoring tool created for Web development professionals is now shipping for Windows and Macintosh. With Dreamweaver, Web professionals experience the power and productivity of a visual tool with the control and flexibility of an HTML text editor. Dreamweaver is also the first HTML editor with in-depth support for cross-browser dynamic HTML. Since the Dreamweaver beta was released in October, over 80,000 downloads have been recorded from the Dreamweaver Web site, www.dreamweaver.com. To celebrate the shipping of Dreamweaver, Macromedia and Project Cool have launched the Dreamweaver Web site design contest. Top Web design firms such as Digital Planet and Box Top Interactive have already incorporated Dreamweaver into their day-to-day production schedule while several sites...

This is a special Christmas offer for all European MacDev subscribers from Maxum Development. Until the end of December 97, Maxum in Europe are happy to announce that we will be offering Rumpus, the leading FTP server for MacOS, for $165.00, and Rumpus Pro for $335.00, which represents a 15% discount on retail prices. This offer is only available in Europe. To claim your special Xmas discount, fax your order along with payment details to Maxum Europe on +33 (0) 5 62 64 10 34, or eMail: Paul@Maxum.com. Further information about Rumpus and Rumpus Pro can be found at (www.maxum.com), where demo's are also available. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally if I can be of further assistance, Maxum in Europe would like to wish everyone a happy Xmas and a prosperous new year. Paul Lambert Maxum in Europe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney DevDepot 805-494-9797 x 105 marketing@devdepot.com DevDepot Launches Worldwide Campaign WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- December 5, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the parent company of DevDepot, announced today it is launching the next step in its worldwide campaign for the catalog. When DevDepot was introduced to the Mac market in May 1996, the clear goal was to become the premier source for Macintosh development tools and related products. Since its introduction, the catalog has been experiencing tremendous growth in size and popularity, so the excitement surrounding this campaign will definitely be well received within the industry. Earlier this year, Apple began to focus its efforts to support the marketing programs for the Mac OS, Rhapsody, and broadening the availability of Mac OS tools. As part of this new focus, the last issue of the Apple Developer Catalog was February 1997, and on October 31 1997, ADC closed its online catalog as well. Apple...

THE ASSOCIATION OF MACINTOSH TRAINERS (Newport News, VA) -- We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Association of Macintosh Trainers. The purpose of the association is to establish an international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers, instructors and educators that is easily accessible to end users and to help facilitate and improve upon the quality of Macintosh computer support. The association was founded in 1991, has a current membership roster of over 100 members and has received over 3,500 inquiries from all over the world. The membership includes individual trainers and instructors, computer retailers, consultants, government agencies and educators from public school systems, colleges and universities. The Association of Macintosh Trainers can be contacted through Jimmy J. Davies, President, P.O. Box 2743, Newport News, Virginia 23609, 757-877-9463, Fax 757-877-9463, eMail: namt@aol.com, or visit our web site at: http://www.cyphernet.com/amt

METROWERKS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 1998 REVENUES OF US$6.2 MILLION Company Records Profit of US$237,000, or $0.02 per Share, for Quarter AUSTIN, Texas-December 1, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), a provider of software development tools, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending July 31, 1998 (Q1FYJuly98). Revenues for Q1FYJuly98 totaled US$6.15 million, an increase of 65% over revenues of US$3.77 million for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97. Revenues for Q4FYJuly97 totaled US$6.23 million. As in previous years, revenues for Q1FYJuly98 were approximately the same as revenues for Q4FYJuly 97. In Q1 FYJuly98, the Company reported a net profit of US$237,000 (US$0.02 per share on a fully diluted basis), compared to a net loss of US$135,000 (US$0.01 per share) for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97, and compared to net income of US$155,000 for the previous quarter, Q4FYJuly97. The Company completed a financing during the quarter,...

Apple Announces WebObjects 3.5 Premier Internet Development Environment Enhances Ease-of-Use, Java Support, Leverages Customer Experience to Better Develop and Deploy Mission-Critical Applications over the Web CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 1, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today announced WebObjects 3.5, the latest enhancement to Apple's market-leading web application development platform. The newest version of WebObjects dramatically enhances ease-of-use with its Direct-to-Web technology, and improves Java support. WebObjects has transformed the way many companies approach web commerce and development. Many of the new features found in WebObjects 3.5 are the direct result of input from these companies. WebObjects combines Apple's strength in web content creation with industrial-strength performance, scalability and connectivity capabilities to deliver an ideal platform for developing transactional content. The platform enables the seamless collaboration of application...

Apple, BLaCKSMITH Offer Classes On Creating Dynamic Web Applications CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 25, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and BLaCKSMITH, Inc., an object-oriented software development and services company, have joined together to deliver training programs on Apple's market-leading web development platform, WebObjects. Geared for corporate programmers and analysts, the WebObjects programming course is designed to make it easier for attendees to create dynamic web applications. The first five-day session is scheduled to be held Jan. 26-30, 1998 at BLaCKSMITH's training facilities in McLean, Va. "BLaCKSMITH is a valued Apple Enterprise Alliance Program Member that has created and delivered training classes on OPENSTEP and Java, provided OPENSTEP consulting services, and developed shrink-wrap productivity applications for both OPENSTEP and Rhapsody," says Sara Benson, director of WebObjects and OPENSTEP customer training for Apple. "By including WebObjects in their...

Joy introductory offer expires this week Vienna, November 25, 1997. Till November 30, Joy, the must-have tool for Rhapsody developers, can be ordered at discounted introductory prices: $49 for Joy Explorer and $299 for Joy Developer. Free evaluation keys are available on request from joy@aaa-plus.com, implying no further obligations. These enable all features of Joy Developer, and can be used with the demo version, which came on the Rhapsody Developer CD. To download it or order Joy go to http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/order The offer applies to all platforms: Joy for Rhapsody/PPC, Joy for Rhapsody/Intel, Joy for Windows NT/95, Joy for OPENSTEP/MachOS. Typical uses of Joy include: - interactive exploration of Rhapsody frameworks - prototyping solutions - rapid application development - automated testing and debugging of Rhapsody applications Joy Explorer includes a dynamic class browser, embeddable in any application. It allows you to browse the class tree, inspect objects,...

From: Wes.Butler@genieworks.com Subject: [ANN] SpotCheck, the program editor that knows Java GenieWorks, LLC announces the release of SpotCheck 1.0 for the Macintosh. SpotCheck is a language-based editor that "knows" the Java language. It is designed to help a Java programmer produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback from a compiler. Specifically, SpotCheck identifies syntax errors and semantic errors (undefined names, type mismatches, etc.) -- those errors normally returned by a compiler. This analysis is performed after each edit, giving the programmer immediate feedback on errors. SpotCheck provides a host of additional features, including: * smart links to name declarations * cross-referenced Java APIs * editing with popup menus * interfaces to helper apps to compile & run * hierarchical project browsing * color-coded syntax For more information, or to download a free, fully-functional demo of SpotCheck 1.0, visit (http://www.genieworks.com/).

SiteWarrior Wages War On Web Site Complexity ProVUE Development has released SiteWarrior, a new program that uses a revolutionary approach for authoring and managing medium to large web sites. This approach makes HTML coding faster, more flexible and more productive by using an ultra fast RAM based database to manage the structure of an entire web site. SiteWarrior automates tedious tasks such as building tables, catalogs, tables of contents, navigation banners, links to neighboring pages, and other repetitive elements within a web site. Unlike most web authoring tools, SiteWarrior does not attempt to eliminate the need for HTML with WYSIWYG features. Instead, SiteWarrior embraces HTML and automates HTML production with custom "HTML factories" controlled by user defined templates. "For the past two years vendors have tried to convince me that I should stop coding in HTML, but I find that direct HTML coding is still the way to go", says SiteWarror beta tester Kevin Killion of Stone...

Maxum Development Announces Release Of NetCloak 2.5 Upgrade November 24, 1997 -- Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server tools, announces the release of NetCloak 2.5, a major revision to the enormously popular Web server tool for creating dynamic Web pages. NetCloak, the first commercial Web server tool ever available for Macintosh, has been included on the Apple Internet Server Solution for well over a year, and is now included as a standard component of Apple's AppleShare IP 5.0.2 package. The new version adds dozens of new capabilities, improved support for the wide range of servers available for the Mac OS, better 3rd-party tools support, and more. "NetCloak 2.5 is easily the biggest leap forward in functionality since we released NetCloak 1.0 almost 3 years ago," said John O'Fallon, President of Maxum. "The focus of NetCloak is still on ease-of-use, and with NetCloak 2.5, we are bringing higher-end Web site capabilities into the hands of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lightsoft have introduced a new Fantasm 5 price (complete package) for users who are students, unemployed or on a low income. There is also a revised demo/unregistered package, including the PowerPC assembler (in response to users requests). More details can be found at our web page: (http://www.tau.it/lightsoft/) For other details, or comments on this message, please email lightsoft@zedworld.demon.co.uk MORE INFO: Fantasm 5 is a totally revised version of the popular Macintosh Assembler 'Fantasm' (by Lightsoft). It contains, amongst other things, a graphical project manager making it one of the easiest development environments to use on the Mac, in addition to being THE development system for producing fast PowerPC and 680x0 native code.

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Igor Mikolic-Torreira has asked me to let Fortran Warriors know that..... Mac F2C v1.3.6 is now available at: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html Version 1.3.6 is a quick fix that solves an incompatibility between Mac F2C's f2c.h, the error functions in libF77 and CW Pro 2's (math.h) header and the latest Universal headers. Version 1.3.6 is fully compatible with CW Pro 2. Mac F2C is a freeware FORTRAN-to-C translator.

Bay Area Apple-NeXT GROUP Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 PM in Apple Campus' Town Hall auditorium 4 Infinite Loop, Cupertino [off De Anza/Cupertino exit from 280] Hit the Ground Running With Rhapsody Development (Overviews, Hints and Testimonials from the Trenches ...) For more info: (http://www.bang.org/meetings.html) These real world figures have kindly agreed to present: Dan Wood of Bear River Associates: "Mac Toolbox + PowerPlant + C++ Compared To Rhapsody" Eric Simenel of Apple Computer , Inc.: "How a 12-year Mac Developer Veteran Copes With Switching To Another Development Environment". A source code review and demo of - "My First Yellow Application" Steve Dekorte of Inquisit, Inc. and Robert Vasvari, consultant with Inquisit, Inc.:"Real YellowBox Business Apps" - a very cool app using AppKit and EOF, developed in 3 weeks. Please join us for the presentation, demos, Q&A, and dinner after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. Presenter Bios: Dan Wood, a Mac programmer...

From: Bjarne Stroustrup, bs@research.att.com Friday, Nov 14, the ISO C++ standards committee unanimously approved a "final draft international standard" (FDIS) for C++. This means that all technical work on the C++ standard has been completed. The number of the C++ standard is ISO/IEC 14882. There is a final step in the ISO process where the standards bureaucraties ratify the decision of their technical experts. However, that is a formality where no serious controversy exists (and the C++ vote was unanimous!). Under ISO rules, it is now possible to refer to the C++ standard from other standards. Therefore, so can we. We now have ISO C++, ANSI C++, AFNOR C++, BIS C++, DIN C++, etc. - and they are all the same :-) A press release from the committee aimed primarily at non-programmers can be found among my homepages. Personally, I'm very pleased with the new standard. - Bjarne Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Judith Steinbaum Roaster Technologies 617-876-4031 x1818 judith@roaster.com Roaster Release 4 Product Family: All Java -- Cross Platform and Extensible November 14, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its first announcement of detailed information regarding the eagerly awaited Roaster(r) Release 4, Roaster Technologies revealed that the new release is written entirely in Java(tm), utilizes the Java(tm) Foundation Classes, and is the basis for its Data and Enterprise Editions. Release 4 is the cornerstone of the extended Roaster family of development software for high-end professional developers working in Java. The environment is completely extensible, enabling the integration of a wide variety of technologies. "Roaster Release 4 represents a major innovation in the field of Java IDE's," noted John Dhabolt, President and CEO of Roaster Technologies. "This product is the foundation of a substantial and extensible architecture which offers...

OPENBASE NEWS! 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! 2. SPECIAL DEVELOPER PRICING ($99 per connection, 5 Pack) 3. RHAPSODY DEMO CD: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS? 4. OPENBASE LITE: INFORMATION ON THE FREE LICENSE 5. DOWNLOAD SITES & INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------ 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! ------------------------------------------------------ OpenBase International, Ltd. has made OpenBase Network & OpenBase Lite available for both the PC-Compatibles and PPC versions of Rhapsody. OpenBase is a high performance SQL engine that handles all of the complexities of data storage and multi-user communication for end-user applications. Aggressive multi-threading, row level locking, text searching, change notification and variable record length technology makes OpenBase a robust database solution. Some of the companies who use OpenBase include: Adobe Systems, Allegheny College, AT...