Awards: a European showcase.* AWARDS: A EUROPEAN European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. SHOWCASE Who creates the best European software? That question will be answered for the first time this June June: see month. 1, at a new software awards competition that Ziff-Davis Europe and Soft*letter will host at the Software Publishers Association conference in Cannes, France. The new Ziff awards (which still lack a formal name) will honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. native European PC software products, as well as localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. products. To qualify, entries must have shipped during the fifteen months ending this coming March 31, and must exist in at least two languages, one of which is German, French, or English. (In addition, three country" awards will be given to products of German, French, or U.K. origin that are only available in their home language.) General award categories include two premier awards for technical and design excellence, plus ton specialize spe·cial·ize v. 1. To limit one's profession to a particular specialty or subject area for study, research, or treatment. 2. To adapt to a particular function or environment. categories--text management, data management and analysis, utilities, graphics and presentation, environments, publishing, workgroup and network applications, communications, consumer, and education. In addition to best of category" awards, up to five finalists will be named in each category. Entries will be judged by the senior technical editors of Ziff-Davis's European Direct magazines (PC Direct in the U.K., PC Direkt and PC Professionell in Germany, and PC Expert/Direct in France). Products may be nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. by anyone, including developers, resellers, end users, and the judges themselves. Soft*letter's European office will handle administrative details, and we'll also arrange to have many of the top European developers exhibit at GeoCon/92, our international products expo, August 15-18. For more information and nomination forms, contact Colleen col·leen n. An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish. O'Shea, director, Soft*letter Europe, 51 R. Delbekestraat, 2980 Zoersel, Belgium, telephone 32.3.385-0277; or Tom Stitt, associate publisher, Soft*letter, 17 Main St., Watertown, Mass. 02272-9154; 617/924-3944. |
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