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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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ViewView for Windows Gives Users Powerful Access to
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Software Product Information
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Parker, Colorado -- April 6, 1996 -- Rams' Island Software today
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releases VendView for WindowsO, a powerful, free Windows-based viewer
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for VENDINFO product information files. This provides the end user
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with ready access to a wealth of information about software products,
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and is especially useful for software products that are distributed
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electronically. By viewing a VENDINFO file that accompanies the
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software product -- perhaps even before downloading the product -- the
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user can see quite detailed information about the product. Nearly 800
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fields of information include detailed product descriptions, platform
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requirements and recommendations, ordering and support contact
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information, and much more.
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In addition to basic product information, VendView for Windows
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provides access to multimedia samples that can be included in special
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VENDINFO.DOZ files. This allows the user to see screenshots, hear
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audio samples, etc., while deciding whether or not to obtain the
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product. There is even a capability for scripted multimedia
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presentations that allow the product's publisher to "tell the story"
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of the product in a very palatable fashion.
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These capabilities also make the new VendView a natural vehicle for
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electronic demonstration kits, as well as a handy resource for use by
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CD-ROM front ends. Because the DOZ file can also carry press releases,
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reviewer guidelines, company backgrounders, and other press-related
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content, VendView for Windows is a natural vehicle for electronic
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media kits, as well. Although VendView for Windows is free for use by
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end users, these special uses involve a small, one-time license fee.
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VendView for Windows is a natural tool for use with the World-Wide
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Web. When configured as a helper application for a web browser, it
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provides an instant viewer for VENDINFO files downloaded via the
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browser.
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VENDINFO is a system for conveying software product information and
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distribution permissions from the author to distributors and users. A
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standard file format allows a VENDINFO.DIZ file to carry extensive
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information in a compressed, efficient form. VENDINFO provides
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unprecedented capabilities for
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o Communication of product information and distribution policies
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from author to distributors and users.
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o Enforceable distribution policies.
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o Automation of many aspects of package handling by shareware
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distributors of all types, including sysops, disk vendors, and
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CD-ROM publishers.
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VENDINFO is becoming widely used within the electronic software
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distribution industry. All the major shareware trade associations
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(ASP, STAR, ESC, ASAD) have endorsed the VENDINFO standard. Over 80%
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of new products published by members of the Association of Shareware
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Professionals are accompanied by VENDINFO files. Many on-line
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services, electronic file-distribution services, CD-ROM publishers,
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and disk vendors use VENDINFO files to help automate and improve the
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quality of their services. For some of these, VENDINFO files are
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required, and for many, products with VENDINFO files are given
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preferential treatment. Some 30 manufacturers of BBS and similar
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software have also committed to support the standard.
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Rudy Ramsey, President of Rams' Island Software and developer of
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VENDINFO, said, "Although VENDINFO has already proven very useful for
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software distributors, end users have had only DOS-based tools for
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accessing VENDINFO information. The release of VendView for Windows
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will make this information much more accessible to Windows users.
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Because it's built on a Windows base, this program also provides very
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interesting multimedia features that are not available in VendView for
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DOS."
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Basic VENDINFO packages (shareware and freeware) include:
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VNDINF10.ZIP -- VENDINFO.DIZ standard and information
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VNDNFO13.ZIP -- VENDINFO Toolkit (editor, processor)
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VNDVUE13.ZIP -- VendView end-user's viewer (DOS).
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VNDVUW10.ZIP -- VendView end-user's viewer (Windows).
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VNDUTL13.ZIP -- Utilities and frequently-updated data files.
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VENDINFO information and tools are available electronically from Rams'
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Island Software (see below) and from many other sources, including:
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CompuServe ASP (lib 5), UKSHARE (lib 12), and EDFORUM (lib 2)
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Ziff-Davis Interactive
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Microsoft Network (ASP Forum)
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CD-ROMs: ASP, JCSM, PsL, and ESC
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BBSes on SDN, ADN, and ESC file-distribution networks
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=====================================================================
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Rams' Island Software Member: ASP ESC STAR
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7644 E. Lakecliff Way
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Parker, CO 80134-5904 CIS: 76244,324 BBS: 303-841-6269
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USA Fido: 1:104/333 RIME: 1235
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Inet: ramsisle@abwam.com
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303-841-2848 FTP: ftp://ftp.abwam.com/pub/ramsisle
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303-841-6269 (Fax) WWW: http://delta.com/ramsisle/ramsisle.htm
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... Home of the VENDINFO Product Information System
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___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11
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-!- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11
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! Origin: Rams' Island BBS (1:104/333.0)
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