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- Windows World 1992, April 6-9, will be the site of the first annual
- "Windows Open", a competition designed to recognize and reward inventive
- noncommercial, in-house applications built on the Windows platform.
- Finalists will demonstrate their applications at the "Windows Open"
- pavilion on the show floor, where the judges will make their final
- decisions. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will present trophies and prizes
- to the winners during a multimedia Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of
- April 7.
-
- The contest was set in motion by Jesse Berst, Editor and Publisher of
- Windows Watcher Newsletter, Redmond, WA. Berst secured sponsorship from
- Microsoft, Computerworld Magazine, and The Interface Group, organizers of
- the Windows World exposition.
-
- Why a contest just for in-house, custom applications? "Some of the true
- Windows pioneers are laboring in obscurity," explains Berst. "Their
- innovative applications never get seen outside their own companies. The
- 'Windows Open' will change that."
-
- The contest is especially timely because it signals an important
- transformation in corporate computing. "Windows development tools are
- redefining the way big business creates its mission-critical
- applications," states Berst. "For the first time in 25 years, corporations
- are moving en masse away from hand-coded COBOL toward point-and-click
- visual programming in Windows. And they are coming up with some truly
- ground breaking stuff."
-
- Windows World attendees will get to see some of these trendsetting
- applications in the "Windows Open" Pavilion. The competition is accepting
- entries from seven categories: (1) Manufacturing; (2)
- Finance/lnsurance/Real Estate; (3)
- Transportation/Communications/Utilities; (4) Services/Professions; (5)
- Wholesale/Retail/Distribution; (6) Government/Public Administration; and
- (7) Other. Qualifying non-commercial entries can be an entirely new
- application, a modification of an off-the-shelf package (for instance, a
- system built with Excel macros), or a Windows front-end to a host
- application. To date, the competition has garnered entries from every
- corner of the U.S. and from three foreign countries. Entry kits are
- available from the Contest Hotline at (800) 829-4143.
-
- Windows Watcher Newsletter, based in Redmond, WA, is a monthly briefing
- service for computer executives and corporate technology managers.
- Publisher Jesse Berst, an industry veteran, has authored 13 computer books
- and contributes to several leading publications in the U.S. and overseas.
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