'FileMaker Pro 3.0 Database Challenge' Offers $60,000 in Prizes for Best Real-World FileMaker Pro Solutions; Claris FileMaker Pro Challenge launches on the Internet today offering end users and developers chance to win flights-around-the-world-for-two, notebook computer and more for most original and useful customized FileMaker solutions.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 1996--Claris Corporation announced today the launch of the FileMaker Pro 3.0 Database Challenge (www.challenge.claris.com), an Internet-based contest to find the best real-world solutions created with its award-winning FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Windows and Macintosh database software on April 29. The grand prize winner will receive flights around the world for two plus $4,000 in expenses and a notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. loaded with Claris software. Total contest prizes and cash awarded will be in excess of $60,000. FileMaker Pro Database Challenge is open to both end-users and professional developers in five categories -- enterprise/corporate settings, small business, education, home computing computing - computer and the Internet -- and seeks real-world FileMaker Pro 3.0 based solutions from every facet facet /fac·et/ (fas´it) a small plane surface on a hard body, as on a bone. fac·et n. 1. A small smooth area on a bone or other firm structure. 2. of creative database use. To enter, contestants must submit customized database applications created in award-winning FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Macintosh or Windows. They may also download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. a free record-limited trial copy of FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Macintosh and Windows from the contest web page or Claris home Web Page in order to submit an entry. Complete contest details and official rules will be listed on the FileMaker Pro Challenge Contest Web Page at www.challenge.claris.com. Claris will judge entries and choose 10 finalists -- two winners within each category as well as one grand prize winner, selected as the best of all finalist submissions. The customized FileMaker Pro solution entries will be judged on originality o·rig·i·nal·i·ty n. pl. o·rig·i·nal·i·ties 1. The quality of being original. 2. The capacity to act or think independently. 3. Something original. Noun 1. , interface and usefulness. All finalists will receive one copy of any Claris software product of their choice. "FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Macintosh and Windows is the ideal way to manage information and share data within large and small businesses, education, home and on the Internet," said David Larson, vice president of customer marketing, Claris Corp. "The FileMaker Pro Challenge highlights FileMaker's easy-to-use relational capabilities and advanced scripting abilities -- all the key reasons that make it the perfect choice for all PC and Mac users." The contest begins on Tuesday, April 30 and will run for six weeks, ending on Friday, June 7. The grand prize consists of two 25,000-mile airline tickets with unlimited stops in the Northern Hemisphere hemisphere /hemi·sphere/ (hem´i-sfer) half of a spherical or roughly spherical structure or organ. cerebellar hemisphere either of two lobes of the cerebellum lateral to the vermis. , Africa and Australia, $4,000 in traveling cash and a notebook computer loaded with Claris software. Finalists will be given their choice of the following Claris software products: FileMaker Pro 3.0, FileMaker Pro Server 3.0, FileMaker Pro 3.0 Solutions Distribution Kit, ClarisWorks 4.0, Claris Impact Claris Impact is a presentation and chart software program made for the Apple Macintosh computer developed by Claris. , Claris Organizer Claris Organizer is an organizer software program developed and sold by Claris for the Mac OS during the 1990s. It was sold to Palm when Claris was broken up, and was used as the basis for the Palm Desktop for Mac. , ClarisDraw and Claris EMailer Claris Emailer (often stylized as Claris Em@iler) was a popular e-mail client for the Mac OS created by Fog City Software. It was bought and marketed by the Apple Computer spin-off Claris. . The grand prize winner and finalists will be posted on the Claris Web site (www.claris.com) by August 1996. For more information on FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Macintosh and Windows 95 and the recently announced FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Windows 3.1, or other Claris products and services, customers may call 800/544-8554 or 408/727-8227 or visit Claris Web, the Claris Internet home page at http://www.claris.com. Claris Corporation is a leading worldwide vendor of cross-platform applications for business, education and home, and is a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. -0- Note to Editors: Claris and FileMaker and ClarisWorks are registered trademarks of Claris Corporation. Macintosh is a Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Claris Corporation Kevin Mallon, 408/987-7227 kevin_mallon@claris.com or Phase Two Strategies Andrew deVries, 415/772-8431 andrew_devries@p2pr.com |
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