Bud's Biased Utils Report #6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here we are back on schedule! I hope... =) I'd like to thank Union for posting Report #4 on his site when NWR was delayed. So go visit union.jaded.net - now! (ok read the report first). Hmmm... anyways I don't exactly have much of an intro planned this week, so... ummm... the first full week of 1999 started with a bang, just go read the damn thing. Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail & messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like it... SCREW YOU =] Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score. Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE. Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other reason I see fit. Week: Week is based from 01/03/98 to 01/09/99. I'm in the EST time zone so dates/times run according to it. Groups: (In no particular order) Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck. ß ß ß ß -XeN PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE: Releases: Corel.Draw.v9.beta.1-PWA [11 x 15MB] Infinite_Voice_V1.0_FINAL-PWA [05 x 2.88MB] FlashClone_V2.0-PWA [08 x 1.44MB] Extensis.Intellihance.Pro.v4.01-PWA [03 x 1.44MB] I think maybe these guys read my report and decided to get their asses in gear... ok well maybe not, but they did release this week. Which is nice to see... except their Corel Draw beta was over the limit, which bought it a nuke on quite a few sites (and was later ripped as an IND). Infinite Voice is a nice release though, and they they threw in an Extensis app for good measure. PWA shows they still have what it takes - or so it seems for now. Total: 6/10 ÜÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÛ²Ü ÄÄÄ Ü Ä Ü²Ü ° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß ²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ THE CORPORATION: Releases: IBM.PC.DOS.2000-CORP [17 x 1.44MB] Pantone.Color.Web.Pro-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] Asymetrix.ToolBook.II.Neuron.v6.5-CORP [05 x 1.44MB] Asymetrix.Digital.Video.Recorder.v1.0-CORP [07 x 1.44MB] Pro.Venture.Billing.Solution_V2.01-CORP [09 x 1.44MB] MS.Dev.Studio.SNA.Server.4.0.517.Enterprise-CORP [23 x 2.88MB] MS.Dev.Studio.SNA.Client.4.0.517.Enterprise-CORP [09 x 2.88MB] Corel.Print.Office-CORP [30 x 2.88MB] Synthetic.Aperture.Video.Finesse.for.Premiere-CORP [02 x 1.44MB] Internet.LanBridge.Client.v.1.44-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] Internet.LanBridge.Server.v.1.44-CORP [02 x 1.44MB] Internet.LanBridge.SurfWatch.Server.Addon.v.1.01-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] Alright I'll admit it.. I'm a huge DOS fan. I miss that damn OS so much, and I was very happy to see the Y2K compliant DOS 2000 come out. So congrats to Corp for doing it even if it is a bit of a throwback (hey I'm nostalgic). For the rest... Asymetrix titles are always nice, and ProVenture... well the current ProVenture series (Brochures, Database, Mail List and others) has been on the shelf for a while... 2.01 just contains a bug-fixed 2.0, but it's still legit. The only title I'm not really familar with here is Pantone Color Web Pro, since I don't do a whole lot of grapic work, but even without that Corp had a strong week. Corp is really starting to look like the group of old - the strong, quality Corp that is. They've also done a LOT of recruiting recently, and it shows with more activity as a result. Good work with the Corel Print Office and the MS. Total: 9/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: SEAGATE.CORP.REPLICATION.EXEC.v1.5.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [06 x 1.44MB] PARAMETRIC.CORP.PRO.MECHANICA.r20.NT4.ALPHA-RiSE [71 x 1.44MB] Rise releasing for the second straight week! They started it off with a pretty nice Seagate app... they also put out the Alpha platform version of Pro Mechanica, which unfortunately was nuked since most people use the Intel (which Rise released the previous week). So I can only give points for the Seagate. Unfortunately that was all the activity this week. But I still love you guys! ;) Total: 4/10 ÜÛÛßÛÛÛßß ß ÜÛ Ú- ²ÛÛ ßß ßßß ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä ßßß -ÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄ¿ : ßßßÛÛÜßÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛÜ °³ ßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °: : ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß . ³° ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛßß : ²ÛÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ : Ü ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ royÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÄÙ ßÜ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ßÜ ÛÛÛ ßßßßßß ßÛÛ² ßÛ SIEGE: Releases: QFX.V6.27.FOR.WINNT-SiEGE [02 x 1.44MB] ZBIG.V1.01.FOR.DISCREET.LOGIC.EFFECT-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] ZBIG.V1.01.FOR.DIGITAL.FUSION.V2.1X-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] ZBIG.V1.01.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] ULTIMATTE.V2.04.FOR.DIGITAL.FUSION.V2.5-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] 5D.MONSTER.PLUGINS.FOR.DIGITAL.FUSION.V2.5-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] DIGITAL.FUSION.POST.V2.5.FINAL-SiEGE [09 x 1.44MB] DIGITAL.FUSION.V2.5.FINAL-SiEGE [09 x 1.44MB] CHARACTER.STUDIO.V2.1.FOR.3DSMAX.V2.X-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] IRONCAD.V1.4-SiEGE [35 x 2.88MB] ASNA.VISUAL.RPG.R2.2.V7.425-SiEGE [11 x 1.44MB] BLADE.PRO.V.2.1.2-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] DISCREET.LOGIC.PAINT.V2.0.TO.2.1.UPGRADE-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] DISCREET.LOGIC.EFFECT.V2.0.TO.2.1.UPGRADE-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] Fuck.. I can tell already that this is gonna be a hard week to score. SGE takes Digital Fusion 2.5 final (NT compositing software which will be popular with the graphics crowd I'm sure), and Character Studio for 3DSMAX - one of the most popular addons for 3DSMAX (made by Kinetix, who makes 3DSMAX itself). I've seen the end results of Character Studio and I was pretty damn impressed (this comes from someone with almost no artistic inclination). Outside of that it was a fairly average week for the SGE team. Total: 8/10 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ[XX/XX]Ä ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û² Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä X-FORCE: Releases: Turbo_Tax98_Home_Business-XFORCE [11 x 1.44MB] FOTOSYNC_PICTURE_FLOW_3.0_BUILD_53-XFORCE [03 x 1.44MB] REALPRODUCER_PLUS_G2_FINAL-XFORCE [04 x 1.44MB] ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_1ST_EDITION_JAN_1999-XFORCE [06 x 1.44MB] YES!!! The first Ultimate Toolbox of the year!!! Only 23 more to go :P Another FotoSync build - the version is new though. TurboTax98 H/B is a bit nicer, but limited to American users. Which is fine, taxes are a bitch, but I'll never give a high score for tax software. Finally XF RealProducer Plus G2, only a few MONTHS after PGC released it. XF claims theirs is a final... well I never had a problem with the earlier release. Total: 4/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Sax.mPower.98.Professional.v3.0.0.3-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] InfoPower.Professional.v4.02e-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] WebPlus.v4.0.Build.23.for.WinNT-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] Informed.Filler.v2.6-SHOCK [18 x 1.44MB] Informed.Designer.v2.6-SHOCK [26 x 1.44MB] Java.Web.Server.v1.1.3-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB] Informix.Dynamic.Server.Workgroup.Edition.v7.30.FC1.WinNT4-SHOCK[53 x 1.44MB] Stay.Organized.Quick.and.Easy-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Iris.Antivirus.Plus.v22.15-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] Iris.Antivirus.Plus.v22.15.Upgrade-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] MetaInfo.MetaIP.DNS.v4.1.for.WindowsNT-SHOCK [23 x 1.44MB] Ugh a build! And after I picked on XF. =) Oh well about the same as last week for the SHK crew quality wise overall... they boomed on Thursday, releasing 5 apps. The Informed series from Shana Corp was definately the highlight of the week for them, and they put out another Sun Micro app as well as the lastest MetaInfo tool. As usual not bad overall, but not enough to take the lead. Total: 7/10 _ ___________ _ ________ ___________ __ _ ____________ \_________ \_________ \____ _ _/_ / _ __/ / ____/ / _ __/ / ______//_ / /_ /_____/ _//_ _ \_ / /_ / \_______/ _ _//__/ _ _// _ _//mG(CiA) =[ENT]===/______/==/_______/_____/=====[ENT]= ENTITY: Releases: JCLASS.SWING.SUITE.v1.1-ENTiTY [03 x 1.44MB] PGP.CERTIFICATE.SERVER.v1.01.WINNT-ENTiTY [03 x 1.44MB] Hmmm.. Entity released this week... but not much, and they're going to have to do a lot more to really stay in the race. My January comment still stands - this month will show whether ENT really has it in them. In the middle of the week Redux had some weird spat with Entity and dropped them, then promptly took them back... beats me. Release more guys. Total: 4/10 . ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ .ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------. : ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ . | ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ : | ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ . : | ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß . .ܲÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÝ ßß PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Dynasty.Development.Enviroment.v3.5.3.WinNT-PFT [15 x 1.44MB] Dynasty.Development.Enviroment.v3.5.3.Win9x-PFT [15 x 2.88MB] Quickbooks.Pro.99-PFT [11 x 2.88MB] Netscape.Application.Server.2.1.WinNT-PFT [10 x 2.88MB] Matrox.Guardian.Manager.v2.50-PFT [03 x 1.44MB] IQ.Objects.v6.12-PFT [13 x 1.44MB] FutureTense.Designer.2.5-PFT [06 x 2.88MB] InstallShield.Java.Edition.2.02-PFT [07 x 1.44MB] Seagate.Software.WinINSTALL.6.04-PFT [15 x 2.88MB] QUARTERDECK.CLEANSWEEP.V4.1.DELUXE.SUITE-PFT [05 x 2.88MB] Microsoft.Windows.NT.Server.Resource.Kit.4.03-PFT [08 x 2.88MB] IBM.WebSphere.Studio.V1-PFT [09 x 1.44MB] Shiva.Configurator.1.5-PFT [07 x 2.88MB] Shiva.Access.Manager.4.5-PFT [09 x 1.44MB] LabWindows.CVI.v5.01.for.Win3.x-PFT [15 x 2.88MB] LabWindows.CVI.v5.01.Manual.Addon-PFT [09 x 2.88MB] LabWindows.CVI.v5.01.for.Win9xNT-PFT [36 x 2.88MB] Baan.Front.Office.98.4-PFT [28 x 2.88MB] TestStand.v1.0.for.Win9xNT-PFT [29 x 2.88MB] Salvo.Server.4.00.230.WinNT-PFT [09 x 2.88MB] Salvo.Impact.v2.00.155.WinNT.Diz.Fix-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] Softics.DeskPack98.Professional.Diz.Fix-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] Cold.Fusion.Enterprise.4.0.1.Beta1-PFT [11 x 2.88MB] Cold.Fusion.Studio.4.0.1.Beta1-PFT [09 x 1.44MB] Rumba.MainFrame.v5.2.U00A.DIZ.FIX-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] Rumba.MainFrame.v5.2.U00A-PFT [30 x 2.88MB] Softics.DeskPack98.Professional-PFT [09 x 1.44MB] Salvo.Impact.v2.00.155.WinNT-PFT [06 x 1.44MB] Remove.IT.98.v4.0-PFT [05 x 1.44MB] Wow! PFT really exploded on the this week, doing some great apps in the process. They did pick up some nukes for the MS and IBM releases, as well as for the betas (I do count betas but never as high as a final), but the good outweighs the bad in this case. Cleensweep 4.1 Deluxe has been in stores for a bit, and PFT took advantage and grabbed it. Quickbooks Pro 99 was another great edition to their resume this week. A lot of DIZ fixes this week - learn how to fill em out, it's not hard. Still an excellent week though (I don't deduct for DIZ fixes). Total: 9/10 ________ ________ | |_________________________|__ | | | _ \ ___/ | | | / \ \ | |________|_______/ [xx/xx]/\________________| ----------------/________/>bds!------------ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: ARCserveIT_v6.6_Workgroup_Edition-LND [19 x 2.88MB] CGTECH_VERICUT_V4.0-LND [38 x 2.88MB] LOTUS_DOMINO_DOC_V2.1-LND [04 x 2.88MB] PTC_PRO_MECHANICA_R20_9834_FINAL_WINNT-LND [30 x 2.88MB] PTC_PRO_MECHANICA_R20_9834_FINAL_WIN95-LND [28 x 2.88MB] VOICE_XPRESS_PROFESSIONAL_v2.02-LND [22 x 2.88MB] LND beat all other groups to ripping the Voice XPress ISO, and were even kind enough to include the ISO group's serial. They also put out a version of Pro Mechanica which they claim is several months newer than the one Rise put out recently. I haven't compared the two (and probably won't, to be honest it isn't worth the download time). ARCServeIT is the bright spot here. Total: 7/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Lotus_Sametime_v1.0_Final-PNC [50 x 1.44MB] Netegrity.Site.Minder.Server.v3.02-PNC [22 x 1.44MB] Rational.Clearquest.v1.0.Final-PNC [25 x 2.88MB] SolidView.v3.05-PNC [07 x 1.44MB] DataPro.InfinityPower.Accounting.v4.4-PNC [14 x 1.44MB] Rational.ClearQuest.DeBugger.Addon-PNC [18 x 1.44MB] Rational.ClearQuest.Drivers.Addon-PNC [19 x 2.88MB] Avilon_World_Studio_98_Win9xNT-PNC [05 x 1.44MB] Well here we have the most activity from PNC that we've seen in quite a while. Even last week, when they did alright, they weren't at this level. To be honest I was very suprised that they did this well - but a lot of groups suprised me this week. There's a lot of nice Enterprise level apps in there, including the overly expensive (imo) Netegrity Site Minder. So in the end PNC is up two points from the last time round. Total: 8/10 Ä ÜÜ ÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ°ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄ Ä °ß ßÛÜ ßß ßÝ ß þ ÞÜ þ Ü ß þ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß Û ÞÛÝÛ ß ÛÜßÜ ÛßÛÜßÛÛ Û ÛÜßÜ ßß ÜÝ ÛÜßÜ ÞÛÝÜÛßÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÜ ÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÜ Û ÞßßÞÛÝÜ ß²² ß²² ß²² Üß²² ß ²ß ß²Üß²Û ÜÞ²Ý ß²² Ü ÄÄ ß ÄÄÄ ß Ä ßß ÄÄ ß ß ÄÄÄÄ ß ßß Üßß Ä°Ä ßß PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Premiere: Releases: AllCLEAR.v4.5-PREMiERE [09 x 1.44MB] Option.Simulator.Real.Time.v3.1-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] Email.Forwarding.Server.Advanced.v4.03-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Learning.Director.v1.05.Client.Server-PREMiERE [10 x 2.88MB] VDOnet.Multicast.Player.v1.0.for.WinNT-PREMiERE [08 x 1.44MB] Presto.PhotoAlbum.v1.57-PREMiERE [38 x 1.44MB] CoffeeCup.HTML.Express.v3.0-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Consiglieri.v4.02-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] BaanConnector.98.3-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] CyberMotion.XL.v2.02-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] Urchin.ISP.v1.3b-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] SignPoster.v1.24-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] AnswerWorks.v3.0.15-PREMiERE [07 x 1.44MB] WinVRS.99.v1.01-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB] QuikLink.Explorer.v4.0.32.Gold-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB] QuikEdit.Web.Site.Development.Studio.v1.0.21-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB] PC.Temp.Clean.v1.4-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Aspect.Explore.v4.1.1.7-PREMiERE [09 x 2.88MB] Shiva.Net.Manager.v5.41-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] NewsMate.v3.94-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] PRM had a nice week this week, especially compared to the contreversy of the last one. No nukes, no dupes, nothing questionable - these are the weeks that show they are a good releasing team, even if they didn't get any of the major titles this week. I hemmed and hawwed and finally settled on and 7/10, considered an 8 and stuck with the 7. They still had a nice week, with some decent apps. Total: 7/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[om]\________/== d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d ===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] == DRINK OR DIE: Releases: Sophos_AntiVirus_V3.17_OS2-DOD [03 x 1.44MB] Sophos_AntiVirus_V3.17_NW-DOD [01 x 1.44MB] Sophos_AntiVirus_V3.17_DOS-DOD [01 x 1.44MB] Sophos_AntiVirus_V3.17_W95-DOD [03 x 1.44MB] Sophos_AntiVirus_V3.17_NT-DOD [05 x 1.44MB] Norton.System.Works.for.Win9x.v1.01-DOD [38 x 1.44MB] TransCOM2001_Standard_Edition_v.3.9.10_Win9X-DOD [05 x 2.88MB] Genitor_V4.01-DOD [05 x 2.88MB] Blue.Marble.Geographic.Translator.v2.0-DOD [04 x 1.44MB] Blue.Marble.Geographic.Transformer.v3.09-DOD [05 x 1.44MB] Blue.Marble.Geographic.Explorer.v2.0-DOD [04 x 1.44MB] Well even DOD got into it this week, with their first titles of 1999. So congrats guys and welcome to the new year! As usual I hate the Novell rule so the nuke on the Netware AV doesn't hold here. (It's not even made by Novell - do you nukers even know the reason for the rule I wonder?). The DOS/OS2 I'm a little more iffy about... but I'm still a bit nostalgic over the DOS thing so I'll let it slip. Not so for the OS2 (tried it and hated it). They also got out a Symantec app.. which is great cuz DOD does way to many antiviral apps. A couple more releases towards the end made this the most active week DOD has had in a while. Total: 7/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: NAI.Management.Edition.v2.0-MANiFEST [13 x 1.44MB] BusinessObjects.v4.1.3-MANiFEST [28 x 2.88MB] Greenleaf.CommX.v1.1-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB] GridWiz.ActiveX.OCX.v3.55-MANiFEST [06 x 1.44MB] EdgeworX.v2.0.1-MANiFEST [12 x 1.44MB] APEX.True.DBSuite.v6.0-MANiFEST [07 x 1.44MB] PowerQuest.ServerMagic.v2.0-MANiFEST [12 x 1.44MB] Dialogic.System.Software.SDK.for.Windows.NT.v98.02-MANiFEST [27 x 1.44MB] WN.Help.Desk.v4.2-MANiFEST [10 x 1.44MB] Materialise.Magics.RP.v4.52-MANiFEST [05 x 1.44MB] Some pretty nice titles here, notably Edgeworx and Apex TrueDB Suite. In any other week this showing could have been considered great, this week I can only call it average. Total: 7/10 .ú [xX/Xx]ú. : [xx/xx/98] : : .__ .____ : |__l \._____.___\__/___ /^\__ /\___ .____ | l | \ _ l \__/ l__ \ \l _ \| l : | __/.:__| \ __/ | \ -- | __/l l _. | \ | | | \/\ _ | . | \ l__: |____/__\|___|_ /_:__|--: |\____/ ||||___/:::::::úúúúúúúú\_/úúú:/_____/|[war]| |:ú|-| HERiTAGE 1998 PROUDLY PRESENTS |-|ú:| |||||||::::::::úúúúúúúúúúúúúú::::::::||||||| [HTG] Looking for a WHQ [HTG] HERITAGE: Releases: Web.Jpg.v2.5.Cracked-Heritage [01 x 1.44MB] Well this doesn't really fit into the Utils category, but I'll still give it a point. HTG needs some major work though. Total: 1/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: Adobe.Acrobat.Exchange.4.0.beta3-RBS [27 x 2.88MB] Blah. Come on guys you can do better. That lone beta does nothing to show RBS's real skill. Total: 2/10 ÛܲÜþß°Ü Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: Ü°ßþÜ°ÜÛ Û ÞÜ Ý Û Û²ßcH/SAC ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÜÜ [xx\xx] ß²Û ß ÜÜÛÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÜÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÜ ß ÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÜÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛÜ ßßßßß ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ Ü²ÛÛ۲ܲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÝß²ÛÜ ßÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛÛÛݲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛß ßßÜ ßÛß ßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÜÜܲÜÜÜ ßßß ß ß ßßß ÜÛ ßßß °±²ÛÜ xx/xx/98 úúúúúú Ratzhole WHQ ß ß²ßßß Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: TurboCAD.Professional.v6.0.Win9xNT-TRPS [23 x 1.44MB] Self.Extracting.Archive.Utility.v2.3.Win9xNT-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] MicroFocus_FastFindPlus_7.0_wth_Resolve2000-TRPS [17 x 1.44MB] Cactus.3.v6.40B.READ.NFO.Win9xNT-TRPS [14 x 1.44MB] Progress.IQOS.v1.0.WIN9XNT-TRPS [06 x 1.44MB] VisionCLICK.v7.0.for.Win9XNT-TRPS [22 x 1.44MB] Insync.Mailbox.Agent.v1.0.0.14.for.Exchange.Win9xNT-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] ISMTP.MTA.for.VINES.v4.25.300.0.Win9xNT-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] Intelligent.Sync.v4.00.404.for.Vines.Win9xNT-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB] Windows.Commander.v3.53-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] Fusion.Administrator.v4.2.Win9xNT-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB] DNS.Commander.v2.0.0.19.WinNT-TRPS [07 x 1.44MB] Installshield.Java.Edition.v2.50.Win9xNT-TRPS [07 x 1.44MB] StarChild.v1.07.Cracked-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] Aventail.Connect.v3.0.Win9xNT-TRPS [08 x 1.44MB] Alcom.LanFax.v5.5.WinNT-TRPS [17 x 1.44MB] Another group I hemmed and hawwed over. Sure they released a lot. But nothing major... plus they saw a few nukes, and as usual they did far too many minor versions. TurboCad Pro 6 stands out amongst the crowd as a very nice title however. Total: 7/10 -/ ACE /- ÜÜ [??/??] ÜÜÜ ÜÜܲÛÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÛÛÛßßßÞÛÛ²² ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Ý ÛÛÛßÞÛÛ²² ÜÛÛÛ²ß ÛÛÛ²Ý ÛÛß ÛÛÛ²² ÞÛ² ÛÛ²²Ý Þ²ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛ²² ÞÛÝ ÞÛÛÛ²Ý ÛÛÝ ÞÛ²²ßß - ²²ÛÛÝÄÄÄÄ ÛÛÛ²Ý Û² Ä ÛÛÛ²² ÞÛÛ ßß ÄÄ-- - Þ²ÛÛÛßß ÞÛÛ²² ÞÛÝ ÞÛÛ²²Ý ÛÛÝ Strick9 Ü ²²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²Ý ÛÛ ßßßßß ÞÛÛÛßß ÜÜ ÞÝÞ²²ÛÛ ÞÛÛ²² ÞÛÛÝ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛÝÜÜÛÛÛ²² Ü Û ß²ÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²Ý ÛÛÛÛÜ ÞÛÛ²²Ý ÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÛ²ÝÞÝ ßÛÜÜÜ ßßÞÛÛ²²ß ß²ÛÛÛÜÜÛÛÛ²² Þßß ÜÜÜÜ ßß Û ßßÛ ßß ÜÜÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßßßÞÛÛÛ²Ý ÜÛßß ßßßßßß ßßßßßß ßßßÛÜÜÜ ßß Ûß [0x/??] ßßßßßß ACE: Releases: REFLECTION.SUITE.FOR.TCP.7.50-ACE [30 x 1.44MB] TOGETHER.J.2.2.DEVELOPERS.EDITION-ACE [05 x 1.44MB] RAPPORT.FOR.TAPI.v3.0-ACE [05 x 1.44MB] Avanti.Journal.v1.4-ACE [05 x 1.44MB] XingDVD.Player.v.2.03-ACE [01 x 1.44MB] VariCAD.7.0.For.Linux-ACE [04 x 1.44MB] ADPLAN.PROMOTIONAL.BUSINESS.SOFTWARE.3.0-ACE [09 x 1.44MB] ACE makes its debut in the report this week. They've been around for a little while, and had their ups and downs. The current group seems fairly strong and they put forth a good effort this week. Some decent titles, although the Linux is discounted points wise. The only down side is Avanti Journal 1.4, which SHK released in January 98. :P But for the most part they did alright. Total: 6/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: PersonalFAQ.v1.00-VERSUS [07 x 1.44MB] NovaView.Administrator.v1.0-VERSUS [10 x 1.44MB] NovaView.Client.v1.0-VERSUS [10 x 1.44MB] Web.Remote.Control.for.Office.v2.0.Win9xNT-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB] WebTraxPC.v2.05a-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB] Verus has turned from a cheesy small app/crack group into a half decent Utils release crew. They haven't got any major titles, but they've managed fairly well to avoid junk, and I'd give them a most improved group award of some sort if there were any. They got five titles this week, all average stuff... not a lot else to say. They earned a spot on this list, so congr Total: 6/10 New this week: ACE, VRS. Idle this week: None! Quote(s) of the Week: You know i've always had an idea of taking normal ad slogans, and make them sexual.. and sell them on shirts. First idea was "I love my carpet ;)" New UTILS dir on 'e' - 'Hot.Off.The.Web.III-PREMiERE' created by 'godbless' oh god another hot of the web app :P <[eX]> hrmm is this a release ? <[eX]> or are they just comenting on who their main supplier is ? Woah another tough one to score. Tuesday alone saw enough decent utils to almost make a week by itself. This is one of those times where a single big name, high-quality release can really make a difference, since almost every group did some nice apps. In the end I felt CORP and PFT really put forth the best effort... but thats not to downplay the performance of many of the other groups who did well. The utils side of the scene really made up for the lull in games this past week (with the exception of CLS's work on Saturday). Lets hope it can keep it up. (And lets hope for at least one decent game soon as well :P). Scum finally released their first title as a reborn group after the end of the week. Expect to see them in next weeks report... the first release did not go smoothly though, they wound up racing PFT and lost on most sites. But at least their releasing, after so much talk it's about time we saw some action. That wraps it up for this week... lets all hope next week is this good. - Bud