The Association of Shareware Professionals

Free Program Makes It Easy to Submit Trial Software to the Internet

December, 1999

For Immediate Release
Contact: Harold Holmes, President,
The Association of Shareware Professionals
(314) 861-1500

Free Program Makes It Easy to Submit Trial Software to the Internet

The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) has released PADGen version 1.0, a free Windows 98/95/NT4 program that makes it easy for software developers to submit their software to Internet download sites.

Today, software submission forms are burdensome, and each site has its own rules. The ASP's simple-to-use PADGen program lets software authors create a single company-level information record, and multiple program-level information records that could be accepted by virtually any Internet software site.

Major Internet software download sites, including MSN, Author-Direct, ZDNET, TUCOWS, and CNET, are already supporting PADGen or have committed resources to it, and others are expected to adopt the PADGen standard in the coming weeks. From the Internet sites' perspective, they can easily extract the PADGen XML file from within an author's ZIP archive, or they can access the URL of the PADGen XML file on each author's web site, and automatically access the latest program information.

While PADGen was designed to run on 32-bit Windows platforms, the PADGen data standard is open and easy-to-use, making it possible for Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, AS/400, and other software developers to create a PAD-compatible data file.

PADGen information, a free copy of the program, and a family of free PAD-related tools for authors and download site managers are available on the ASP's web site at http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/. All of the PADGen tools are free for authors and vendors.

The Association of Shareware Professionals was formed in April 1987 to strengthen the future of shareware (try-before-you-buy software) as an alternative to the traditional methods of marketing software. To learn more about the Association of Shareware Professionals, or to download your free copy of PADGen, visit the ASP web site at http://www.asp-shareware.org/ or write to The Association of Shareware Professionals, 157-F Love Avenue, Greenwood, IN 46142.

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The Association of Shareware Professionals

Ten ASP Members Walk Away with Top Honors

July, 1998

For Immediate Release

Contact:
Harold Holmes, the Association of Shareware Professionals
(314) 861-1500

Ten ASP Members Walk Away with Top Honors

July 18, 1998 - (Providence, Rhode Island) - At the 1998 Shareware Industry Awards, held at the Eighth Annual Shareware Industry Conference, ten shareware authors from the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) were awarded the industry's highest honors:

Best Application - As-Easy-As for Windows from Trius,Inc.

Best Internet Program/Utility - Download Butler from Lincoln Beach Software

Best Home/Hobby Program - Everything I Own! from BlueCollar Software

Best Business/Finance Application - Financial Freedom Inventory PRO 98 from M&R Technologies

Best Word Processing Application/Utility - YeahWrite! from Word Place

Best Educational Program - Penny Penguin's Math Bingo from LatticeWork Software

Best Entertainment Program - Hardwood Solitaire II from Silver Creek Entertainment

Most Innovative New Product - FreeSpace from Mijenix Corporation

People's Choice Award Winners (one of three winners) - NoteTab Pro from Eric G.V. Fookes

In addition, the Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) awarded Sam Bellotto its People's Choice Award for his program Crossdown. The ESC's People's Choice Award is selected each year by an online vote of end users.

The Association of Shareware Professionals was formed in April 1987 to strengthen the future of shareware (try-before-you-buy software) as an alternative to the traditional methods of marketing software. To learn more about the Association of Shareware Professionals, visit their web site at http://asp-shareware.org/ or write to Rich Holler, Executive Director, ASP, 157-F Love Avenue, Greenwood, IN 46142. To learn more about the award-winning software, visit http://www.softwarevault.com/siafswv.asp .

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