timr@sco.COM (Tim Ruckle) (06/07/91)
WANTED: Outstanding Open Desktop Applications!
SCO Developer Relations is hosting an SCO Open Desktop Products of the Year
Contest, which will culminate at SCO Forum91 in August.
For more information, or to receive an entry form, please contact Doris
Correll, SCO Developer Relations, at (408) 425-7222, ext. 5321. Or by
email at sco!dorisc or dorisc@sco.COM.
Contest entries must be received by SCO no later than June 28 1991.
Following is a copy of the announcement which is being mailed to Open Desktop
developers. (The actual contest entry form is not included here, but is
available from Developer Relations.)
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Dear SCO Open Desktop Developer:
It's Time for the Stars on our Platform to Take a Bow!
SCO announces the first SCO Open Desktop Products of the Year Contest
It takes exceptional applications, development tools, and peripherals to make
the SCO Open Desktop platform an industry standard. That's why SCO is holding
a contest to select and promote the very best products developed for SCO Open
Desktop. At this year's SCO Forum at the University of California, Santa Cruz,
we plan to put these outstanding products in the industry spotlight at a
special awards ceremony.
All application programs, development tools, and peripherals designed to take
advantage of SCO Open Desktop's integrated system services are eligible for
entry in the SCO Open Desktop Products of the Year Contest.
SCO will accept contest entries in the following product categories:
Business Applications
Engineering Applications
Special Purpose Applications
Peripheral/Hardware Products
Software Development Tools
Our independent panel of judges will select three finalists from each
category, based on written entries (see official entry form attached).
That sets the stage for final judging at SCO Forum91, where finalists will
demonstrate their products for the judges. A representative from each
finalist's organization will receive free admission to SCO Forum91 (housing
and transportation not included) in order to participate in final judging and
the award ceremony. One winner will be selected from each category.
What You Can Win:
The winner from each category will be awarded:
SCO Open Desktop Product of the Year plaque
SCO Open Desktop Product of the Year logo for use in advertisements
Mention in SCO Open Desktop promotions to SCO channels
Participation in SCO Open Desktop Partner activities
Press Coverage
Coverage in DiSCOver, SCO's Newsletter and Technical Bulletin
How We'll Judge the Winners:
Our independent panel of judges will consider a number of factors in selecting
the 15 finalists from the written entries. These criteria include product
description, use of SCO Open Desktop's integrated services, innovative
features, market position, and business strategy. This first round of judging
will account for 40% of a product's total score.
Judging of the finalists at SCO Forum91 will account for 60% of the product's
score and will cover product packaging, documentation, ease of use, marketing
collateral (where applicable), and -- most important of all -- a product
demonstration lasting no more than ten minutes, by which the judges will make
their final decision.
Prepare Your Entries Now!
SCO Forum91 is approaching fast, so now's the time to prepare your entries.
To qualify, written contest entries must be received by SCO Developer
Relations no later than June 28, 1991. SCO will notify finalists by July 31.
Contest events at SCO Forum91 will include final judging on August 20, and the
SCO Open Desktop Products of the Year Contest awards ceremony on August 21.
You've already targeted the industry's most powerful and compatible open
system platform. Don't miss this chance to spotlight your product at SCO
Forum91!
Rules for Entry:
Application programs, development tools, and peripherals designed to take
advantage of SCO Open Desktop's integrated system services are eligible for
entry in the contest.
Limit 3 entries per company/division
Product must be shipping or in Beta by August 15, 1991.
Entrant must be the author/owner or exclusive distributor of the product.
No purchase is required to enter the contest.
Judges will be an independent body, (excluding SCO employees) including:
Press
Industry Analyst
SCO Users and or Resellers
Use of submitted products:
Entry information is considered the property of SCO upon submission and
will be used solely for the purposes of the SCO Open Desktop Product Contest.
However, entrants understand that SCO may currently or in the future chose
to develop plans or products similar to those submitted for entry without
any liability to entrant or entrant's company.
SCO cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information provided or
used in the SCO Open Desktop Product of the Year Contest.
Written entries must be on an official contest entry form.
Written entries must be typed or legibly printed.
Written entries must be received by SCO by June 28, 1991.
SCO employees and their families are not eligible to enter. The SCO Open
Desktop contest judges and their family members are not eligible to enter.
A representative from each finalist's organization must participate in a
ten-minute product demonstration presented to the panel of judges. The
demonstration will be conducted at SCO Forum91. Some equipment may be
provided for hands-on demonstration; special equipment requirements will be
the responsibility of the finalists. Part of the judging criteria will also
be evaluation of marketing material, eg datasheets. For special purpose
applications, material such as user guide/documentation will be sufficient.
For more information, contact Doris Correll, SCO Developer Relations at:
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
400 Encinal Street
P.O. Box 1900
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Phone: (408)425-7222, ask for extension 5321
FAX: (408) 458-4227, attention Developer Relations
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, Open Desktop, and DiSCOver are registered
trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the U.S.A. and other
countries.
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