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Wow! We've been flooded with submissions for the NeXT Public Domain
CD-ROM for Education, but 600 MB is quite a bit of space to fill. It
seems that some people are hesitating to submit their work because
they feel either it is incomplete or they are in the process of
updating it to NeXTSTEP 3.0. Because of this, we've added a new
category to the CD-ROM, "WORKS IN PROGRESS."

We're now asking you to not only submit completed projects but also
ones that you are still working on. These may be somewhat buggy and
unpolished, but they still show what is taking place in the NeXT
education community.

Please, don't hesitate to submit your work! We hope this new category
will allow you send us projects that you otherwise wouldn't due to
their instability and/or incompleteness.

Just so you know, we won't send back flame mail for submissions we
don't like. Promise. So go ahead and mail us your deepest, darkest
NeXT applications.

Because of this new category, we're extending the submission deadline
until Monday, August 10. We hope this will give you enough time to
type up a README file and get the files to us.

The usual guidelines apply...see the end of this message for details.

Thanks!

THE END OF THIS MESSAGE:

WHAT IS THE NeXT PUBLIC DOMAIN CD-ROM FOR EDUCATION?
The Higher Education Marketing group at NeXT Computer, Inc. is
gathering educational software that is available either free of
charge (freeware) or for minimal costs (shareware) and will
distribute the wares via CD-ROM. There will also be a handful of
commercial demos (education related) on the CD-ROM, as well
some selected demonstration applications developed at NeXT which are
not part of NeXT's current product lines. We will consider anything
even remotely education related; we even have a section for games.

******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Monday, August 10, 1992****

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We realize that we're going to get gigabytes of stuff, and not all
will fit on one CD-ROM.  NeXT will evaluate the software for
stability and then select the submissions to be included on this
version of the NeXT Public Domain CD-ROM for Education.

If you have software that you would like to include on the NeXT
Public Domain CD-ROM for Education, please observe the following
guidelines:

1. Each application should be in a separate directory, along with a
README file containing the following sections:

a. Who wrote the software and contact information (preferably
Internet and US. Mail addresses) for questions, comments, bug
reports, etc.
b. The category that best describes the software type. (See
*categories* below.)
c. What the application does.
d. What the application is used for at your institution (e.g. in a
particular course, to illustrate a certain concept, research).
e. Which NeXT release your software was developed under (2.x or
NeXTSTEP Pre-Release 3).
f. Detailed installation instructions (if any).
g. Any other comments you would like to add.

2. All executables must be stripped. This can either be done by
typing "make install" to build the application, or by typing "strip
<executable name>" in a UNIX shell.

3. If the software is an Interface Builder palette or an Objective C
class, we require a small example application and / or detailed
documentation illustrating the tool's function. Please include this
in the directory containing the tool.

4. If your software is shareware, we will gladly include any
licensing information that you provide for us. Please include such
information in the README file. We will also place a file in a
conspicuous place on the CD-ROM encouraging people to register any
shareware that they use.

Note: We hope that these guidelines will make the CD-ROM much more
useful for everyone in the NeXT education user community. If any
guideline(s) presents a particular hardship, please contact us.

PARTIAL LIST OF SOFTWARE CATEGORIES
(Feel free to suggest a category that we may not have included.)

Architecture
Astronomy
Art/Design
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Communications
Computer Science
CraftMan (Both programs and palettes. NeXT will supply the CraftMan
Engine)
Economics
Engineering
English
Foreign Language
Games
Geology
History
Information Management
Law
Linguistics
Mathematics (Including Mathematica Notebooks and front ends to  
Mathematica)
MediaStation (NeXT will provide a MediaStation engine to run your  
archives)
MediaView
Medical
Multimedia
Music
Networking
Philosophy
Physics
Programming (e.g. palettes, objects, examples)
Psychology
Publishing
Statistics
Utilities/Services

******SUBMISSION DEADLINE******
****Monday, August 10, 1992****

HOW TO SUBMIT
In order of preference:

1. NeXTmail to:
<next_on_campus@next.com>

2. ftp -- just give us the name of the site and the location of
the file(s).

3. A 1.44MB or 2.88MB floppy disk sent to:
NeXT on Campus
NeXT Computer, Inc.
900 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063

If you would like your disk returned, please include a self-addressed
envelope.  (NeXT will provide return postage.)

DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Of course, NeXT's education customers will receive first
priority in the distribution of the CD-ROM. Beyond education,
we have not established distribution plans (we'll announce
something later). Of course, we'll give the CD-ROM to anyone
(higher ed or otherwise) who submits materials for inclusion
on the CD-ROM. NeXT will also distribute the CD-ROM this fall
to attendees at the 1992 EDUCOM conference in Baltimore, MD
(October 28 - 31). This is your chance for fame!  Submit now!

Please contact us with any questions you may have.  And thank you for
writing top-quality educational software for NeXT computers!

David Spitzler
Mgr., Higher Education Marketing
dspitz@next.com

Jeff Blum
Higher Education Technical Assistant
jblum@next.com