Return of the Utilchart, 1-3 (bundle)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ kafka and the hypothetical utilchart team proudly present │ │ The New ISO Util Charts EPISODE 1 Nov 19-25 2001 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer │ ├──────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┤ │ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │ │ │ │ For those of you who were around and paying attention last time, it's been │ │ quite a while since the utilchart last graced your screens. We apologise, │ │ but real life has been having its wicked way with us. For those of you for│ │ whom the chart is a new thing, we hope you'll find this both informative │ │ and entertaining, and that you'll feel inclined to send money, women and │ │ blank cds by way of encouragement. I'd like to take this opportunity to │ │ thank FaTaLMaN for his enthusiastic, if somewhat limited, attempt to │ │ continue whatever legacy this chart has enjoyed; now, however, the regular │ │ staff are back on the beers and back at the helm. │ │ │ │ Those of you who remember the old chart may notice one or two significant │ │ changes to this new incarnation. The most important of these is our │ │ decision - hard made - to remove from our listings all releases by util │ │ groups that cannot be considered applications in their own right. So, that│ │ means no more textures, no more sound samples, no more training vcds. It's│ │ not a decision we're entirely comfortable with, since the utilchart opinion│ │ remains that such releases can be useful and valid; however, the fact is │ │ that there're a number of groups who release a hideous number of such │ │ wares; also, that many sites still nuke them, and many individuals still │ │ don't care about them and consider such releases "lame". Ultimately, │ │ though, the feeling was that our little attempt to provide something for │ │ the scene should exist predominantly as what it claims to be: a chart for │ │ utilities, and not for materials that supplement or augment those utils. │ │ │ │ Along with making our task quite a bit easier, this decision also serves to│ │ simplify our rules: any release that in our opinion does not exist as a │ │ true "application" in its own right will not be covered or considered by │ │ this chart. Where things get difficult, of course, is in the area of │ │ resource kits and the like; in these cases our policy will be as it was │ │ before: true software add-ons that supply real additional value to an │ │ application will continue to earn two points. App-related bookware will │ │ likewise continue to earn one point. │ │ │ │ Our crusade against modification of ISO images appears to have been lost, │ │ with "install.txt" and even nfo files being routinely added to CDs. It's │ │ a shame, but we haven't the energy to keep arguing the point, and for once │ │ elect to kowtow to the desires of the rabble. Never mind. │ │ │ │ In most other respects, our rules remain the same - newcomers should read │ │ the 'chart rules' section that follows for an overview. One further change│ │ that has seemed necessary, however, has been the inclusion of Linux-based │ │ releases in our coverage. The increasing relevance of Linux, not least due│ │ to the fact that it is the OS of choice for many siteops, means it's not │ │ fair for us to continue to ignore it; we hope this decision will meet with │ │ your satisfaction, and that we won't suddenly see a glut of GPL'd "rels" │ │ hitting the sites... │ │ │ │ We've been pleased to note that the utilchart-endorsed labelling of │ │ so-called "undersized" releases has become something of a standard within │ │ the util scene; however, we've been disappointed to note that the need for │ │ such labelling remains an issue, since we continue to believe that the iso │ │ scene should cover full cd releases whether they be large or small. We │ │ continue to encourage siteops and nukers to re-evaluate their policies with│ │ regards to such releases. │ │ │ │ It's also been interesting to view the development of the util scene, which│ │ is no longer a one group affair. There's a good deal of competition now │ │ evident between the senior groups, with TFL's previous dominance having │ │ been supplanted by the emergence of new groups and the continued presence │ │ of the likes of RiSCiSO and RiSE. Some groups have fallen by the wayside, │ │ of course, but the util scene is arguably more interesting and dynamic than│ │ ever before. │ │ │ │ You'll notice that it's still the "util chart"; I've decided not to take │ │ the plunge and start covering the games scene, due both to a lack of time │ │ to get everything written up, and to a desire to avoid being bombarded │ │ with messages from irate/ignorant/stupid game groups and users. Perhaps │ │ some time in the future, but not now. │ │ │ │ Right. I've blathered enough: onwards. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴────────────────┬─────────────────────┬───────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ CHART RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ These rules are adapted with permission from the isonews scoring system, │ │ with a few modifications. We do not wish to impose a great many value │ │ judgements on what's released - after all, in the util scene more than most│ │ one man's meat is another man's poison. Nonetheless, we feel from our │ │ discussions with other members of the scene that a few areas of apps are │ │ less appropriate or desirable for the scene. Primarily, stock photos, │ │ models & textures that are not in and of themselves applications receive │ │ fewer points than other releases. │ │ │ │-[ Full Apps ] +05 │ │ │ │ Although the isonews games charts award extra points for "exceptional" │ │ titles, there is rarely any application that is exceptional for all users. │ │ Certain applications may cost $10,000 but be of interest to only a very │ │ small minority. Others might cost $25 but be highly sought-after. Apps │ │ from Microsoft may be desirable to many, but anathema to others. So, we │ │ will not be awarding any additional points for any particular releases. │ │ │ │-[ Incremental Releases ] │ │ │ │ With applications more than with games, software companies may release the │ │ same utility on a regular basis with only minor updates - leading to a new │ │ version number, but very little besides. Given the size of isos, and the │ │ fact that such releases are often joined by very small patches that can be │ │ downloaded or otherwise obtained free from the software manufacturer, we │ │ will exercise our judgement in determining whether points will be given │ │ to incremental updates of applications already released in ISO form. In │ │ general, any such update (eg. from version 1.5 to 1.5.2) will need be │ │ required to show detailed evidence of large modifications from one version │ │ to the next. In order to obtain points, a group must detail these changes │ │ within their nfos, unless there are sufficient pointers to substantial │ │ differences between the releases that render a detailed listing of changes │ │ redundant. For example, if filedates are all very different, and filesizes│ │ are immediatly obviously different, this requirement is waived. Still, we │ │ recommend and request that groups do detail changes between releases where │ │ it is possible for them to do so. │ │ │ │ Incremental Update releases that match the criteria given above will be │ │ scored as full releases, +05 │ │ Incremental Update releases that do not match the criteria given above will│ │ not be penalised, but will score no points. │ │ Incremental Update releases that claim multiple modifications in an attempt│ │ to score points, but whose claims are subsequently proven false, will be │ │ deducted +05 points. This is to discourage cheating and abuse. │ │ │ │-[ Zero Compression : +00 ] │ │ │ │ Any group that releases a title with less than normal compression │ │ (specifically zero compression) will get no points for the title and the │ │ group that subsequently releases the first full version of that title with │ │ at least normal compression will be awarded the full +05 points. It is │ │ not our intention to lead groups into repacking each other's releases to │ │ gain points, but rather to encourage good practice in using compression. │ │ We understand that groups may be under pressure to release uncompressed in │ │ the case of smaller applications; however, please see below for our rules │ │ for smaller releases. │ │ │ │-[ Small/Undersized Titles ] : │ │ │ │ It is not our intention to use this chart to dictate policy to the scene. │ │ However, any rules such as this, if they become accepted and followed by │ │ the scene, will generally become a de facto standard by which releases are │ │ judged. We understand this, and we understand that this fact places a │ │ certain level of responsibility on our shoulders. As such, it has been │ │ necessary for us to make certain decisions about certain types of releases.│ │ As noted above, we will not be awarding points for uncompressed releases. │ │ As also noted, this leads to problems with smaller releases. │ │ We believe that the ISO scene is an important one; we know that the scene │ │ comprises people who are fanatical about collecting CD images. So, we will│ │ take a very liberal stance in giving points for releases that might be │ │ nuked on certain sites for being "undersized": any release that in its │ │ *uncompressed* format is at least 50meg in size will be awarded full │ │ points. This is not the rip scene; certain members of the iso scene aren't│ │ even *in* the rip scene, and so comments like "get rip" are not helpful, │ │ and go against the iso scene. However, we realise that this is another │ │ contentious issue so, again, please give feedback. │ │ │ │-[ Dupes : -05 ] │ │ │ │ Any group releasing a dupe will have 5 points deducted. This does not │ │ apply to incremental updates, as discussed above, since we realise that │ │ there will always be those who want every release. │ │ │ │-[ Repacks/Fixes/Fuckups/Bin Errors : -02 │ │ │ │ The group that releases the first 100% error free and working version of │ │ any application will receive the points. Any group releasing a bad pack, │ │ uncracked application, or non bin/cue formatted application will have 2 │ │ points deducted, regardless of whether they subsequently repack their app │ │ successfully. │ │ │ │-[ Beta : -05 ] │ │ │ │ Any beta version of an application not clearly marked as such in both the │ │ nfo and the directory name will lose the releasing group 5 points. Any │ │ release clearly marked as beta will not lose points (we leave the nuking │ │ at the discretion of individual sites) but will not gain any points. │ │ │ │-[ Old Utils : -02 │ │ │ │ The util scene is fairly liberal with allowing older applications to be │ │ released; these charts shall reflect that by awarding full points (where │ │ appropriate) to any application whose street date is within the past six . │ │ months. We may consider reducing this to three months but since many │ │ groups evidently consider the half-year the cutoff date we will respect │ │ this period until the util scene develops further. However, older utils │ │ will be penalised two points. │ │ │ │ [ Clip-Art / Textures / Models / Etc ] │ │ │ │ As detailed above, any releases of this nature will no longer score points │ │ or be covered by the chart. │ │ │ │ [ Geographic-centric releases +00 ] │ │ │ │ Any releases that are only applicable to certain regions will not score │ │ points. For example, Canada-centric tax applications. │ │ We realise that this cuts out a number of map and tax applications that're │ │ useful to some people in the US; however, it is the intention of this chart│ │ to be universal and, since we also not be giving points to, say, european │ │ maps and/or tax software, everything evens out in the end. As with all │ │ things in this chart, however, please let us know if you don't like this │ │ rule. │ │ │ │ [ Add-Ons, Supplemental Programs, resource kits, etc. +02 ] │ │ │ │ Any release that depends on or only expands another release will earn +02 │ │ points. This includes plugins, non-free SDKs, programming libraries, etc. │ │ │ │ [ Computer-Based Training +02 / Bookware +01 ] │ │ │ │ Groups, individuals and sites are split on whether CBTs are acceptable. │ │ We have no wish to dictate policy on this but, to represent this split │ │ within the scene, CBTs will also receive only 2 points. Bookware will get │ │ one point only, for the time being. NOTE ON POLICY: Any release that is │ │ primarily just a source of information with nothing notable besides will be│ │ considered bookware for the purposes of this chart. In other words, adding│ │ a few photos or a search to an app does not stop it from being bookware. │ │ To qualify as a full, non-bookware release an application must have lots of│ │ value added in terms of extra functionality, interaction, etc. │ │ │ │ [ Acceptable Operating Systems ] │ │ │ │ For now, this report will encompass only Intel, Windows and Linux-based │ │ apps. Given sufficient demand we might consider covering Solaris; for now,│ │ however, such applications are beyond the scope of this chart and will be │ │ ignored for the purposes of points. Non-Windows/Linux releases will score │ │ no points. │ │ │ │-[ Races ] │ │ │ │ Maybe some day... │ │ │ │ If anyone has any questions, complaints, or other problems with our │ │ ratings system or how we score titles, feel free to e-mail us at │ │ [email protected] ... on with the ratings... │ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ █████▀ █████▀█ ▀▀█████▀▀ █████▀█ █████▀█ █ █ █ █ █████▒▒█████▒█▒ █████▒ █████ █████▒█▒█████▒█▒ █ █ █ █ █████▒▒█████▒█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓█████▒█████▒█▒█████▒█▒▓ █ █ █ █ █████▄▒█████▒█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▒▀▀███▄▄ █████▒█▒▓ █ █ █ █ █████▀▒█████▀█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓█████ █▒█████▒█████▒█▒▓ █ █ █ █ █████▒▒█████▒█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓█████▒█▒█████▒█████▒█▒▓ █ █ █ █ █████▒▒█████▒█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓█████▒█▒█████▒█████▒█▒▓ █ █ █ █ █████▄▒█████▒█▒▓▓█████▒▓▓█████▒█▄█████▒█████▄█▒▓ █ █ █ █ ▒▒▒▒▓▒▒▒▒░░▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▓ █ █ █ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ ─■■[ EATiSO PRESENTS ]■■─ │█ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ AEA Technology HyproTech DISTIL 5.0 +05 │ │ AEA Technology HyproTech HYSYS 2.4.1 +05 │ │ AEA Technology HyproTech HX-Net 5.0.1 +05 │ │ Dosch Textures Character Designer +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +20 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Some rather hardcore engineering releases here from EATiSO; however, they │ │ seem to be legit, so they get the points. We were quite impressed by the │ │ consideration shown by EAT to the user with the inclusion of a little file │ │ which, when run, restores the iso image to the original format without the │ │ inclusion of a crack/ directory. Extra kudos to them for that - and they │ │ turn up high in the charts, to boot! ││ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄▄████▄▄ ▄▄███▄▄ ▄███████▀▓▓▄ ▄ ▄▄▓ ▄▄████████▓▓▄▐█████▓▓▀█▄█▓▓▄ ■▄▄▀▀▓▄▄▄███▓▓▌ ░░░ ░░░ ░ ▄■▀▓██▓▀░▀████▓▓▌▀███▀▀ ▄ ▀██▓▓▌ ▐▌░ ▐███████▓▓▄▄ ▄ ░ ▄■▀ ░ ░░░ ▄▄▄█▓▌ ▀██▓▄████▓▓▀ ▄▄▄██▓ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▄▓ ██████▀▀▀ ▄▄▓▀ ▄▄▄▄██████▓▓ ░ ██████▓▓▀ ▄▓█████▓▌▐██▄ ▄█▓▌ ▄▓▀▀▀ ▄▄ ▄██▓ ████████▓▓▌ ████▓▀▀ ▄▓▓█████▓▓ ██████▓▓▌ ▄▄▄██▓▓▓▄ ▀▓▌ █████████▓▌ ▄▓▀▀ ▐▓▓▓██████▓▌ ▀█████▓▓▄▄▄▀▀▀▀██████▓▓▌ ▐█▄ ▐████████▓▓ ■▀▀▀▓███▄▄▄ ▀▀▓▓███▀██▓▄ ▀▀▀ ▄▄ ░░ ▐████▓▓▀ ■▀██▓▄ ░ ░░░░░░ █████████▓▓▄ ▐██████▓▓▄ ▀▀ ▄ ▄██▓▓▄▄ ▀▓███▄ ▄▓▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▓▌ ███▓▄ ░░ ▐█████████▓▓▓▀▀ ███████▓▓▓▀▀▀ ▄██▓▓▀▀ ▄██████▌ ▄▀ ▄▄█████▓▓ ▐███▓▓ ▀█████▀▀▀▒ ▐█████▀▀▀ ▄▓█▀▀ ▄▄███████▓▓▄▀ ▄███████▓▓▌ ███▓▓▌ ▄▄▀▀▀▌ ░ ▄▓█▀ ■▀ ▒ ▀███████▓▓▓▀ ▄████████▓▓▓ ▐██▓▓▀ ■▀ ▌ ▀■▄ ▄ ■▀ ░ ▀████▓▓▀ ▀▀█████████▓▌ ▄▓█▀▀ ▄ ▌ ▐██▓▀ ▐▓████████ ■▀▀ ▄▄██▓▄ ▐▓▄ ▓▀ ▄▀▒ ▀▀██▓▄ ▀▓█████▓▓▄ ▀ ░ ▀▀▓▄ ▐██████▓▓▌ RiSE ... ▐▀■▄▄███████▓▓ cH░SAC ▐ ▀▀█████▓▀ P R E S E N T S .. ▄▓▌ ▀▓▀ ▀ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ AUTODESK BUILDING ELECTRICAL V1.0 E +02 (addon) │ │ AUTODESK BUILDING MECHANICAL V1.0 +02 (addon) │ │ MECHSOFT FOR INVENTOR R5 -02 (nuke) │ │ MECHSOFT FOR INVENTOR R5 +05 (repack) │ │ MOLDWIZARD FOR UNIGRAPHICS V18.0.1 +02 (addon) │ │ Pro Engineer V2001 Datecode 2001400 +05 │ │ TEXAS INSTRUMENTS OMAP V2 +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +19 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Apart from the one mistake with the Mechsoft release, RiSE enter our new │ │ chart with a great week... Of course, all of the old questions about │ │ whether RiSE are simply downloading stuff and sticking it onto CD as "isos"│ │ continue to raise mutters around the utilchart channel; we'll give them the│ │ benefit of the doubt and hope not to be disappointed. Again. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ░ ▓▄▄▓▀ ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▒ ▄▓▓▀▀ ░ ▀▄ ░ ▄▄▄ ▄▀▀ ▀▓█▄▄ ▄▓ ▄▄██▀▀░ ▒ ▐▓ ▒▄▄▓▓▀▀▀▀▓▓▄ ▄▄█▄ ▄▓▌ ▀▓██▄ ▓▓███▓▄▓█████▓▓ ▒ ▓▓▓▄ ▄▓▓█▄▄█▓▀▀ ▄▓██▀▀███▄ ▀▓▓▓▄ ▄ ▀▓██▄ ▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▓▓▓▓▄▄▄█▓█▄ ▓██████▓▓▓▄ ▄▄██▀▒ ▀██▀ ▄▄███▓▓▓██ ▄█▓█▀ ▐█▌ ▄█ ▄▄▄ ▀▀█▌ ▀█▓▀▀ ▐███▀▀ ░ ▐█▌▄▓▓▀▀▀ ▀▓█▓▀▀ ███ ▐██▌ ▐█ ▐█ ▐█ ▀ ██▐▌ ███▄ ███▌ ██▌ █▌▐▓▌ █▌ ▄ ██ ░ ▐█ ▀█▄ ████ ▐██ ▐█ █▓ ██ ▄▄█▓█▌ ▐█▌▓ ▐█ ▄█▓ ▐███▌ ██▌ ██ █▓▄▄▄▄█▓▓▌ ▐██▓██ ██▓ ▀█▄▀██▄ ▓██▓▓▄▄▄█▓▀▓ ██▓▓▀█▓▓▀▓▓ ██▌▓█▌ ▄▄▄▓█▄ ▓▄███▌ ▐██▀▀ ▀▀▌ ▓▌ ▀█▓█▀▀ ▐▓▌ ▐█▄▄▓▓▓▄▄█▓████▀██▌ ▄▓█▀▄█▀ ▓▌ ▄▓▄▓▄▓█▄ ▀█▄ ▓▓ ▀▀▀▓▄▓▀▓██▀▀ ▄████ ▐█▌▐████▓ ▒ ▐█▀ ▀▀▀▓▀ ▀█▄ ▐▓█▓▄ ▐█ ▒ ▄█▓▓██▓▌ ▐▀▀ ▀ ▐▌ ░ █▌ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄███▌ ████ ▓█▓▓█▄░ ▄▓██▓█▓▀▀▀ █ ▐█ ▐█▓████▓▀▀▓▓████▀ ▓▀▀ ▐█▓▓▐▓▌▓▓▀▐█▒▐▓ ▐▌ ▄▓█▄█▌ █▌▒ ▀▓▌ ▐████▄ ▄▄ ▄█▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓██ ▓▓▀ ▄▓▌▒▐█▌ ▐▄▄▄▄▄▓▓█▄▄█ ▐██▓ ▐▓▄░ ▌ ▐█████▌▐█▓▓ ▀▓▀▀▓▓████▀▐▓▐▓▌ ▄▓▓▌░██▓▓▄▄█▓▀▀▀▓█▀ ▓▀▓▓▀ ▐███▓▄ ▄██▓▌ ▌ ▐██▓▀ ▀▓ ▒ ▀▓█▌ ▀█▄ ▀▒▀ ██▓ ▒ ▒ ▐ ▀████▀▓█▀▀ ▀ ▌ ▀▀▓▀▓ ▒ ░ ▄▓█ ▄▓██▄▀█▄░ ▐█▓▓▄░ ░ ▐ ▀▓▌ ▌ ▒ ░ ▓ ▄██▀ ▐██▌▀█▌▐▓▌ ▀▓▓███▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▐ ▐▌ ▄▓▓▄▄ ░ ▄▄███▄▄ ▀▓▀ ▐▓▐▓ ▒▀▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▄▓▄ ▌ ▀ ▄███▄ ▄▄▓▓▀▀▐ ▀▀▓▄ ▄■▀ ▀ ░ ▐▓▓ ▀ ▌ ▐██▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓▓▀ ▐ ▓▓▄▓▀█▓█▄ ▄▄▄█▀▒ ■▄▌▄■ ▀ ▀▓ ▓▌▓▓▒ ▐ ▓▒ ▓▄▀ ▀█▀▓▓███▀▀▀ ░ ▀▀▓▓▓▀ ▄ ▀ ▐▓▓▀░ ▐ ▄▓ ░▄▓▌ ▓ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▓▓▓▄ ▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▓▐█▌ ▀▓▄ ▒ ▄▓▀▀▓ ▀▀▓▄ ┌──────┬── ▀▓▓ ▀▄ -───-▐▌-──────────- ▀▓▓▄▄ ▀▓▄███▀-─ ▒ -─-▐▓▌-─────┬──────┐ └──────┼┐ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▀▀▀████▀▀ ░ ▄▀▓ ┌┼──────┘ cH!SAC │├──────────- ▀ -──────────────────-- ▀ -──────── ▐▌-▒-─────┤│ ┌──────┼┘ The Free Loaders Present: ▀ ░ └┼──────┐ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Ansys Design Space v6.0.1 SP1 +05 │ │ IBM Websphere Commerce Business Edition 5.1 +05 │ NETg Microsoft Windows 2000: -02 (non-iso) │ │ Planning and Implementing Active Directory │ │ NETg Windows 2000: Network Infrastructure Administration -02 (non-iso) │ │ NEWSCUTTER XP V2.1.1 +05 │ │ Surfware Surfcam V2001 +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +16 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Old demons came back to haunt TFL, here, with the NETG releases being fake │ │ CD releases. Other than that, business as usual for TFL, who continue to │ │ demonstrate that they're one of the most important groups in the scene; │ │ as usual, it's only their apparent negligence when it comes to the details │ │ that lets them down and prevents them from being the best. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▀ ▄ ▀▄ ▀ ▀ ▄▀ ▄█ ▀▄███▄▀ ▄███ ░▒▓██████████▀▀████ █ ▀█▀ █ █████ ▀████ ▄████▀▀███████▓▒░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄██▀ ▄▀███▀▄ █████▄▄▄▄▄▄ █████ ▄▄▄▄ █████ ███▄▀ ▄▄▄▄▄ ███░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ████ █████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ███▒ ░████ ████ █████ ████ ████▓ ████ ▓████ ███▓ ▒████ ███▓ █████ ████ ████▒ ████ ▒████ ████ ▓████ ███▒ █████ ████ ████░ ███▓ ░████▄ ███▀ █████▄▄███░ █████ ▄███▓ ▀██▒ █▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▒ ▀░ ▀░ ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀ ▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀███ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄ ████ ▀▀▀▀██▄ █ ███ ██▀ ███ ███ ▀▄██▀ ▀██▄██▀ -/- RiSCiSO Proudly Presents for Your Enjoyment -\- ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Edirol Virtual Sound Canvas MP1 +05 │ │ Laplink PCsync.v3.0 +05 │ │ Native Instruments Reaktor v3.04 FULLY WORKING +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +15 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Apart from Reaktor, a cracking release for anyone into audio stuff, this │ │ was a reasonably quiet week for RiSCiSO - nonetheless, their consistency in│ │ releasing apps can only be admired, and RiSCiSO have shown themselves to │ │ often be the first port of call for audi apps. Interesting to note that │ │ RiSCiSO are one of the groups to have adopted the "sub 100meg" labelling │ │ policy, which is one to which they were staunchly opposed at the time of │ │ the last util chart. Splendid. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ░▒▓▓███▓▒░░░░░░░░░░░▒▒▒▓▓█▄ ░ ▄█▓▓▒▒▒░░░░░░░░░░░▒▓███▓▓▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█████▒░░░░░▒▒▒▓█ ┌ █▓▒░░░░░░▒▓█████▀▀▀▀▀▀ ┌ ▀▀▀███▒░▒▒▓█ ░ █▓▒▒▒▓███▀▀▀ ░ ░ ▄▄█████▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▀▀█▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓█▀▀ ▄▄▄ ┐ █████▓▓████ ▀███▒▓▓██▄▄ ▀█▓█▄ ░ ▄█▓█▀ ▄▄██▓▓▒███▀▀ ░ ░██▀▀██▓██░ ▀▀███▓█▀▀████ ▒ ████▀▀█▓███▀▀ ░ ░ ███ ██▓██ ▀▀██▄ ▀ ▓▒ █▀ ▄██▀▀ ▒▒ ░ █▓█ ▓ ░███░ ▀█▄ █▓ ▄█▀ ▄█████▄▄▄ ▒▒ ░ █▓█ ███▀ ██▄▄▄ ▀▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▀██▓▓▓▓▓███▄ ▓ ▒ ▒███ ███▀ ▄█▓▓█░ ▄███ ▀███▓██████ ██▓▓██████ ███▓█▀ ████▄▄ ▀██▓▓▓▓▓▓██ ▀ ▓ ▓██▓ ▄████▄ ▀▓██ █▓▒██ █▓█████▓█▀ ▓██████▓█▀░█████ ▀█▓▓████▄ ▀▀▀▀██▓▓██░ █ ███▒ ▀██▓▓██ ▀█▒ ▀███░ █▀▀▀ ██▀ █▀▀▀ ░██▀ ███░███ █▓██ ▀██▄ █ ▀█▓▓██ ▀ ███░ ▀██▓▓██ █ ░ ▄▄▄ ███▀ ▄ ▒███▀ ███▓ █▓█ █▓█▀ ░█▓█ █ ▀█ ▀█▓▓█░ █▓█ ▄ ░██▓▓█▄ ░░ ██░█ ░███░ ▓▀ ░████░ ▓█▓█ ▄█▓█ ▀██ ▓███ ██ ▓▒ ██▓██ ▒█▓█ █▓ ░█▓▓▓█ ░░░ ▓█▒█ ████░ ▄▒ ░█████░ ██▓████▓██ ███████ ▄██ ▒░ ░█▓██ ████ ▄▄██▓▓▓█ ░░░ ▒█▓█ ▀███ ▀▀██░ ▀▀▀█▀▀█▓▓█ ▓███▓█░ █▓█░ ░████▒ ░█████████▓▓▓▓█▀ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ██▄▄██████ █▄▄▄█████ █ ██▓█ ▀█ ████ ▀███▄▄██▓██ █████▓█▓▓▓▓███▀ ██▓███ ▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓▓███ ▄█▓▓▓▓▓███ ▒ █▓██ █ ░████▄ ▀███▓███░ ██▀▀▀████▀▀▀ ▄▄███▓▓█▀ ███ ███████ ▄▄████████ ▄▄▄ ░ ██▀▀ █ ▒█▓███ █████▀ ▓ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▄ █▀▀ ▄▄▀▀▀ ▓ ▒ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▒ ░ ▄███████████████████▓▀▀▀▀▀──[PRESENTS]──▀▀▀▀▀▀▓█████████████████████▄░ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Steinberg My MP3 V3.0 (Multilanguage) +05 │ │ Steinberg Get It On CD 3.0 (Multilanguage) +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +10 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Perhaps not the most essential apps, but Blizzard gets them out and gets │ │ the points, and provides competition to RiSCiSO in the audio department, │ │ which should make for interesting stuff in the future. With a strong │ │ history in releasing for the German scene, it'll also be interesting to see│ │ whether Blizzard has what it takes to compete in the English market; given │ │ that these releases were multi-language, we'd guess that they're not too │ │ likely to make a real impact on the English-only scene, but we'll wait and │ │ see... │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄ ▄ ▄ █░█ ▄▄ █▓█ ▄ █▓█ ▄ ▄ ▀ █▓ █ ▀ ▄ █░█ ▄▄ ▀ █░█ ▄▄ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄ ▀ █▓ █ ▀ █▓ █ ▄▓▓ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▓▓▄ █▓ █ ▀▀ ▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄▓▀ ▓▓ █▓ ▀▓▄▄ ▀▀ ▀█▄ ▄█▀ █▓ █ ▄▄█▓▀▀ ▄▓▀ ▀▓▄ ▀▀▓█▄▄ █▓ ▓█ ▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▓██▀▀ ▄▄▄▓▀▀ ▀▀▓▄▄▄ ▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄██▀ ▀██▄▄ █▓ █ ▓███ ▓██▀▀ ▀▀██▓ ███▓ ▄▓▓█ ▀██▓▓▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▓▄▄ ▀▀█▓▄ ███ ▄▄▀ ███ ▄▓▀▀▄▄██▀ ▀██▄ ███████▄▄ ███▓▄ █▀ ▄████▄ ▀▄▓█▀ ▄▓██▓ ▀▄▄█▓██▀ ▓█▓ ████ ▀▀██▓▄ ████▓█▄▄ ▀ ▄█████▀▀ ▓██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████ ▄██▓███ ▄▄▓█▀ ▄ ████ ██▓ ███▓ ▀███▄▄▓▀███▓▓ ▀████▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█████ █████ ▄███▀ █░█ ████ ▄▓▀▀ ████ ▄ ██▓▀ ▀████ ▀██▓▓ ▄▄▄█████ ▓████ ▓███▄ ▀ ████ ▄ ████ █▓█ █▀ ████ ▄███▀ ▄▄███▓█████ ████ ▀▓██▄▄ ████▄▄▄▄▄ █▓█ ████ ▀ ▀ ████ ▄▓█▀▀ ▄██▀▀ ██▓██ ████ ▀▀▀ ████▀▀ ▀ ████ ▄ ████ █▀ ▄▓█▀ ▄▄ █████ ████ ▓▓██ ▀▄▄ █▀▄▄█▀ ▄▄ ████ ▓██ █▓ █ █████ ▓▓██ ▀▄▄▄ ████ ▀██▄ ▄██▀ █▓ █ ████▄▄ ▓██▄ ▀▀ ██████▄ ████ ███▓█▄▄ ▓████▄▄▄▄▓██▓▄ ▓▓██▄ ▄ ▀▀ ▄█▓▓▀ ▀▀██▄▄ ▄██████▓▓ ▀▀███▄▄▄ ████ ▀ ▀▀▀▓███▀ ▀▀▓█▄ ▀█▄ ▄▀▀ ▀▀███████▀▀ ▄██▀ ▄▄▄ ▀▀█████▄ ▄▄▀ ▄██▓▀ ▀▓▄▄ ▀▓▄ ▀██▄ ▄▀ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄███▀ ▄ ▀▀█▄ ▀▓███▄ ▄▓█▀ ▄█▓▀ ▄▄▓▀ ▀█▄ ▓▓ █▓▓ ▓█ ▓▓██▓▀ ▓███ █▓█ ▀█▓ ▓██▓▓ ██▓▄ █▓ █▓ ▓▀ ▀ ▄▓█▀ ▀▓▄ ▀▀██▄ ▀▓███ ▀ ▄█▀ ▄██▀▀ ▀█▓▄ ▀▄ ▀▓█▄ ▄▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▓█▄ ▀▓▄ ▀███▄ ▄▓▀ ▄▓▀ ▀█▓▄ ▓█▓ ▄▄ ▓▓ █▓ █ █ ░█ ▀▓█ ▓▓ ██▓▓ ▓█ ▓▓ iMMORTAL^BV ▀▓▓ ▄▓▀▀ █ ░█ ▀▄ ▀▀ █▓ █ ▄█▀ ▄█▀ ▄██▀▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▄▄ ▄▀ ▀ █▓ █ ▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▓▀ ▄▄▀▀ █ ░█ ▀▀▄▄ █▓ █ ▄▄ ▀▀ █ ░█ ▀█ █▓ █ ▀▀ █ ░█ █▓ █ ▄▄▀ ▀▄ MAGE PRESENTS ▀▀ ▀▄▄ █▓ █ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ MGI Cinematic v1.0 +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +05 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Mage has clearly emerged as one of the new leading groups of the iso util │ │ scene; only one of their releases made it into this week's chart, but was │ │ preceded by a number of fine apps, making it clear that this is a group to │ │ be reckoned with. We'll be aiming to bring you an interview with Mage │ │ leadership soon, so stay tuned - and encourage your favourite siteops to │ │ carry the mag... │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄█ ▀▓▀ ▄ ▄▄██▌ ▄▌ ▄ ▄██▌ ███ ▄██▄ ▒ ▄▄█▌█████████ ▄█ ▄▄██ ▄██▌ ▐████ ███▌██████▄ ▄████▐██████▀█▌ ▐██▌ ▄████▌ ▐████ ▐████▌ ███▌▐███████▄▄ ▄███████▌█▌ ▀▀▀ ▐██ ███████▀ ▐█▌ ▐████▌ ████▌ ▐█▀ ███▀▀█████▄ ▄████▀▀▀ ▐█▌██ ██▌▐█████▌ ███ █████ █████ ▄▐██▌ ▀████▄███▀ ██ ██▌ ▐██ ▐███ ▀ █████▌ █████▌ ▄███ ███ ▀██▀▐██▌ ▐██ ███ █▀ ▄▐███▄▄▄▄█▌ ▐█████▌ ▐██████ ████▐███▄ ▄█▀ ▐██▄ ███ ███▌▄▄▄▄█████▐███▀▀▀█▀ ▐██████ ▐██████▌ ████▀█████████▄ ▐███▄ ▐███ ▐██▌ ▀▀▀████ ████ ▄█▄ ████▌██▌███▌▐███ ████▌ ████▀█████▄ ██████████ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ███▌ ▀██▄ ████ ▐█████ ███▌▐███▌ ▐██▌ ▀█████▄ ▐███▀ ▀██▌ ███▄██▄███▌ ███▄▄▄ ▄███▄ ▐███▌ ████▌ ███▐███▌ ▐███ ▀████▄ ███ ▐█▌ ▐██████████ ██████████████▌ ████ ▐███ ▐██▌███ ███ ▀▀ ██▌ ▐██ ▀ ▀████▌ ▐███▀▀▀▀███████▀ ▐█▀ █▀ ▀ ▐▀ ██ ██ ██ ▀█ ▀ ▀▀█▀ ▐▀ ▄ ▀▌ █▌ ▀ ░▄▄■ ▀▀ ▄ ▀▀▄ ▓██ ░ MiRAGE iSO PROUDLY PRESENTS: ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ LapLink Gold 11.0 +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +05 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Just the one release from Mirage. Nothing too special. Moving on... │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▀ ▀ ■▄ ░ ░ ▄■▀ ▀▓▄▒ ░ ░ ▄▓▀ ▀▓█▄▄ ▒ ▒ ▄▄▄█▓▀ ▄▓ ░▄▄▓ ▄ ▐██████▓▄░ ▄▄▄▓▄▄██████▓▌ ▄▄██▌ ▄▄▄████ ▄█▓█▄ ███████████▄▄▄ ▄▌ ▀▓▓▓▓█████▓▓ ▄▄███████▄ ▐█████▌ ▄▄▓██████▀▀▓█████████▓▀ ▐▄░ ▀▓▓▓█▀▀ ▀ ▐▓▓█████▓▓▌ ▐██████▓▀▓▓▄█████ ▐▓▓▓█████▌ ▓█████▓▓█ ▀ ▀▀█▓▓▓▀ ▓▓ ░ █▓████▓▓▓ ██████▌ ▀▓████▓ ▐█▓██████▌ ▐████▓▓▓▌ ░ ▓▓ ▓▌ ░ ░░░░ ▐█████▓▓▓ █▓███▓▌ ▐████▓ ▄█████████ ▄███████▓▌ ░░░░ ░ ▐▓ ▓▌ ░░ ▐██████▓▓▌ ▀▀███▓▓▓ ▄█████▓▌ ▀███████▌ ▀▀▀███████▌ ░░ ▐▓ ▓▌ ░ ▐▓█████▓▓▓ ▀▀▓▓▌ ▀▀█▓▓▓ ▀▓███▀ ░▀▀████ ░ ▐▓ █▓▄ ████████▓▓█▄ ▀▀ ▀▓▓▄ ▀▀ ▀▀▓▄ ▄▓█ ▀▓█▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▓▀▀░ ▀▀▀▓▓█▓▄ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▓▓█▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀█▓▀ ▐ ▓ ▀▀▓▄ ▐▓ ▌ ▒ ▀■▄ ▄▀ cH!<RiGOR> ░ ▀ ■ ▄ ■▀ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ ANSYS 6.0 +05 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +05 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ LND demonstrate that they're still around on the iso scene. Another good │ │ tool for those who need this kind of thing.. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▓▀ ▄▄▄██▓▀ ▀▀██▓▓█▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄██▀ ▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄▄ ▌██████▓ ▄████▓▄ ▄▄████▀███▄▄ ▓████▓▌██████▓█ ▄▓█▓█▄ ▓██▓▓▀█▓▓▄▄ ▀█ ▓▐▓███▓▌ ■ ▐█▄ █ ▄▓▌▐▓▓███▓ ▐█████ ▓████▓ ▐▓████▓▌██ ▀█ ▀▌▐███▌ ████▓▌ █ █ ▓███▓ ▀▄ ▀█▀█▀█▀ ▀▀███▓▌ ▐▓████▌ ▓███▓▌ ▐▓██ ▄▄▄ ▀▀███▀ ▀██ ████▓▓ █ █ ▓████ ▀█▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀ ██▓▓▌ ▐▓███▓▓ ▓███▓▌ ▐▓██▄ ▀█▓▓▄▄▄▄▄█▀ ██ ▓████▓ █ ▓ ▓████ ▓██████▌▓████▓▌ ▐█████▓ ▓███▓▌ ▓▓███▓▄ ▓▓█▓▓██▓▐███ █████▓ █ ▒ █████ ▄▄▄▄▓█▄▄ ▓████ ▓█▓▀█▓▌■▄ ▀▀█▓▓ ▐████▌ ▓█████▓ ▓██▓ █▓▌▐███ ▓█████ █ ▒ ▓███▓ ██████▓▀ ▄████▓▌▐▓▄██▓▌ ▀██▄ ▀▓ ████▓ ▓████▓▌ ▓██▄ ▄▓▓ ███▌ █████▌ █ ░▐▓████▄█████▓▓▌▀███▓█▓▓ ▀▓████ ▄ ▀██▄ ▀███▄███▓▓▀ ▐▓██████▓▌▀███▄▓▓█▀▀ ▄█ ░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▓▓██▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄███▀▀ ▀▀ █▀▀ ░ ▄▄▄ ▓███▌ ░ ▄▄▄ █▄ ▒▐▄▄ ▄▄███▀ ▄▄██▀ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▐███▌ ▓ ▄▄▄ ▄▄██▀ ▄ ▀██▄ ▄▄ █ ▒▐████▀████▐███▓█▀███▓▓▌▄█▓█▓▓███▌ ▐███▌ ▄█▌█▀ ▓▀▌ ▓██ █▄█▓▀ ██▓ ████▓ █ ▓ █▓█▌ ███▓ ███▓▓ ▐████ ▀▀█▓ ▓██▓ ▐██▓▌ ▄███ ▀▀▀█▄▌▄▓██▄████ ▓██▌ ▐███▓ █ ▓ ███ ▐██▓▌▐███▓ ███▓▀▀▀ █▌ ▓██▓ ▐██▓▌ ▐▓█▓ ▓▓▄▄▄▄▐▓█▓ ████▌ ▓██▌ ████▓ █ █ ██▓ ▀▀▀██▄▄ █▓ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▓██▓ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐▓███▌▐▓█▌ ▀▀▀ ▀███▄███▓▌ █ █ ██▓ ▄▄▄█▓ ▀█▓███▀████▌ ████▌ ▐▓█▓ ▐▓███ ▐█▓▌ ▄▓▄ ▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ █ █▐███ ▀██▄▄▄▄ ███ ▐███▌ ▐█▓▀ ▄████▌ ▐███▌▐█▓█▓ ███▌ ███▓▌ ▓███▀▐██▓▌ █ █▐██▓▌ ▐▓█▓ ▄▄███▌ █▓█▌ ▐█▓ ▀▀██▓█▌ ██▓█▀▐███▓ ▓██▓ ███▓ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▌ █ █▐████▄███▓ ███▓▓▓▄ ▐▓███▄█████▌ ▀███▓█▓█ ▐███▓█▌▓██▓▄▓███▌ ▓▓██▄████▓ █ █ ▀ ▀▀██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀█▓▓▀ ▄██▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▓████ ▀▀▓█▄ ▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄ ▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▐█▌ ▀ ▀ ▀█▄▄▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀ ▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Microsoft Data Analyzer 2002 +05 (see below)│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +05 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ While strictly speaking this is an add-on, we believe that MS Office is │ │ sufficiently ubiquitous to be considered a part of a standard system for │ │ Windows users. Furthermore, it seems likely that the Analyzer, while being│ │ spelled in a horrible fashion, can work on its own (with, say, text data). │ │ So, it gets the points... │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▒UUU▒░▒▒UUUUU░ ▒UUU▒░▒▒UUUUU░ ▒UU░ ▒▒UUUUUUUUU▒░▒ ▒▒UUUUUUUUU▒░▒ ░UUUU▒ ▓UUUUUUUU ▓UUUUUUUU ▒UUUUUU░ ▒UUUU▒░▒ ▒UUUU▒░▒ ▒UU▒ UUU ░UUU▒ ░UUU▒ ░UUU ▒UUU ▓UUUUUUU▓ ▓UUUUUUUU▓ ▓UUUUUUUUU▓ ▒UUUUUUUUU▓ ▒UUUUUUUUUU▓ ▓UUUUUUUUUUU▓ ░UUU▒ ░UUU▒░░░ UUUU UUUU▒ ▓UUU▒░ ▓UUU▒ ▒UUUU ░UUUU░ ▒UUUUUUUU░▒ ▒UUUU▒ ▒UUUU▒ ▒UUUU░ ▒▒UUUUUUUUUU▓▓ ▒▒UUUUUU▒ ░UUUUU UUUUU▒ ▒UUUU▓▒░░UUUU▒▒ ▒UUUU▓▒UUUU▒ ▒UU▓UUU▒ ▒▒UU▓U░▒ EDA FOR ALL Group Present : ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Applied Simulation Technology NT +05 (see below)│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +05 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Well, despite a bloody huge nfo, EFA didn't provide much information as to │ │ date on which this supposed suite was released. While we realise that this│ │ kind of software is generally released on spec and not by regular retail │ │ channels, the fact that this CD seemingly doesn't cover every module that │ │ Apsim sell (for example, the "ApsimPI" that's mentioned on their website │ │ doesn't seem to be available here) makes it difficult to score this release│ │ in an appropriate fashion. Nonetheless, generous chaps that we are we'll │ │ give this the full five points - if anyone can provide further info though,│ │ good or bad, we'd like to hear it. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ████ █▄ the Rhythm of Rain ▄ ┌─ ▐███░ ████ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ████▄▄▄▄████████▄▄██▀ R O R │ ▐█████████████████▀▀ P R 0 U D L Y P R e S e N T S │ ▐█▀▀ │ ███░█░ │ ├─████▐█▓░ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ████ ▐█░ ▄█░ ████░ ██░███▒ ████░ ██████░ ▄████░──█████░─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ▄█████░ ████░ ROR ▄██████░ ▄███████ ▄▄█▒░ ███████░ ░███████████░ ░███▒░ └───── █████████▒░ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ██████▓▒░ ███▓▒░ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Macromedia Sitespring v1.0 +05 │ │ Mentor.Graphics.ICX.v2.5-RORiSO -02 (see below)│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +03 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Another relatively new group who, like most such groups, has had a rather │ │ patchy history to date. This week's releases wouldn't be too bad, except │ │ that the Mentor Graphics release doesn't include a crack on the CD image, │ │ and one of their other releases isn't valid for this chart. Still, we've │ │ seen worse; hopefully ROR can avoid the bin errors and suchlike that have │ │ plagued one or two of their releases in the past, and provide true service │ │ to the scene. Of course, we're always put off groups who greet the likes │ │ of Justiso within their nfos.... but maybe that's just us. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▓ ▓ JUSTiSO Proudly Presents ▓ ▓ █ █ █ █ ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ Keystone Linux Red Hat 7x Level 2 +00 (see below)│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ +00 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Justiso continue to do things their own way, much to our frustration. │ │ Their decision to split this set into multiple releases (when they're │ │ available for purchase as a set) ensures that they continue from where we │ │ left them: no points. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ ▄▀▀▀█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀ █ ▀█ ▄█ ▄▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄ █▄ ▄███▐ ▄▀▐█████▌▀▀███▓█▄ █ █▓█▄█ █ ▄███▓█▌ ▓ ▐███▓▀·█ i N F e R N O ▀███▀ ▄▄▄▄ █ ████▓█·▓▓▓▐███▀ █▀ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▄▀ ▄ ▀▀█▐████▓█▌ ▓ ██▀ ■▀█▄▄█▀▀▀▄▀ ▄ ▀▀█▄▄▄▀ ▄ ▀▀▄▄▄ ▄▄▀▀ ▄ ▀▀▀▄▄ █ ▄█████▐█▄▄▄████▄▄▄▌▀██▓█▀▀ ▀ ▄▄██▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄████▄▄▄ ■▄████▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄██████▄▄ ▀▄ ▀▄▐███▓█▐█▓█▌▀███▓███▐▀█▓█·▄██▀████▓███▌▀█▓█▌▀███▓███▌▌▀███▓███▐▀█████ ▀█▓██▌▀█ █ ███▓█▐█▓█▌▓▐████▓██▐█▓█▐█▓█▐▌▀████▓██▐█▓█·▓█████▓█▌▓·▐████▓██▐█▓█▌▓ ·██▓██▐█ █▐███▓█▐█▓█▌▓ █████▓█▐█▓█▐█▓█▄▄▐███████▐█▓█▌ ██████▀▐·▓▐█████▓█▐█▓█·▓▓ ███▓█ █ █·███▓█▐█▓█▓▓·█████▓█▐█▓█▐█▓█▌ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▌▄█▓█▌▐▀▌∙▄▄▄▐█▐▓·█████▓█▐█▓█▓▓▓▐███▓█ █ █▐███▓█▐█▓█·▓▐█████▓█▐█▓█▐█▓█▌▓ █▓▌▄▄ ▀█▓█ ▓▓▌·███▓█ ▓ █████▓█▐█▓█·▓▓▐███▓█▐█ █▐█████▐███ ▓ ███████▐███▐███▌·▐████▓██▐███▌▐▓▓▐█████·▓▐███████▐███▌▓·▐█████▐█ ▄▀▐███▓█▐█▓█▌ ▐████▓██▐█▓█▐█▓█▄▐███▓████▐█▓█▌ ▐███▓█▌ ▐████▓██▐█▓█▄ ████▓█▌█▀ ▐▄██████▄▀▀▀·▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ █▀▀▄▄▄▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██████▀▀ ▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀█▄▌▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ ▀ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄█ P R 0 U D L Y P R e S e N T S ▀▀▀▀ nmls^bafh ├────[App]───────────────────────────────────────────────────[Points]────────┤ │ UpToDate Clinical Reference v9.3 +01 (bookware) │ │ Dragon Naturally Speaking v5 Preferred -02 (see below)│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────[Total]─────────┤ │ --- │ │ -01 │ │ │ ├───── ─ ─ · · · · ─ ─ ────┤ │ │ │ Some controversy around the Dragon release, which was nuked in some places │ │ on the basis that version 6 of Dragon Naturally Speaking is apparently │ │ available; however, it seems that v5 is the current available edition of │ │ the "Home version of the software. A shame that the group didn't mention │ │ this in their nfo. Things're complicated further by the fact that there │ │ doesn't seem to have been an iso release of version 6 in any form. More to│ │ the point, this app seems to be rather old: I've seen reviews of it dating │ │ back to December 2000. In the absense of any further information, we're │ │ scoring it as an old app at -2; if anyone can provide any further info then│ │ we'll be sure to update you in the next chart. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ T . O . P T . E . N └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ├─[Rank]─[Group Name]─[Pts this Wk.]─[Alltime Pts]─[Behind next]─[Behind Top]│ │ 1 EATiSO 20 20 N/A N/A │ │ 2 RiSE 19 19 1 1 │ │ 3 TFL 16 16 3 4 │ │ 4 RiSCiSO 15 15 1 5 │ │ 5 Blizzard 10 10 5 10 │ │ 6= MAGE 5 5 5 15 │ │ 6= MirageISO 5 5 5 15 │ │ 6= LND 5 5 5 15 │ │ 6= LGiSO 5 5 5 15 │ │ 6= EFA 5 5 5 15 │ ├─[Rank]─[Group Name]─[Pts this Wk.]─[Alltime Pts]─[Behind next]─[Behind Top]│ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ F . I . N . A . L . . C . O . M . M . E . N . T . S ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ │ │ Those of you who read the chart in its previous incarnation will have seen │ │ that we've reset the scoreboard; the face of the util scene has changed too│ │ much to make carrying the old scores over make any sense; also, we decided │ │ that a level playing field would add interest and better represent the │ │ scene as it is now. │ │ Anyone looking at the chart a while ago and making predictions for the │ │ future would likely have expected TFL to continue its dominance; what they │ │ certainly wouldn't have expected would have been for a group called EATiSO │ │ to be up near the top... Nonetheless, there they are; whether they can │ │ keep up with the longer-established groups in the future is yet to be seen.│ │ Either way, the scene's definitely a lot more cohesive than it was before: │ │ even taking into account the fact that we're no longer covering textures/ │ │ sounds, it's clear that the groups releasing today are making fewer errors-│ │ and that there's more competition at the top. It's fair to say that the │ │ prospects for some real tussles in those top few positions has never been │ │ greater, and it's difficult to predict who might emerge as a clear leader. │ │ It's good to see relatively new groups coming along and doing things at │ │ least reasonably well, not least because it makes my job easier. │ │ │ │ Since this is the first new edition of the chart, I'm going to leave it │ │ there, only adding that it's good to be back, and that we hope to bring you│ │ an informative - and entertaining - read on a more regular basis. We need │ │ your support, though: if you like what we're doing, please let us know - │ │ and if you have comments or complaints, please do the same. │ │ │ │ As promised, we'll be bringing you interviews, and perhaps other articles, │ │ in future editions of this mag - let us know who you'd like to hear from, │ │ and the issues you'd like discussed. Oh, and do please bear with us: we're│ │ a little rusty at this, and were never all that accurate or objective at │ │ the best of times. But we try our hardest, and hope some of that comes │ │ across. So, until next time - take care and control. │ │ │ └───────-──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────---───────┘