Buds Biased Utils Report, 13

Bud's Biased Utils Report #13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow lots of goodies this week! Well actually only one, an interview with Uncle John of Corp, my very first interview ever! Anyways I'll be doing interviews now and then with various people from the utils scene. And now back to our regularly scheduled report. 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 02/28/99 to 03/06/99. 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: Parasoft.Webking.for.HTML.v1.0.bld30-PWA [04 x 5MB] Parasoft.Insure.plus.plus.v4.1.P2-PWA [04 x 5MB] Parasoft.Code.Wizard.for.Java.v1.1.P1-PWA [01 x 5MB] Parasoft.JTest.v2.11-PWA [04 x 5MB] Parasoft.Code.Wizard.for.C.plus.plus.v2.01.P1-PWA [01 x 5MB] Nothing wrong with the releases, but Commander Cody of PWA needs to learn how to write a good descriptive NFO. Release Notes: C++ Code Analysis Tool Gee great. Total: 5/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: PC.Life.2000.v3.00.2.FIXED-CORP [02 x 1.44MB] Alarm.Plus.Plus.v5.12-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] DOORS.v4.1-CORP [06 x 1.44MB] Pantograms.ProLine.Designer.v5.5.2.Win9x-CORP [07 x 2.88MB] HummingBird.Exceed.XDK.v6.1.Win9X-CORP [21 x 2.88MB] Yesler.Alive.v1.0-CORP [12 x 1.44MB] BEA.WebLogic.Tengah.Server.v.3.1.6-CORP [13 x 1.44MB] HBOC.Desktop.Security.Manager.v3.00.0082-CORP [06 x 1.44MB] Nice work with HummingBird Exceed XDK, I saw a lot of happy developers commenting this on that release after it went out. Unfortunately The Corporation found themselves nuked three times this week, once for PC Life 2000, which they fixed, and also for Conference Room (they released a version that didn't exist as of yet). Final nuke was for Antiviral Toolkit Pro, and I never caught the reason. Not much else to say, ProLine Designer is nice, Yesler Alive has been available for a while but I never got to doing it myself, my loss Corp's gain... I'm still expecting to see a bit more activity, mainly in the way of name titles... last few weeks have been a bit slow compared to Corp's previous work. Total: 7/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: GRAYTECH.GTWORKS.14.1-RiSE [30 x 1.44MB] Only one release, but as usual with RISE it's a nice one, GTWorks is a high end CAD/CAM tool. For anyone wondering about the -LND release of this, there was none, the dir was just a joke. Anyways good work to RISE on a good crack and a good release. Total: 4/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: PRIMATTE.V1.0.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB] ULTIMATTE.V2.2.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] TRU-V.V1.5.FOR.LIGHTWAVE.AND.MAX-SiEGE [03 x 1.44MB] PANOPTICUM.FIRE.V1.1.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] DISCREET.LOGIC.PAINT.V2.1.1.OPTION.2-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB] DISCREET.LOGIC.EFFECT.V2.1.1.OPTION.2-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] TELEFFECT.V1.0-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] WORLD.CONSTRUCTION.SET.V4.55.UPGRADE.ONLY-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB] SPEED.RENDERER.V1.2.4.1.FOR.SOFTIMAGE.3.8-SiEGE [02 x 1.44MB] CREDO.LIFE.FORMS.STUDIO.ADDONS.V3.0.2-SiEGE [10 x 2.88MB] CREDO.LIFE.FORMS.STUDIO.V3.0.2-SiEGE [24 x 2.88MB] This week the scoring looks to be pretty interesting. Corp has a decent week, but nothing spectacular. Rise has one excellent title, but that's it for them. LND/SHK both have some excellent, highly requested titles. So how will Siege's week shape up? As usual it's all art tools. Life Forms Studio is the highlight for me, but they also but out some new stuff from the popular Discreet Logic line, amongst other things. A nice week, all though they don't have the dominance of earlier months. Still, I don't feel it compares to some of the other efforts over the past seven days. Total: 7/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: ELRON_INTERNET_MANAGER_4.7.1-XFORCE [07 x 1.44MB] SYMANTEC_VISUAL_CAFE_PRO_EDITION_V3.0a-XFORCE [40 x 2.88MB] HOTJAVA_HTML_COMPONENT_V1.1.2-XFORCE [01 x 1.44MB] EOS_FTP_BEAN_V1.2-XFORCE [01 x 1.44MB] It was attempted comeback week over in the XF camp, without much success, and comeback in this case means something other than Ultimate Toolkit for MFC. So instead, XF puts out a blatant dupe... there was obviously NO dupechecking of Sun Microsystem's HotJava HTML Component, which was released in August of 1998 by Manifest Destiny. XF also brings a minor update of Visual Cafe Pro to the table, which several other groups passed on. We're left with two decent releases, still nothing impressive, and if you haven't caught on, XF is in deep trouble these days. Total: 3/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Borland.C.Plus.Plus.Builder.v4.0.Enterprise.Edition-SHOCK [43 x 2.88MB] Borland.JBuilder.Pro.v2.01-SHOCK [20 x 2.88MB] Bill.Power.Plus.v6.1.1-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] Informix.SDK.v2.20.TC1-1.for.WinNT4-SHOCK [10 x 1.44MB] SLMailNT.Email.Server.v3.2.for.WinNT-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] Nendo.v1.1.5-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] LAPACK.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0.6-SHOCK [09 x 1.44MB] Money.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0.1-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Active.Delivery.v1.20.04-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] VisiBroker.for.C.Plus.Plus.v3.3.2.Full.Working-SHOCK [14 x 1.44MB] Quality.Works.v4.6.2-SHOCK [19 x 1.44MB] Informix.Dynamic.Server.Universal.Data.Option.v9.14.TC1-1.for.W[36 x 1.44MB] Informix.Web.Integration.Option.v1.2-1.for.WinNT4-SHOCK [27 x 1.44MB] Spell.Text.v2.0.ActiveX-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Saltmine.Kiosk.v2.0-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Code.Present.Hoss.v1.0.30-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] How many people did SHK suprise by winning on the Enterprise edition of C++ Builder 4... they got the rip and ISO done just a short while after the pro went out. Anyways the Enterprise offers a more comprehensive set of features than the earlier edition, and VisiBroker and JBuilder will appeal to the same user base. Some other nice titles as well, Segue's quality assurance suite, Quality Works, some Informix titles, and a few RogueWave tools, mixed in with some middle of the road apps. This is probably the strongest week Shock's had in a while. Total: 8/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: OnWeb.Host.v3.0.for.Win9xNT-PFT [15 x 2.88MB] Lost.And.Found.1.00.Serial.Fix-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] A few issues back I gave PFT credit for releasing Lost & Found, an excellent recovery tool with some nasty protection for a little app. Unfortunately, since I have my own copy, I didn't test PFT's right off the bat, and it turns out their release was broken (serves me right I guess). So there's a serial fix... except the release still doesn't work for me... it was done via WinImage, except after I created installation disks, the program says Unauthorized Copy and doesn't even get to the serial part of the install (it also says this if you do a normal copy of original disks, which REALLY sucks because I wanted to make a backup of my copy... gee thanks PowerQuest, and if my disks get physically damaged, I'm out 80$ due to you greedy bastards). Anyways if anyone got this to work let me know, because the only way to backup my store copy is to download the program off PowerQuest onto original disks, which is no good if they get damaged. Oh well my rant is over... not much of a week for PFT. Total: 2/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: PTC_PRO_DESKTOP_V4.0.417-LND [13 x 2.88MB] DELCAM.POWERMILL.V2.475-LND [06 x 2.88MB] MULTI-DNC_V3.98-LND [03 x 2.88MB] MINICAD.VECTORWORKS.V.8.0.0-LND [09 x 1.44MB] MECHWORKS.NCWORKS.98-LND [05 x 1.44MB] COSMOS.M.DESIGNER.II.RELEASE.0598-LND [10 x 1.44MB] COSMOS.WORKS.v4.155-LND [10 x 1.44MB] NCEDIT32_V2.0-LND [02 x 1.44MB] MGI.PHOTOSHOP.II.V.1.02.0293-LND [31 x 2.88MB] TEKSOFT_PROCAM_98_V15.0-LND [16 x 1.44MB] Well, LND didn't fuck up this week. What's a writer to do? I also have to give them credit, Grad came through on his word and released Procam 15 less than a week after SGE released an old version of it. And aside from the fact that the MGI Photoshop II release is VERY minor (looks like a build to me...), LND had a very strong week. In a brief chat with Grad, I was also told that a full Unigraphics key may be released by LND to the public soon (they were supposedly keeping it internal). So love 'em or hate 'em, they get high marks for the past seven days. Total: 8/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: DBArtisan.v5.0-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB] ITrack.Enterprise.v1.3f-PREMiERE [07 x 1.44MB] JForge.v2.6-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] VVSPlayer.Revolution.v1.5-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] LingoMAIL.v1.0.19-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] DocuCount.for.WordPerfect.6.7.8.v1.2-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] DocuCount.for.Word.97.v1.2-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Diary.Companion.1999.v1.02-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] NET.Toolbox.v1.0.71-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] MailSite.v2.17-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] Auto.Analyst.v3.0-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] Merchant.Helper.v2.1-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] Research.Systems.ION.v.1.1-PREMiERE [16 x 1.44MB] WebGIZMO.v3.14-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] Workflow.Plus.v2.01-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB] Right off the bat, good work on DBArtisan 5 from Embacadreo (gah I hate that, I probably spelt that wrong... it's THE most confusing company name when it comes to pronounciation). It looks as if the Massive merge is really paying off for PRM, and while I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy Diary Companion, I likely would have released it as well. A steady, if not spectacular week. 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: Autodesk_Genius_LT_98-DOD I had thought the Russian Bears were going back into hibernation there for a minute, but they brought out a very nice program at the beginning of the week with Autodesk's Genius LT 98. So kudos to them for it, and hey DOD, I want a free t-shirt!!! Total: 4/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: ViviGraphics.for.Java.v1.03-MANiFEST [06 x 1.44MB] Music.Label.99.v5.03-MANiFEST [06 x 1.44MB] CSM.Proxy.Server.Plus.v4.2.05.Win95-MANiFEST [09 x 1.44MB] CSM.Proxy.Server.Enterprise.v4.2.05.WinNT-MANiFEST [08 x 1.44MB] Janus.GridEX.v1.6a-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB] HyCD.Play.and.Record.v1.3.0226-MANiFEST [05 x 1.44MB] Macromedia.Fireworks.v2.0-MANiFEST [08 x 1.44MB] OmniHTTPd.Professional.v2.02-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB] SCSI.Mechanic.2.10e-MANiFEST [02 x 1.44MB] ViZfx.MSP.v1.02-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB] ViZfx.VS.Pro.v1.0-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB] Norton.AntiVirus.v5.01.01.Win9x-MANiFEST [ ] Visual_Cafe_3.0a_Database_Edition-MANiFEST [63 x 1.44MB] Zero.Administration.Client.2001.v1.01-MANiFEST [22 x 1.44MB] Manifest does trainers?!? Well it's not listed above but they did do one... I'm not scoring it (if you care it was for Premier Manager 99, the game of 100 addons... or at least it seems like that). Norton AV was nuked, I believe it was the exact same as DOD's 5.01 release, only DOD didn't put the extra .01 on theirs... Macromedia Fireworks 2 was a somewhat anticipated release, aside from that nothing special... DB edition of the minor Visual Cafe release wasn't much, Vizfx releases are decent though. Total: 6/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: Diamond.Shotgun.v1.2.17.dual.modem.util-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] Symantec.Norton.Utilities_v.4.0_SHRINKWRAP-RBS [07 x 5MB] Restorator.V2.01.277-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] DejaVu.Interactive.2.2.41-RBS [10 x 1.44MB] Visual.HDL.v3.2.2-RBS [11 x 1.44MB] Distributed.Sniffer.Pro.v2.5-RBS [21 x 1.44MB] I haven't seen a release tagged Shrinkwarapped in quite a while... I did hear from one Blizzard member that the BLZ release of Utilities was, as RBS claims, a beta. So give RBS credit, although I have no clue what the TeamX release of NU4 turned out to be. A good week for RBS all around. Total: 7/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Quicken.Quick.Wealth.Planner-TRPS [06 x 1.44MB] Quicken.Quick.Tax.99.Basic-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] PDFCount.v1.01-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] INSTAbase.v4.0c.Web.Ready-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB] A few nice Intuit things here, although not amazing. As tax season bears down apon us, I'm already desperately trying to hide my earnings... what we really need is a Quicken.ScamTax.99.Advanced release. Total: 6/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: AutoMate.Pro.v4.2-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB] 602pro.WEB.FORUM.5.1g.unlimited.user.license-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB] The usually busy VRS went into remission last week... not much to say, ok releases, but more activity next week I hope. Total: 3/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Oracle.Migration.Workbench.v1.0.3-SCuM [10 x 1.44MB] AutoCLIENT.v4.0-SCuM [17 x 1.44MB] ACD.ChemFolder.v3.6-SCuM [08 x 1.44MB] Scum could go on like this for quite a while, putting out a couple decent releases each week... the question is will they ever make a run for the top? A lot of people had some high hopes for the Scum "reunion" (although it's not really the same group), but they haven't been realized. Three decent titles, I'll let them speak for themselves. Total: 5/10 [========================================] [========================================] ______)\______)\_____)\______)\______)\ \ ____)_____ )____ \_____ )_____ \ _\____ \ ;_/ \ ;__\ \ ;_/ \ \__; \ \_____ )____.__)____. )___.__)___\_. \ \____/ xx/xx/99 \____/-/=SodOM=\-\____/ [========================================] Back For You in 1999 ! [XX/03] [========================================] SODOM Releases: N/A Total: N/A Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD Releases: LeadTools.ClassLIB.10.0e.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [07 x 1.44MB] LeadTools.10.0e.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [19 x 1.44MB] NT_GUARDIAN_v3.0-2000AD [09 x 2.88MB] HomeSite.v4.0.1.Beta3-2000AD [09 x 1.44MB] Seagate.Backup.Exec.Enterprise.7.25.For.WindowsNT-2000AD [57 x 1.44MB] Lotus.Enterprise.Integrator.v3.0.Beta.2.WINNT-2000AD [06 x 1.44MB] ICAST.BROADCASTER.v2.2-2000AD [07 x 1.44MB] Serengeti.3770.Link.3.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [01 x 1.44MB] Serengeti.3780.Link.3.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [02 x 1.44MB] PrimalScript.1.0.197.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [03 x 1.44MB] I don't know what that LeadTools stuff is, ClassLib isn't listed as a LeadTools product, although they do have some new releases out. As for LT 10.0e, well 10.0e what? LeadTools doesn't have a product called just LeadTools, there's LeadTools Imaging, LeadTools Medical Express, etc. Pack better next time guys... Some ok stuff here, Icast Broadcaster is alright, Allaire betas are no suprise... nice job on Backup Exec Enterprise. Total: 7/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: UBackPRO_v6.00_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] TDX_Library_v1.0_For_BCB-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] StLib_v1.50_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] ImageLib_Corporate_Suite_v4.025_For_C_Plus_Plus_4-FCN [03 x 2.88MB] Database_Design_Studio_v1.07-FCN [02 x 2.88MB] Report_Builder_Pro_v4.04-FCN [05 x 2.88MB] Memory_Sleuth_v1.56_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] I don't think FCN's releases this week were completely up to par with their last, but any Delphi developers should be pleased, as usual FCN owned the Delphi tools release area this week. I sometimes wonder why other groups don't focus in on this area... is FCN that dominant in coding/dev apps? Total: 6/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: Cubase.VST24.v3.650.addons-Radium [04 x 4MB] Cubase.VST24.v3.650.full-Radium [06 x 4MB] Radiums first week on the list sees the Audio focused group put out Cubase VST24, a midi and audio sequencer with realtime editing. Cubase is extremely popular in its field, so a lot of people should be happy with this. Total: 4/10 New this week: Radium Idle this week: PNC, SDM Quote(s) of the Week: gollie UNNUKED 0 1x Cedric_have_small_penis yes_it_is <[eXiLe]> how is offering you the opportunity to suck some guys dick a good thing ? <Caserd> e1 has a biggun I gave the week to LND and SHK in a split, putting aside any personal biases I have (I love one and am appaled by the other, you figure out which is which), and looking only at the titles. Oh wait this is a biased report though... blah whatever. RISE and DOD earned high marks on one release each, SGE and PRM both had strong offerings as well. Radium put out a killer app in Cubase VST24 in their first week here. Other happenings... Hades is gone... again... for good... which leaves RISE with an open WHQ slot. Shock beefed up it's site repitoire with a site that cannot be mentioned, 2000AD dropped that same site. For the future... what will happen with Scum? Is Sodom dead? Is Grad really a Transvestite Albino Stripper? Can my jokes get any worse? An Interview with Uncle John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's a little something different, hopefully you'll enjoy it. I've decided to interview various individuals from the utils scene, leaders, seniors, suppliers, whatever the case may be. This week my victim was Uncle John of The Corporation. - I should point out that this was my first time interviewing anyone, so if it gets boring, blame me. I'd also like to thank SJ for suggesting the idea. I'm not sure how many more interviews I'll do (don't expect one every week), but there will be others. And without further adieu... <Bud-> For the record (and so I don't fuck anything up), what are your current affils, and what groups have you been a part of in the past? <UncleJohn> My current affils are CORP and Vengeance <UncleJohn> groups that i've been a part of in the past include DOD / PROPHECY / VENGEANCE (Old Utils Group Not Curry) / RiSC / SCUM / SIEGE / GENESIS <UncleJohn> i believe thats it i might have missed a couple <UncleJohn> hehe <Bud-> Impressive. I remember that old Vengeance.. just barely <g>. <Bud-> Corp is arguably one of the top utils groups today, and has had quite a history in the scene. <Bud-> How did it come to be, and how did you come to be a part of it? <UncleJohn> Well back in hmm i'd say 94 i believe it was David & Goliath came to me with the idea of starting a new utils group, He had released a few things under The Corporation Banner, so i figured what the heck, i always like a new project so i decided to join up, i was immediatly moved to a leadership spot, and we started rockin <UncleJohn> next :) <Bud-> I remember a lot of great releases from those days, Corp earned an excellent reputation. What do you think were the main factors for your success back then? <Bud-> And as a side note, would you consider the formation of the original Corp an "easy birth"? <UncleJohn> Hmm, what were the main factors to our succes...I'd have to say it was when i noticed a little group named TiTAN floating around the scene releasin utils, They were led by hemp hoodlum, and had some major names in the group. In a gutsy move i talked to hemp hoodlum and asked him if he'd be interested in merging titan into Corp. In a huge suprise to me, he said yes. After that move, the ball started rollin and we were on top for quite a while, we had the top bb <UncleJohn> and we were releasing many releases daily <UncleJohn> Would i consider the formation of the original corp an easy birth, i'd have to say no, we did have many good people, but we all had to work our asses off to prove ourselves to get taken seriously <UncleJohn> next <UncleJohn> ;) <Bud-> That's certainly true of most groups. Releases daily back then was quite impressive as well. <UncleJohn> Yup quite true <Bud-> Now Corp remained dominant for a while, and then came to an "end"... can you give some background as to what happened? <UncleJohn> heh, well i'll explain all of the times corp has gone away so people will better understand the history <Bud-> Hehe don't mention all of them or we'll have a book on our hands :) <UncleJohn> haha <UncleJohn> i can make it short <Bud-> ok, go for it :) <UncleJohn> The ORIGINAL Corp merged into scum which at the time was the top group, The second time we merged into PWA (A Decision i had no part in since my computer was broken) and the Third time we went into SiEGE <UncleJohn> next <UncleJohn> ;) <Bud-> What makes the current edition of CORP a success? You've had several rebirths to varying degrees of success (I was even in a brief 96 incarnation that eventually merged into SHOCK, where I am today), but this one seems to posses something the others didn't... <UncleJohn> I can account this success to the leadership. The way i formed this current edition of corp was so i wouldn't have to be online 24/7 to babysit the group. First i'd like to mention beck, without whom this group wouldn't be at the point it is now. I'm sure lots of people dont like him or whatever, but he is one of the hardest workers out there. Second i'd like to mention Twizted and Oasis, a couple guys i'm sure lots of people are familure with, their contribut <UncleJohn> i've seen in years <UncleJohn> them along with a council of people with much experience make this group work better than any other edition <Bud-> Nice to hear... and it's definately nice to be able to leave a group for a while and not need to worry that it will fall apart, I can certainly relate to that. <UncleJohn> Yup! ;) <Bud-> What is your current role in Corp then? Do you have a hands on approach, or do you leave things to the council for the most part? <UncleJohn> Recently i've been taking a hands on approach, there were times in the past couple months when i was just overlooking, but that was when i was busy looking for a job and such, so now i'm back to the active leader role with beck and twizted <Bud-> Corp recently formed an alliance of sorts with the renowned cracking group UCF, which for as long as I can remember was THE cracking group, when it came to quality, reputation, releases... <Bud-> Despite the fact that of late they've slowed a bit, I can see this definately helping Corp <Bud-> although I'm not sure of the effect it will have on UCF, as it brings additional work <Bud-> How did this alliance come to be? <UncleJohn> Well the idea was first brought to me by TK4, i figured it could do nothing but help so i had him work it out <UncleJohn> And so its been good so far, they're eager to get crackin and we're eager to let them start crackin <Bud-> I'm yet to see a group complain they have too many crackers <g> <Bud-> In it's releases, does Corp try to focus on any specific area, cater to a certain user base? <Bud-> As Siege leans towards art/design stuff, FCN to programming/ development, and as LND claims to with cam/cad titles <UncleJohn> Well we dont really focus on one specific area, We just want to get things out to the end user. Whatever it may be, if its good then put it out i say. I keep the standerds at this, i ask myself, would i or anybody that i know use this? if the answer is a no then its a no go :) <Bud-> A good rule of thumb to go by.... I guess to wrap things up, what defines The Corporation as a group, if you had to select just one thing? <UncleJohn> next <UncleJohn> ;0 <UncleJohn> hmm lemme think <Bud-> (You can cheat here if you really want, but try to narrow it down). <UncleJohn> I'd say that the thing that defines corp as a group is experience. We know what we're doing, most of us have been doing this for many many years. <Bud-> Alright, well I guess that wraps it up.. thanks a bunch for putting up with this, and all the best with CORP! :) <UncleJohn> thanks alot <UncleJohn> can i throw out some greets? <UncleJohn> :) <Bud-> :) .. well... we survived it ;) <Bud-> yeah, sure <UncleJohn> I want to put out a big greet out to David & Goliath, he was my mentor and i wouldn't be where i am without him...And hello's to hemp hoodlum and Nutcase Well that wraps up a hell of a long issue this week... if you survived all that, great! Thanks especially to Uncle John for putting up with my dull chatter, and SJ for the idea, and all of the NWR crew for including all this, which will prolly make up half the damn mag! -Bud