Bill Gates honors winners of Windows World Open; Nine winning company teams announced at WINDOWS WORLD.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. announced here today at the fifth annual WINDOWS WORLD An earlier computer exposition sponsored by COMDEX. Its first show was in 1991, and it was often held in conjunction with another computer show. See COMDEX. the winners of the Windows World Open competition. This prestigious competition recognizes developers of innovative solutions written for the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platform. The winners were chosen from three finalists in each of nine categories: o Accounting: KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Peat Marwick with their entry KPMG Electronic Performance Support System. o Banking/Securities: I.W.A. + Community Credit Union with their entry RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) (Relationship Banking System). o Environmental/Natural Resources: Amoco Corp. with their entry "PETS" (Project Evaluation Tool Set). o Franchise: Molly Maid Inc. with their entry FranCIS returned again to the Windows World Open to win for a second year in a row. o Government/Public Sector: Midtown Community Court with their entry Midtown Community Court System. o Healthcare: Saint Alphonsus Saint Alphonsus may refer to the following Roman Catholic saints:
o Manufacturing: Midmark Corp. received the award for their entry Midmark Shopfloor Interface. o Services: The Associates won with their entry PowerVision 1.0. o Wholesale/Retail/Distribution: Stolt Parcel Tankers Inc. received the award for their entry STOW. The fourth annual Windows World Open was sponsored by Computerworld, Microsoft, and SOFTBANK COMDEX See COMDEX. . Co-sponsors were Hewlett-Packard, Cognos, Wall Data, Fortune, Healthcare Informatics, and Real Estate Today/Realtor News. For information about sponsorships or to receive an entry kit for the 1996 Windows World Open, call 1-800-829-4143 or 206-443-3329. Windows World Open is managed by Janet Church and Associates Inc., a leading high-technology marketing and events firm based in Seattle. -0- Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. Windows, Windows World and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Windows World and the Windows logo are used by INTERFACE GROUP - NEVADA Inc. under license from Microsoft. Molly Maid is a registered trademark of Molly Maid Inc. and the name FranCIS is owned by Molly Maid Inc. PowerVision is a trademark of the Associates Corp. of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . CONTACT: SOFTBANK COMDEX Inc. Sue Lonergan/Peter B. Young, 617/449-6600 or Janet Church & Associates Inc. Pam Fricke, 206/443-3329 or 800/829-4143 |
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