REAL SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES CUBIES WINNERS
REALbasic users in 8 categories recognized for excellence by REAL Software.
January 22, 2001. Austin, TX – REAL Software today announced the winners of
its Cubie awards, adding a category in the process. Choosing the winners
was difficult because so many developers submitted entries. The categories
are; Advocate of the Year, Cross-Platform, Developer Tool, Game, Internet,
Mac OS X, Utility, Overall, and Business.
(http://www.realbasic.com/mwrb/cubies/)
Advocate of the Year — Matt Neuburg (http://tidbits.com/matt/).
Cross-Platform application (works on both Macintosh and Windows) — Package
Tracker, from Intelli Innovations by Paul Scandariato
(http://intellisw.com/packagetracker/index.shtml).
Developer Tool (makes the lives of REALbasic users easier) — TBFinder by
Fabian Lidman (http://homepage.mac.com/fabianl/development/)
Game — Ricochet3D by Robert Urschel (http://www.ricochet3d.com/)
Internet — ICamMaster by Catalunya Disseny (http://www.icammaster.com/)
Mac OS X — haXmanager by Arctic Software
(http://www.arcticsw.com/haxmanager/index.html)
Utility — iScreenSaver by Xochi Media (http://xochi.com/)
Overall — this category: too close to call! The judges could not decide
between these two, so declare a tie between Auto-Illustrator and
WhistleBlower.
Auto-Illustrator — by Ade Ward
(http://www.auto-illustrator.com/main.html)
WhistleBlower — by James Sentman (http://whistleblower.sentman.com/)
Business –Virtual/Net Time Clock by Redcort Software
(http://www.redcort.com/timeclock.html)
“We are proud to see so many fantastic applications, custom classes, and
plug-ins submitted for consideration. Choosing winners from over one
hundred entries was a challenge, but we think we picked some great examples
that demonstrate the skill of our users and the power and ease-of-use of
REALbasic, said Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of REAL Software. “I’m
already looking forward to next year.”.
“I want to take an opportunity to thank our generous co-sponsors for
providing prizes in addition to the free upgrades we are offering,” added
Lorin Rivers, REAL Software Director of Marketing. “Of course a huge thank
you to all the contestants, and I must say I have new respect for the
judges of other contests.”
REAL Software’s co-sponsors include Aspyr, MacPlay, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS,
MacAddict, MacTech Magazine, DevDepot, and ActiveBag.
REALbasic is the powerful, easy-to-use tool for creating your own software
for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows. REALbasic creates compiled, native
applications for Macintosh, Mac OS X, and Windows and since they all use
the same code and layout, you only need to design your application once. It
allows you make your computer do what you need it to. Everyone has unique
problems they need to solve, and REALbasic allows you create your own
solution. It is easy to use and learn. Anyone can build a working
application in less than 5 minutes using REALbasic. Hobbyists and
professionals experience profound productivity. It encourages
experimentation and learning because you can run your application at any
time, you build things step-by-step, and get instant results. REALbasic is
Professional-strength! It uses a sophisticated version of Object-Oriented
BASIC, provides access to the Mac Toolbox, SQL, AppleEvents, and more!
REALbasic is available for US$149.95 for the Standard Edition and US$349.95
for the Professional Edition packages, direct from REAL Software. REAL
Software offers academic and volume discounts as well as license- only
options. In addition to US English, REALbasic is available in Dutch,
French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. A special Swedish package
is also available and version 3 will ship in Russian as well.
About REAL Software:
REAL Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For
more information visit www.realsoftware.com or call 512.263.1233.
For more information about REALbasic 2.1.2, visit:
(http://www.realbasic.com/realbasic)
For more information about REALbasic 3, visit:
(http://www.realbasic.com/new)
