Bud's Biased Utils Report #20
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 Wow, the big 2-0! And only two weeks late to match! Well I never expected to
 still be writing this report in may... but I'm still having fun with it so
 why not. My apologies for missing the last two weeks, I was in the middle 
 of a habitational relocation (aka getting the fuck outta dodge), and it took
 a little longer than I expected... but hey I'm back.

 No interview this week, I'm just getting back on my feet. Last issue I missed
 listing a few releases from some groups, I only missed in the listing, scores
 are still ok, with the exception of VRS, who I'm awarding an extra point. I may
 not list releases at all in the future, or just list a few of each groups best
 (or worst <g>), it gets tedious after a while.

 The two weeks I'm counting as lost and gone as far as this report goes, so
 when I tally up scores next issue for groups here since the beginning of my
 report (as well as others who have been here over 10 reviews now) they won't
 be taken into account.

 So what did I miss... some Grad retirement letter on TCA... he's an admitted
 publicity hound, so if you wanna see what's up, look there... VGC have been
 preforming pretty well it seems... PNC actually RELEASED this week... some
 other stuff... more MS finals, supposed finals, and shit between CORE/PWA...
 I have to side with PWA on any M$ issues, Bill Gates has paid me on behalf of
 the group and is the true PWA insider.. I mean... oops... nevermind.
 
 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 05/11/99 to 05/17/99. 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: 

 Intergraph.InRoads.Bridge.07.02.00.00-PWA
 Intergraph.Map.Publisher.06.01.00.11-PWA
 ChartViewer.PRO.v2.1.with.Keygen-PWA
 Adobe.Type.Manager.Deluxe.4.1.Beta.1-PWA
 Intergraph.InRoads.Construction.07.02.00.00-PWA
 Intergraph.Geomedia.3.0-PWA

 The PWA team FINALLY does a major Intergraph release in with
 all the small stuff, with GeoMedia 3... they also show off their 
 cracking skills with a Keygen Incl release - my personal feelings is that
 anything released should be fully working, be it cracked, carded,
 no protection, or whatever, so there's no need to say this or that
 is included in the dir name, so long as it works - but that's just me.
 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  ܲ۲ Û²Ü    ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ²
   ßÛÛ²ßß  ß   ßßßß    ß  þÜ Þ²  ßß²Ûß
 þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ

 THE CORPORATION:

 Releases:

 Terminus.DX-Creator.v1.4-CORP
 MSMQ-MQ.Series.Bridge.99.for.SNA.4.0.SP2-CORP
 Materialize.3D.v2.1.Final-CORP
 New.Rider.MCP.Trainning.Guide.2nd.Edition.Network-CORP
 Knowledge2000.v2.1-CORP
 IBM.C.for.AIX.v4.4-CORP
 New.Rider.MCP.Trainning.Guide.2nd.Edition.TCP.IP.70-059-CORP 
 SNA.GateWay.V3R5.For.WinNT-CORP
 TelAlert.v4.07-CORP
 Symantec.Mobile.Essentials.v2.0-CORP
 Thrustmaster.Talk.N.Play-CORP
 Professor.Franklins.Instant.Photo.Artist-CORP
 Caiman.v5.0-CORP
 Onset.ThruFax.v1.0-CORP
 Companion.Link.Professional.v1.0M.Win9xNT-CORP
 Adobe.Go.Live.v4.0.Win98.NT-CORP

 The Corporation was a real force over the past seven days, both in quality
 releases and in quantity. Some of these titles are a bit iffy - IBM C for AIX
 (released only because it's IBM), and the New Rider MCP Training Guide stuff...
 but you can't deny the quality of titles such as Adobe Go live 4 (which several
 groups went after), and Symantec Mobile Essentials 2 (seems DOD was nowhere to be 
 found).
 Total: 8/10

 
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 RISE:

 Releases: 

 MICROIMAGES.CORP.TNT.6.0.FINAL.CRACKED.FOR.WINNT-RiSE
 SOLUTIONSOFT.HELP.BREEZE.v2.0-RiSE
 RIGHT.HEMISPHERE.LTD.DEEP.PAINT.v1.0b.ADOBE.PHOTOSHOP.PLUGIN-RiSE

 I've always said I don't make a difference between web apps and store stuff...
 but I was suprised tosee RiSE do two web apps in one week... Help Breeze is also
 pretty old... Deep paint is new and decent, but without a doubt the best app here
 is TNT 6.
 Total: 5/10
 
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 :   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
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                             ßÛ
 SIEGE:

 Releases:

 LOTUS.CC.MAIL.V8.4-SiEGE
 CHROMACOLOUR.X-SHEET.95-SiEGE
 SURFACEWORKS.V2.0.FOR.SOLIDWORKS98.PLUS-SiEGE
 LOTUS.COMPONENTS.V1.3-SiEGE
 GRAPHITECH.CIMAGRAFI.V5.07-SiEGE
 LOTUS.NOTES.V5.0A-SiEGE
 LOTUS.DOMINO.V5.0A-SiEGE
 
 Where to start this week... no suprise with Lotus domination, some decent stuff.
 It's been a long time since Lotus Components 1.2, so this new release is a welcome
 edition. SGE also put out a decent addition for SolidWorks, as well as a new version
 of Cinmagrafi. Not the most active group this week but a selection of notable titles. 
 Total: 8/10

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 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: 

 ORACLE_CHANGE_MANAGEMENT_PACK_V204-XFORCE
 ORACLE_DIAGNOSTICS_PACK_V204-XFORCE
 ORACLE_ENTERPRISE_MANAGER_V204-XFORCE
 ORACLE_TUNING_PACK_V204-XFORCE
 ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_2ND_EDITION_MAY_1999-XFORCE
 PROMOTION_V1.4.30_FOR_3DSMAX-XFORCE
 DIGITAL_NATURE_TOOLS_V2.04_FOR_MAYANT_1.0-XFORCE

 Might as well give Maya and all components to XF... does anyone else even try??
 Some good Oracle stuff here, most notable is Enterprise Manager, take the others
 as bonuses... this old horse still has some kick.
 Total: 7/10

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 SHOCK:

 Releases:

 Family.Time.v2.0.0-SHOCK
 SignSoft.VisIt.v1.2.Source-SHOCK
 Hanes.T-ShirtMaker.Premier.v1.0-SHOCK
 HABERDASH.v2.0.1-SHOCK
 Sax.Basic.Engine.v5.2.Pro.Enterprise.FINAL-SHOCK
 Emblaze.VideoPro.v2.0.plus.Audio.v1.01.and.Components.for.NOF.v1.0-SHOCK
 Internal.Web.v2.1-SHOCK

 Well Shock has slowed over the past few weeks... no idea as to why <g>. They still
 manage a few store apps, although nothing noteworthy, as well as some decent web
 stuff. They beat MFD to the final of Sax Basic Engine 5.2, proving they're active
 enough to win what counts... good to see a final after so many minor builds. 
 HaberDash, Emblaze, and Internal Web are all decent apps as well, if nothing
 fancy.
 Total: 6/10 

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 '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'

 PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:

 Releases:

 Netstudio_2000_v1.5.0.200-PFT
 MyEureka.Report.Designer.v6.1.300-PFT
 Elite.For.Windows.2.5d.1-PFT
 Visual.Test.6.0-PFT

 I didn't pay much attention to PFT at all this week... guess they're saving
 for when the weektops reset again :P 
 Total: 6/10
     
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     ß ßßßßÛÛÛÛ²Ý ßß ÛÛ²ß ß ßßßßßß
 ß ßßßßßßß   ßß²ß ß ßß   ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß
 :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> ::
 Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü

 LEGENDS NEVER DIE:

 Releases:

 MASTERCAM.v7.2B.UPDATE.CRACKED-LND
 MODELSIM_V5.2E.ELITE.EDITION.FULL.LICENSE-LND
 GRAPHISOFT.ARCHICAD.FOR.TEAMWORK.V6.0.R4.INTL-LND
 HYPERMILL_V4.5.1_FOR_MECHANICAL_DESKTOP-LND
 ArchiSITE.v5.6.Cracked-LND

 Hopefully Matercam 7.2B update is cracked right on the first try...
 Hmmm I'm gone two weeks and no real changes, LND still dominates the CAD/CAM
 field. I haven't tested any of these so I won't get into the apps specifically...
 I am considering a few in depth reviews of specific apps each week however, time
 permitting.
 Total: 7/10

  .__________.                     [xx/xx/98]
   \_  ___   )  Da ToP oF Da LiNe!  .___.
 ===/   _/  /=======================/  /=====
 .:/  _____/__./(___.____/\.______./  /_____.
 :/  /__/  .  )  .  )____  )  _   )  /  __  )
 /__/  /  /  /  /  // __  /   /__/  /  /___/:
 .:/  /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
 =/__/========================\/========\/===
 = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =

 PINNACLE:

 Releases: 

 Macromedia.Shockwave.Multiuser.Server.v1.0.2-PNC
 StanConvert.v2.0.for.AutoCAD-PNC
 DataBOSS.vII.6-PNC
 Satori.PhotoXL.v3.02-PNC
 CompressMail.Enterprise.Edition.for.MS.Exchange.WindowsNT-PNC
 Compress.Mail.Enterprise.Edition.for.WinNT-PNC

 Hum along to "Staying Alive" - actually no, fuck the BeeGees ;P Still
 I'm suprised at the amount and quality of stuff here.... years of experience
 if nothing else are keeping PNC alive.
 Total: 5/10

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 °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: N/A
 Total: N/A

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  \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_
 _/      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: N/A
 Total: N/A


  _______________________________[xx/xx]
  \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/
  /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \
 /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \
 \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \
 ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/
   REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
   >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<

 REBELS:

 Releases:

 InfoTRIEVE_IDsPLUS_1.3.0-RBS
 OmniMark_v4.0.1_NT-W9X-RBS
 Aldec_Active_VHDL_V3.3_READ_NFO-RBS

 OmniMark stands out obviously, mixed in with two other apps I can't say I care
 about... and I didn't read that NFO so there! :)
 Total: 4/10

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 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
 ܲÛÛ۲ܲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÝß²ÛÜ  ßÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛÛÛݲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ
      ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛß   ßßÜ  ßÛß    ßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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 ßßß °±²ÛÜ  xx/xx/98  úúúúúú  Ratzhole WHQ ß ß²ßßß

 Teknorage & Pirasoft:

 Releases:

 IXLA.EXPLORER.v3.0-TRPS
 SyGate.v3.0.520-TRPS
 
 I almost took these guys off the list this week, until I saw IXLA's Explorer 3,
 which while nothing special is at least a decent title... TRPS did lots more but 
 nothing worth mentioning here so I didn't list them... all minor builds/cracked
 shareware which fits more into a cracking group.
 Total: 2/10

  _____ ____________ ____   __________
 /  __/_  ___/\_    \ ___\_/ __/\  ___\_
 \  \  /  _/    /_  /___  /  \   ___   /
  \___/\_____/___\   ____/______/_____/pn
                  \_/                     
 VERSUS:

 Releases:

 Emulive.Producer99.v1.0-VERSUS

 I really hope I didn't miss another VRS release this week ;P
 Total: 2/10

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 ::/   _______/    ____/   |   \/    |    \:: 
 _/\____    \/    /___/    |    \          \: 
 \      >    \         \         \/     \   \ 
 :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ 
 ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: 
 ````````````````````````````````````````````
 SCUM:

 Releases:

 Envi.v3.1-SCuM
 ClickNet.Y2K.v6.0-SCuM
 Solid.View.v3.2.RP.Master-SCuM
 Norton.Commander.v2.01.For.Windows-SCuM 
 Helix.Design.System.v4r3m0-SCuM
 Paradigm.Plus.Enterprise.v3.6-SCuM
 Paradigm.Publisher.v1.2.5-SCuM

 This week again Scum showed that while they aren't a dominate group week in and week
 out, they do show signs of brilliance. While Envi was nuked, the other apps are all
 decent titles and worthy of any group. 
 Total: 7/10

 Only one more byte to crack before...
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 2000AD:

 Releases:

 StorActive_SRS_Beta_2-2000AD

 Hello???
 Total: 1/10

   _______________________       ____________
 __\    _______/   ______/______/__        /
 \       __/ /     /      \/      /       /
 /_______\  /______________\____ /________\
 -------------------------------\/-----------
  (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
 ___________________________________________.
           
 ________________________________________wK!.


 FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:

 Releases:

 1stClass_v1.00_Final_For_Delphi_n_C-FCN
 VU_Meters_v1.00_DirectX_Plugin-FCN
 UBackPRO_v6.10_For_Delphi-FCN
 MULTILIZER_VCL_Edition_v4.1.10_For_Delphi-FCN
 MULTILIZER_VCL_Edition_v4.1.10_For_C_Plus_Plus-FCN
 Direct_Oracle_Access_v3.30_For_Delphi-FCN
 CoolMenus_MM_Edition_v1.07_For_Delphi-FCN
 Buglink_v1.1.2_Client_Server-FCN
 WithStyle.Expert.v1.0.For.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder-FCN
 DAO.Components.v2.7.9.for.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder.With.Full.Src-FCN

 Should FCN ever die they'll probably still own Delphi components from beyond the
 grave... FCN is a developer's dream, and for the most part a mainstream user's
 nightmare... I can honestly say I have no clue what UBackPRO is... they did win
 on 1st Class from Woll2Woll software, beating out Shock and MFD. DAO Components
 is pretty popular, and I'd go for it expect I erased CPP Builder :P
 Total: 6/10

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 Releases: 

 FruityLoops.Pro.v1.523.TS-404-Radium

 Not much action this week.... ok that's it, I'm lazy :)
 Total: 1/10

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 VENGEANCE:

 Releases:

 Faxcom.for.Exchange.v6.05-VGC
 VideoCarte.v3.5-VGC 
 Q.E.Database.Editor.v8.0.1-VGC
 Inscriber.RTX.v2.5-VCG
 HotDocs.Pro.v5.0a-VGC
 PC-DMIS3.V.2.305-VGC
 Cisco.ConfigMaker.v2.3-VGC
 Xerox.DocuShare.v2.0-VGC
 CheckPoint.Account.Management.v1.1-VGC

 So I missed a few weeks of VGC rels... Lester don't kill me!!! ;)
 Honestly looking back I didn't miss too much. VGC is consistantly putting
 out some nice apps, but nothing special, and I honestly can't say they're giving
 a real challenge to any of the current top groups... although really this week I can
 easily say VGC is in the top three utils release groups. The real test will come 
 with the racing of a few anticipated titles... so far VGC lost on MasterCAM... I'd
 like to see how they fare on a more mainstream app in tough competition (if there
 is such a thing left as competition left in the scene, seems to be weaker and weaker
 these days).

 This week again we see some nice middle of the road stuff with HotDocs Pro, Cisco 
 ConfigMaker, CheckPoint Account Management...
 Total: 8/10

 New this week: N/A 

 Idle this week: DOD, PRM.

 Quote(s) of the Week: 

 Corp stood out in my mind this week, along with VGC, Siege... honerable mention
 to XF, Scum, and PNC (hey why not, they're active!). Next report I'll be tallying
 up scores for those groups who have had 20 reviews and I'll give an average...
 that's hoping I have it done for next week.
 
 I decided to remove MFD for now, as the top apps from that group are going through 
 VGC now, and MFD is sticking to minor releases and cracking.

                                                                   - Bud