Buds Biased Utils Report, 21

Bud's Biased Utils Report #21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here we go again! A bit about this weeks NWR, and about last weeks, and what you're going to be reading here (assuming you aren't skipping this). Last week was a double issue of NWR... sort of. It had two weeks worth of games reports, some extra news... basically we were lazy. But hey, laziness is a virtue - just not a very good one. My report in that issue (#48) was not a double report - it covered only the week in utils ending on Monday May 17th. Which means I missed a week, since NWR was delayed a week and released as a double issue. No big deal I figured, I've missed a few weeks in the past, and usually I just let them go. However, Loke pointed something out to me recently... and that is in missing a week I tend to make groups who were idle the week I reviewed but active as hell the week I missed look bad. Last week it was 2KAD, as well as a few others... so I've decided to make up for lost time and do a review for last week (18th to the 24th) which I missed. So after you read this report, you can go on to report #22... assuming I haven't bored you to death after this one. And if you still aren't bored to death of me... something is really wrong with you, get a life! Now for some fun stuff... this report, #21, marks 20 weeks of points for groups which have been alive and reviewed since my very first issue. For those groups who've been alive and kicking since my first report I'll give a total score score for all 20 weeks reviewed (Keep in mind I've missed a few weeks, and one week with guest writers wasn't scored). And I'll give a short blurb as to my feelings on a given groups overall performance. Other groups will just get the usual weekly rating with no grand total. Ok. There. I've put half of you into a coma... those still with me, read on. 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 05/18/99 to 05/24/99. I'm in the EST time zone so dates/times run according to it. Groups: (In no particular order) ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE: Releases: ACT_2000_Beta_2-PWA Imagebook.Pro.2.5-PWA PcAnywhere_v9.0-PWA Sirenet.1.6.cracked-PWA StarAcoustics.5.23.32.Keygen.Only-PWA StarAcoustics.v5.23.32.cracked-PWA Not a whisper out of PWA until the 23rd, when we saw six apps go out. A mixed bag, with some highs (kudos on pcANYWHERE 9), lows (Keygen only? come on, leave that to TNO/CORE and the other cracking groups), and in betweens (Sirenet, Act 2000 beta). Act 2000 is a beta some people will actually want... which is why nuking all betas bothers me... but I won't get into it. As I said, good work on Symantec's pcANYWHERE 9.0, one of the best connectivity/remote access apps out there, and probably the most popular for the average user. I won't get into keygens, other than to mention that I come from BBS times when hundreds of these things didn't clutter the upload conferences... yeh whatever I also haven't updated my wardrobe in six years. I am going to count the KeygenOnly/KeygenIncl as one release though... I'm not giving points twice for the same work. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 106/200 Some major titles brought PWA's total score up, and a few weeks of decent work of late helped out. Still, if not for the MS ownage, which is being really challenged for the first time in a while of late, we would see a very different picture. ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: FastCopy.Desktop.Win.NT.V2.0-CORP Remedy.Link.For.SAP.R3.V2.0-CORP Chem.Office.Pro.Suite.2000-CORP Morph.Master.V2.2-CORP Symantec.Norton.HelpDesk.Assistant.V1.0-CORP Namo.Webeditor.v.3.0.faq-CORP Namo.Webeditor.v.3.0.Final-CORP Humminbird.HostExplorer.V.6.1.1.Win9X-CORP Coming off an excellent week, The Corporation slowed a bit but still showed a decent effort. While I'm not sure why they didn't just include the FAQ for Namo with the original release (might as well get all the explanations out of the way in the first place, or pull a TRPS and put "PLS.DONT.NUKE.OH.PLS" in the dir name <g>), it's still a nice little package. Morph Master is pretty nice, and they collected on the most recent Symantec offering. Total: 7/10 Total to Date: 137/200 Consistancy and good, middle of the road releases - and a fair amount of them. They realize that you can't be a release group if you don't release - something a few other groups should keep in mind. Quality control has become something of a concern of late however. . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: JOBBOSS.SOFTWARE.JOBBOSS.V4.1.FINAL.CRACK.FIX-RiSE SEAGATE.SOFTWARE.BACKUP.EXEC.V2.0I.FINAL.ENGLISH-RiSE SILVERLAKE.COMMUNICATIONS.AIRSOURCE.PRO.V2.1-RiSE SPECIALIZED.SOLUTIONS.INC.A.PLUS.TRAINING.EXAM-RiSE JOBBOSS.SOFTWARE.JOBBOSS.V4.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE ASCEND.NAVIS.ACCESS.v.4.2.CRACKED-RiSE Rough week for RiSE... first of all, the Adobe Go Live 4 RiSE release was not approved by RiSE, CORP's is the real deal. I have no idea why Ascend Navis Access was nuked and couldn't find Toth for a comment, so I left it in there... then we come to Jobboss 4.1 - if you read NWR last week you know the story, so I won't repeat it... if you didn't, go read it. Basically, RiSE seems to be in a bit of trouble these days, although they did get a few good rels out. Total: 5/10 Total to Date: 106/200 A quality group that's in a bit of hot water these days. They've definately hit a snag, and it seems the future of RiSE could be in jeporady - but I'm hoping they pull through. ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: LOTUS.DOMINO.5.0A.SOLARIS.X86-SiEGE 3DSMAX.R3.0.PRE-RELEASE-SiEGE ESPRINT-W.V3.1-SiEGE NEWTEKS.AURA.V1.0D.WORKING-SiEGE IBM.VIAVOICE.V5.3-SiEGE LOTUS.NOTES.DOMINO.DESIGNER.AND.ADMINISTRATOR.V5A-SiEGE Another week of name titles from SGE... total Lotus domination, and they threw in the Solaris edition of Domino, which I've heard is one of the most popular platforms as far as Lotus sales for Domino go. ViaVoice is a great release as always... also the 3DSMAX 3 Pre-release will give an early look at the much anticipated final package. SGE would have scored higher except the discounted Solaris app and the fact that I never give full points to betas. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 149/200 Well, what can I say. Quality, anticipated releases on a steady basis for almost all of the twenty weeks I've reviewed them. A model for other groups, at least in they're releasing. One of if not the top cracking crew in the utils scene doesn't hurt, and combined with excellent suppliers... ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: INCITE_V2.0_CRACKED-XFORCE METROWERKS_CODEWARRIOR_PRO_V4_LINUX-XFORCE KAYDARA_FILMBOX_V1.5_SP1-XFORCE NUMEGA_DRIVERSTUDIO_RC3_INCL_SOFTICE_4-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-3_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE XF continues to pretend to be alive by putting out some Linux titles mixed in with a few other apps... XF has been fairly consistant with Numega titles, and they once again win on Filmbox. Discounting the Linux titles, my pick here is Incite, simply for being the only major version update XF got for the Windows platform this week. Total: 4/10 Total to Date: 86/200 A decieving score... many releases for non-win operating systems were not counted, but many will enjoy them. If you're running a *nix system you'll likely appreciate X-FORCE a hell of a lot more than I do. /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Sonic.Foundry.ACID.Style.v1.0.build71-SHOCK SYSTAT.Standard.v8.0.3-SHOCK Bill.Power.Plus.v6.1.107-SHOCK SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.4.for.Win9xNT-SHOCK SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.4.for.Java-SHOCK Internal.Web.v2.1.for.Java-SHOCK The mass releasing domination of Shock has slipped quite a bit in the past while... at the beginning of the year they had a huge output and looked kinda like the SHK of old in the mass category. Of late they've slowed considerably, although they've made a bit of a presence in store apps and shown some new cracking talent... not bad for a group who mainly had a carding reputation in past years. This week was a mixed bag, with two apps off the shelf (ACID Style and SYSTAT 8), a raiding of SFS Software's new editions of SITEFORUM Communications and Internal Web, and the often released Bill Power Plus. The SFS stuff is decent, and SHK benifited from the idleness of PRM in not having to race them for those titles, but without a doubt the only app really worth mentioning here is Systat 8.0.3 Standard. Something tells me (perhaps the fact that I'm writing this so late) that next week will be better. Total: 5/10 Total to Date: 130/200 Another example of consistancy. While not leading in quality/anticipated titles, releases on a regular basis has helped their cause. By throwing in the odd top title they keep in the public eye. Although they've actually dropped a few points in the last ten weeks, a recent focus on store apps should benefit them greatly. . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Internet.Scanner.5.8-PFT QARun.4.6.271.100.Percent.Real.and.Cracked.Unlike.TRPS-PFT WebFOCUS.4.2.WinNT-PFT InstallShield.Java.Edition.v2.51-PFT Paradigm.Vega.v3.2-PFT WebLogic.Server.4.0.2-PFT Lawdesk.5.1.Suite-PFT PRE-EFF-TTT!! :) So I said I wouldn't rag on groups for issues not directly releated to the utils they release... so what?!? :) PFT does it's usual splurge of releases within a few days. As usual what we get is made up of average to good web apps, the best of which include Installshield, Internet Scanner, and Web Logic server. PFT also put out a working version of QARun from Segue, stating that the earlier TRPS release was unworking. QARun is a nice rel in any case, although a minor update (v4.6.2 could be found in SHK's earlier Quality Works 4.6.2 release), and will appeal to those developing client/server applications. Total: 7/10 Total to Date: 123/200 Another groups that's dropped a few points in the last ten weeks, this time due to lack of consistancy. With their pre-whore tactics they may actually be scaring some potential members away, who may question the groups commitment to releasing for quality as opposed to quantity. A strong presence in the web app area, however their store team is lacking greatly. ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: MASTERCAM.v7.2B.FULL-LND ArchiSITE.v5.6.Cracked-LND HYPERMILL_V4.5.1_FOR_MECHANICAL_DESKTOP-LND Another week, three excellent releases... LND seems to have MasterCAM all locked up, now putting out the full package of v7.2b shortly after releasing the upgrade edition. If your're a CAD/CAM user (and might I add CAE/FEA/FEM) LND is your horse, otherwise... Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 123/200 One of the most improved groups of recent months. They've gone from the group everyone loved to hate to the position of total domination in the CAD/CAM field. Appealing to a small niche market which has in the past been neglected aside from a few high profile releases, they've almost completely rebuilt their reputation, with the exception of the usual verbal jarring with some old "friends". .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: CamRunner.v1.02-PNC Lex.Polaris.v2.36.REPACK-PNC WebWhacker.2000.v4.0.0.34-PNC Metacreations.Canoma.v1.0-PNC Compress.Mail.Enterprise.Edition.for.WinNT-PNC CompressMail.Enterprise.Edition.for.MS.Exchange.WindowsNT-PNC Satori.PhotoXL.v3.02-PNC PNC continues to suprise many simply by staying alive... seems they can pull a rabbit out of a hat when needed. They beat several groups to MetaCreations' new app, Canoma, one of the top releases this week. They also put forth some decent offerings from the web, with PhotoXL, CamRunner, and others. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 81/200 Making me very sea-sick is the consistancy of PNC (I'm talking in backwards Yoda-talk here), or lack of it. PNC looks like a yo-yo... currently on an up stretch, but it's been a long time since they've been able to run a stable ship. ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: Acii.EDGAR.Port.4.0.Win9xNT-DOD Acii.WordPort.v8.0.Win9xNT-DOD A pair of releases shows that DOD is still alive, if not much more. Total: 3/10 Total to Date: 61/200 Total lack of consistancy and an very high number of completely idle weeks puts DOD is dead last. I hate to do it but... _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: HI-TECH.PIC-C.Compiler.Version.7.83-RBS MAXSOFT_PRO_v7.11_CRACKED-RBS MaxStat_Session_Viewer_v2.86a-RBS SearchGen.v1.6-RBS MyEureka_Report_Designer_v6.1.302_Cracked-RBS Dial.Up.Magic.1.9.0-RBS Electronics_Workbench_V5.12_Registered-RBS Imageman.ActiveX_Suite.v6.02-RBS Stingray_Objective_Views_v6.1-RBS LP.Ripper.v2.2-RBS Seagull.Bartender.Pro.v5.42.295.cracked-RBS RS_Logix_500_Cracked-RBS RBS released a wide variety of tools this week, with apps like Electronics Workbench, Imageman ActiveX Suite, and Stingray's Objective View 6.02, which is the best in the above selection. After a long period of being fairly silent, the RBS cracking and release teams have begun to pick up. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 102/200 Is the party starting again? A few recent weeks on the up-swing... They lack the name titles to really put them up at the top, and will likely have to make some additions before they get them. █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Netmosphere.Project.Home.Page.v2.0.Action.Plan.v3.2.EnterpriseEdition-TRPS IConnect.IDT.v5.0.0.2-TRPS IConnect.iSMTP.5.0.1.47-TRPS Intelligent.SMTP.Gateway.v5.0.1.89-TRPS Intelligent.Sync.for.VINES.v5.0.30.0-TRPS Migration.Director.v2.0.0.148-TRPS Netmosphere.Project.Home.Page.v2.0.Action.Plan.v3.2.WorkGroupEdition-TRPS Adaptec.Easy.CD.Creator.Deluxe.v3.5c-TRPS QA.Run.v4.6.274-TRPS Living.Trust.Maker.v2.0-TRPS DNS.Commanderv2.0.0.52.WINNT-TRPS IP.Commander.2.0.0.51.WINNT-TRPS Proxy.Report.v1.0.WINNT-TRPS DynamicAccess.Mobile.Connection.Manager.v1.1-TRPS IntelliFIX.2000.Pro-TRPS Coming off a DREADFULL stretch of releasing, TRPS gets it together and gets to releasing real apps. They did hit a few bumps along the path however... QARun was not cracked properly... while they won on the Netmosphere product line, they could have released those apps seperately and given users some choice as to wether or not they wanted both apps. It also seems they're releasing German apps now (I didn't list it above). Still some decent, if minor, titles here, and a somewhat major app in the Netmosphere titles. I haven't checked out the Workgroup Edition so if you want to know the difference in features check out the release for yourself. IntelliFIX 2000 is also worth noting. I knocked off a point for the QARun incident. Total: 6/20 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Clicknet.Veridate.v5.0-VERSUS Where have VRS gone the past two weeks? Once nice release... but not much else to be said. Total: 2/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Xbase.Plus.Plus.v1.20.178.REPACK-SCuM Scholars.Aid.99.Library.v2.1.0.0-SCuM PeopleSoft.PeopleTools.v7.54-SCuM Excellent work on XBase++, even if it did require a repack, and two lesser releases to go with it this week. Scum seems poised to step up and really compete... they have good quality, but are lacking the consistancy to really make it as a top group - lets hope this changes with time. Total: 5/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: V-Communciations.Autosave.Beta.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD e-POP.2.0.beta2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD BytesBak.1.16c.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Planet.Iridium.v0.97.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD VEGA_v3.2_FOR_WINNT-2000AD LOTUS.ADMINISTRATOR.AND.DESIGNER.40.BIT-2000AD Animation.Master.99.v7.1.Beta20.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Hyena.2.0D.For.WindowsNT-2000AD LOTUS.DOMINO.5.0A.40.BIT.NT-2000AD LOTUS.NOTES.5.0A.40.BIT.WIN9XNT-2000AD OCAD.7.0.Final.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD PC-Duo.4.14.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD ShipIT.Enterprise.Edition.2.0.Addon.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD ShipIT.Enterprise.Edition.2.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD 2KAD was busy this week after just one release in the previous report week. Some good stuff here, with store apps in ShipIT and OCAD, plus they picked up the 40Bit versions of some Lotus releases which SGE declined to release. Throw in their usual mix of betas and minor apps and you get a pretty good week. Total: 7/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: ActiveC_Server_v2.3_Unlimited-FCN AdRock_Software_Date_Time_Suite_99_For_Delphi-FCN CodeBase_Components_II_v2.53-FCN NWLib_v4.5_Vcl-FCN Wise_For_Windows_Installer_v1.0_FINAL-FCN Dbi-Tech_Component_Toolbox_OCX_v4.0_Final-FCN Titan_Btrieve_v4.08F_For_Delphi_and_Cpp-FCN Varian_Led_Studio_For_Delphi-FCN FCN this got some nice little releases out... they won on Wise Solutions new Wise for Windows Installer final, which supports Windows 2000. They also got out a new version of BTrieve, and NWLib 4.5 VCL. And the usual selection of other good development apps. With no black marks and some nice work they come off the week looking very good. Total: 7/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: Steinberg.ReCycle.v1.71.working-Radium Audioactive.MP3.Production.Studio.PRO.v1.55b-Radium DSP-FX.v6.110-Radium Making.Waves.v1.90-Radium Vaz.Modular.v2.0-Radium VS-Transfer.v1.025-Radium Well DSP FX and MP3 Production Studio Pro are my choices here (since I'm actually somewhat familar with them). More active than last week, but Radium has missed some oppurtunities by choosing not to release titles under a certain price ceiling. And the Radium ceiling is higher than most (I believe 80$ or there abouts) - creating a large window of oppurtunity for other groups to pick up on lower cost audio tools, some of which are in very high demand. Total: 6/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ▄█ [xx/xx] ▄█ | ` ▄███ --------------- ▄███ -----' ▀██▓█ ▄ ▀▀██▀▀████▀████▀▀████▄ ██▓█ ███▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓██ ████ ██▓█ ▐████▀ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ███▀ ▄█ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ████ s ██▓█ ▐█▀ ▄███ █▓█ █▓██ ████ q ████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ ▀▀▀▀▀██████ z▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀ ████ ░ ███ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ████ ░ ███ ████ ███ ████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ VENGEANCE: Releases: Replic.Action.v5.1.3.For.LotusNotes.NT-VGC NTP.QuotaManager.Enterprise.Edition.v4.0-VGC Virtus.OpenSpace.3D.Author.v.1.0-VGC Asna.Acceler8DB.r4.6.v5.332-VGC EMAP.v1.0-VGC IBM.NetWork.Station.Manager.v3.06-VGC Inscriber.CG.Xtreme.v3.4-VGC PowerQuest.Savant.v6.0.Suite-VGC Site.Director.v4.2.For.NT-VGC Global.Directory.Server.v.2.31r3.WinNT-VGC CheckPoint.Account.Management.v1.1-VGC Xerox.DocuShare.v2.0-VGC Yeah yeah so I droned on and on about VGC. Well, while they aren't exactly owning the scene, and they've lost a few races to LND, but they are still a respectable group, and one to watch out for. In only a month they've matched the output of most of the best groups, and while the quality isn't at par with some others (due only to a lack of top-notch big-name yada yada tiles) they're still a force to watch out for. Speaking of force, I FINALLY SAW STAR WARS!!!@&*!%#&@!%@&%&%#@&!@%!&!!!! I just had to add that in, since I waited almost two weeks due to a hectic schedule. This week they actually pick up the quality a fair bit, with apps from PowerQuest, CheckPoint, IBM, and Xerox. Thry also did ISOCOR's Global Directory Server, and a nice app in EMap. Total: 7/10 New this week: None Idle this week: PRM Quote(s) of the Week: <Novocaine> LEAFS OWN U! <Novocaine> damnit ;/ SGE dominates the last twenty weeks, and I'll mention LND as my pick for most improved group. RiSE hits a speed bump or two... a lot of good efforts this week, nothing really stellar sticks out so it's kind of hard to choose. The Corporation or Vengeance for mainstream (well fairly mainstream) releases, FCN should get noted (as always) for work in the programming/development field. - Bud