Buds Biased Utils Report, 15

Bud's Biased Utils Report #15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gah no interview again this week, but I promise one next week. I've been pretty busy, so I hope everything in here this week is accurate. 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 03/21/99 to 03/27/99. 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: Microsoft_Office_2000_Premier_REAL_FINAL-PWA TCE_FixFinder_v1.0.32-PWA Corel.Draw.9.Beta.4-PWA STI_Understand_for_C_plus_plus-PWA Well, minor changes or not, final is final. It's what goes retail that counts. CORE did a good job getting a "Final" of Office 2000 out, however, the version they released was recalled at the last minute for a bug fix, and the final goes to PWA, once again owning Bill Gates' ass. This is one of the most highly anticipated titles in a while. My only complaint is the size, but not much to be done there. Congrats to PWA for this killer title. Rest of the week was ok, another huge Corel Draw beta, a few other titles... lets face it, Office 2000 is the hightlight of the week. Total: 8/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: GUI.400.RTS.Pro.V4.0-CORP InterNETACTIVE-CORP Aspect.Explore.v4.3.0.2-CORP SION.COPYIST.v5.0F-CORP MAIN.LINK.V4.0-CORP SHOPFACTORY.WIZARD.2D.3D.PRO-CORP RealServer.G2.Patches.v3b-CORP Pathway.Healthcare.Scheduling.Workstation.V1.00-CORP Well, nothing really spectacular here... Shop Factory and InterNETACTIVE have been hanging around the online stores for some time. Copyist is pretty cheesy, but I've only used an older version so perhaps there's been some improvements. Then again, maybe it's just the fact that my musical skills suck... but anyways I prefer real instruments to any computer composing. The RealServer patches got nuked before I even had a chance to look at them so I have no idea what they do. Pathway Healthcare is ok but a real niche tool, which leaves us with Main Link 4 and a few others as the standouts... but even they aren't great. Hope to see more from Corp next week. Total: 6/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: ADAMS.DYNAMIC.DESIGNER.v2.0.FOR.SOLIDWORKS98.FINAL-RiSE VINTRA.SYSTEMS.MAIL.SERVER.PRO.v2.51.WINNT-RiSE RIPPLETECH.LOG.CASTER.v2.0.FINAL.WINNT-RiSE DATA.PRO.INFINITY.POWER.v4.5-RiSE ACTUATE.DEVELOPER.DESKTOP.v3.2-RiSE Much improved from last week, this is the RiSE I like to see. Every release here is quality, and in any week not featuring an anticipated MS final, RiSE would have a good shot at taking the week. Total: 7/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: EXTENSIS.PHOTOTOOLS.V3.03.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-SiEGE PANOPTICUM.FIRE.V1.2.FOR.PREMIERE-SiEGE TRUFLITE.V5.5-SiEGE IES.VISUAL.ANALYSIS.V3.50-SiEGE WEB.XTRA.V2.0.1.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE AUDIO.XTRA.V3.1.2.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE HTML.XTRA.V2.0.2.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE WINGROUP.XTRA.V1.0.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE MPEG.XTRA.V3.1.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE DRAW.XTRA.V1.5.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE POPUP.XTRA.V3.1.3.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE INDEX.XTRA.V2.0.1.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE DIRECTMEDIA.XTRA.V1.4.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE BORDER.XTRA.V2.0.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE ATTRIB.XTRA.V1.0.FOR.DIRECTOR-SiEGE LOTUS.ENTERPRISE.INTEGRATOR.V3.0-SiEGE SGE had a good start to the week with Lotus Enterprise Integrator, then followed it with a ton of Director plugins. Unfortunately I delted my copy of Director recently so can't test all those addons. What really catches my eye is the new PhotoTools from Extensis, one of the most popular Photoshop plugin packages out there. On top of that, Truflite 5.5, which is an excellent Landscape rendering program. Total: 7/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: ALIAS_WAVEFRONT_ALIAS_V8.5_BETA3_FOR_NT-XFORCE MOTIF_V2.1.10_FOR_RED_HAT_LINUX-XFORCE ACCELERATEDX_V5.0_LINUX-XFORCE ALIAS_WAVEFRONT_MAYA_V1.0.1_FOR_NT-XFORCE INDEX_MANAGER_V4.0.27_CRACKED-XFORCE DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER_V4.0.24_CRACKED-XFORCE Again we see XF making an attempt at activity... two linux titles and a beta leave only three apps able to recieve full points though, with Maya being the best of the three. Half points to the beta, and none to the Linux. Total: 5/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: WebPosition.Gold.PRO.v1.00.3-SHOCK Sierra_3D_Deck_v3.1-SHOCK Hanes_T-ShirtMaker_Deluxe_v2.0-SHOCK Baby_Album_Deluxe-SHOCK Sierra_Personal_Garden_Planner-SHOCK Sierra_Complete_LandDesigner_3D_V5.0-SHOCK Sierra_Photo_LandDesigner_V2.0-SHOCK Call.Attendant.v1.5.2-SHOCK QTools-AX.v1.0.01-SHOCK RealPlayer.Plus.G2.v6.0.5.27-SHOCK CU-SeeMe.Pro.v4.0.FINAL-SHOCK VenusPro.v4.1a.for.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder-SHOCK QUERYer.v4.00.0102.Win9xNT-SHOCK IRIS.Antivirus.Plus.v22.18-SHOCK DataMagiX.Professional.Data.Class.Builder.v1.10-SHOCK PhotoActive.FX.for.PowerPoint-SHOCK A suprising amount of store titles from SHOCK this week, and some nice releases at that. Ok Baby Album won't ever come close to making the top 10 utils list (or even the top million probably), but Tshirt maker I've actually used and had some fun with. Much nicer are some finals from the Sierra Landscaping series, notably Photo LandDesigner, which allows you to scan in photos of your own home, and work on landscaping around it, and Complete LandDesigner, which starts you off from scratch. Also standing out is CU-SeeMe 4 final, with earlier versions being a hit and CU-SeeMe being one of the most popular online conferencing tools of all time, it's definately a nice release. Total: 7/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Seagate.Backup.Exec.For.Netware.8.0.Release.T251-PFT Tun.PLUS.10.0-PFT Internet.Scanner.5.6.2-PFT BEA.TUXEDO.System.6.4-PFT Microsoft.Publisher.2000-PFT JClass.PageLayout.1.1.0-PFT Net.Tools.Event.Orchestrator.1.02-PFT Queue.Server.1.23-PFT ProVision.Network.Monitor.Version.5.0.0.WinNT-PFT PlotPro.2.0-PFT Internet.Printing.System.4.0-PFT HitList.Professional.4.0170-PFT Olectra.Chart.6.0.1-PFT JClass.Enterprise.Suite.3.6.1-PFT HitList.Enterprise.4.0.0068.WinNT-PFT IPnetWATCHER.Java.Edition.v1.2.2.for.NT-PFT HitList.Live.4.0170-PFT HitList.Commerce.4.0170-PFT HitList.Enterprise.4.0.0068.Administrator-PFT Cisco.WebConnect.Pro.3.5.1-PFT Cisco.OpenVista.v1.8.3-PFT Aviva.For.Java.2.0-PFT After several weeks at a virtual stand-still, PFT exploed back to life on the 23rd, with 17 releases on that day alone. Gotta wonder how many couriers orgasmed at that sight. But nevermind the mass releasing, the Standout here is Microsoft Publisher 2000. The big question that lay before me was how to score it in comparison to Office... well it was difficult, and in the end I feel Office is the better app. But with the amount of other quality apps up there, Cisco titles and some products from the KL Group, I feel PFT had a better week overall than PWA, which gives them the higher score. So congrats to them. Total: 9/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: ANSOFT.MAXWELL.SPICELINK.V3.5-LND BOBCAD_RELEASE_17-LND ESRD_STRESSCHECK_V4.0.143-LND FEMAP_PROFESSIONAL_RELEASE_6-LND MICROGRAFX_IGRAFX_BUSINESS_V1.0-LND VISICAM_WIRE_5_RELEASE_3.1-LND VISICAD_SOLID_MANUFACTURING_RELEASE_6-LND TEKSOFT.CAMWORKS.98.PLUS-LND Again, a selection of releases that in a lesser week would have looked much better. LND is controling the CAD/CAM area almost completely, which leaves me to wonder who, if anyone, will step up to give them a run for their money. Total: 7/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Pervasive.SQL.Workstation.v7.112-PNC Only one release from PNC... I hate to say it, because PNC have been around for a long time, and I've used many of their apps... but with Kirk Hammit gone to RiSE, it looks like they're really fucked. Kirk was what really made the PNC resurgance this year, so without him.... it isn't looking so good. Only one release, and SQL Workstation 7.112 is actually 7.0 Build 112... I don't mind builds but I won't be giving this full pionts as other groups have already released a few builds of this. Total: 1/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: Interscan.AppletTrap.v1.0-PREMiERE Schedule.v3.0.7c-PREMiERE VVSPlayer.Revolution.v1.52-PREMiERE NetBeans.DeveloperX2.v2.1-PREMiERE NetBeans.Developer.v2.1-PREMiERE Purchase.Portfolio.v1.00.04-PREMiERE EForm.v3.4-PREMiERE ZetaFax.Client.Server.v6.0-PREMiERE Pluckit3.v3.0-PREMiERE LingoMAIL.v1.0.20-PREMiERE E-mail.Magnet.v4.41.For.Win9x-PREMiERE PolarRAS.v2.15.3.Ras.and.Routing.for.WinNT-PREMiERE PolarRAS.v2.1.Regular.for.WinNT-PREMiERE A good selection of middle of the road apps gave PRM a decent week. Tools like NetBeans Developer and DeveloperX, as well as ZetaFax Client/Server 6, are the highlights... well there really isn't a whole lot to go on about here as I don't use most of this stuff... but a good week for PRM and I'll leave it at that. 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: Hardinfo_pro_v1.0-DOD Back to idleness for DOD this week... one release only... what scares me is that DOD was more active amount-wise in 95. ;) But I don't think we need to worry, I'm sure they be back with some excellent titles soon. Total: 2/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: NetCracker.Pro.v2.0-MANiFEST InfoPower.Professional.v4.03e-MANiFEST WorkGroup.Mail.v4.0-MANiFEST ULead.WebRazor.Pro.v1.0a-MANiFEST Caere.OmniForm.v4.0-MANiFEST QACP.v1.0.8-MANiFEST Fix-It.Utilities.99-MANiFEST Wow... it's the first time in a while either FCN or SHOCK haven't done the latest InfoPower Pro release done... so good work by MFD being quick on that one. Ulead WebRazor Pro 1.0a is nice if minor. Rest of the stuff here is decent. Total: 6/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: WOW_Horoscope_Interpreter_2.21_Registered-RBS Altera.Max.and.Plus.II.V9.21.cracked-RBS Ummm... Horoscope Interpreter??? Well since my own group released a baby album, I cna't complain too much... but really... bah I'll shut up and give RBS congrats to the good release they did, Altera Max. :) Total: 3/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: MediaWare.MyFlix.v1.5.2-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] MediaWare.WebFlix.Pro.v1.5.2-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] Ummm... ok those aren't bad apps. But TRPS is definately having its problems. Seems with Napalm gone, they're really hurting. For those of you not familar with the Webflix series check out www.visiblelight.com since I'm getting lazy here. Total: 2/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Intel.IPEAK.IPMAT.v1.3-VERSUS [03 x 1.44MB] Intel.IPEAK.IOMon.v1.1-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] Intel.IPEAK.IBASES.v1.8-VERSUS [07 x 1.44MB] Intel.IPEAK.GPT.v2.0-VERSUS [07 x 1.44MB] Intel.IPEAK.1394.Toolkit.v1.1-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] Intel.IPEAK.DQUIK.v1.1-VERSUS [07 x 1.44MB] Video.Savant.v3.0-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB] Extensis.Portfolio.Web.Edition.v4.0.b2-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] After some internal restructuring, VRS comes back with a strong week highlighted with a bunch of Intel releases, Extensis' Portfolio Web Edition beta, and a program called Video Savant which I've never used but which seems decent enough. So I guess that internal restructuring worked. Total: 7/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Hyperion.WIRED.For.OLAP.v4.0-SCuM [35 x 1.44MB] CyberGuard.Firewall.v4.1.WinNT-SCuM [04 x 1.44MB] Two decent releases, and it's nice to see SCUM putting in the effort despite having a slow period, they managed to avoid dupes and crap, and more importantly, I haven't come across anything but kind words for them, sime hopefully they can keep it together. As for the releases, those of you running firewalls should definately make Cyberguard Firewall a consideration, it's not one of my strong areas, but I've heard good things from those running it. Total: 4/10 [========================================] [========================================] ______)\______)\_____)\______)\______)\ \ ____)_____ )____ \_____ )_____ \ _\____ \ ;_/ \ ;__\ \ ;_/ \ \__; \ \_____ )____.__)____. )___.__)___\_. \ \____/ 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: IPSentry.v4.0.216-2000AD IPSentry is a good release, nice app, although this 2kad offering is somewhat minor... Total: 1/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: WISE_INSTALLMANAGER_v7.02-FCN WISE_INSTALLMASTER_v7.03_FINAL-FCN VideoSoft_VSVIEW_v6.0-FCN CELL_v3.17-FCN MULTILIZER_WFC_Edition_v1.0.1_Whoopsie_Fix-FCN SolarWinds_Network_Management_Tools_Suite-FCN Aebacus_Popup_Controls_v1.02.0207_ActiveX-FCN Rubicon_v2.03_For_Delphi-FCN MULTILIZER_VCL_Edition_v4.1.3_For_Delphi_v4-FCN This week saw FCN get the new versions of Wise Solution's Install Master and Install Manager... yes these are different programs, and not a standard/Pro... Install Builder/Maker are the lesser versions of Master, and Install Manager is on its on... looks as if the Wise for Windows Installer for Win2k will be a little delayed however... now back to FCN. I was informed by Delphic that some fuckwit has been going around making fake FCN releases by repacking and renaming some of their titles... well if anyone needs on weektops that badly... just fucking quit. You suck. Period. Anyways good work to FCN this week, and I hope I didn't include any of those fake releases in the list, because I honestly didn't have time to check. Total: 7/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: Steinberg.Quadrafuzz.v1.0-Radium DSP-FX.v5.510.fixed-Radium Emmm.. a fixed release and a regular app... RDM owns audio... since I'm rushing this, lets end this painlessly and end it at thaty. Total: 3/10 New this week: None Idle this week: SDM. Quote(s) of the Week: "We're attacking the Serbs in order to make them understand that they need to agree to peace" <--- and all the similar lines... uh-huh... that the "Do as I say not as I do" attitude? Oh well... no real good quotes this week... <Bud-> say something stupid i need a quote <Lester> Grad is my hero <Bud-> bah you suck <Bud-> good enough In parting: PFT takes the week on the strength of their titles and some mass releasing.... PWA owns and owns Bill Gates and M$... they do the best title of the week with Office2k, too bad it's so big! I would have tied them with PFT but it came down to the non-MS titles, and in that PFT blew them away... I didn't have time for disk sizes this week, not that it matters much. Sodom is starting to make DOD look active... if they don't pick up I'm gonna knock em out of the review, as they're just taking up space at the moment. Ok I'm done, see ya next week! - Bud