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Jolt Awards

6th Annual Jolt and Productivity Awards


Books

Special

Utilities

Design and Management Tools

Libraries and Components

Languages and Development Environments

Books

JOLT WINNER:

  • Thinking in C++, by Bruce Eckel (PTR Prentice Hall Inc.)

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design, by Alan Cooper (IDG Books Worldwide Inc.)
  • A Discipline for Software Engineering, by Watts Humphrey (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.)
  • What Every Programmer Should Know About Object-Oriented Design, by Meilir Page-Jones (Dorset House Publishing)

Design and Management Tools

JOLT WINNER:

  • Rational Rose/C++, Rational Software Corp.

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • MKS Source Integrity, Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
  • Quantify, Pure Software Inc.
  • Track Record, UnderWare Inc.

Languages and Development Environments

JOLT WINNER:

  • Delphi, Borland International Inc.

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.
  • Symantic C++, Symantec Corp.
  • Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp.

Libraries and Components

JOLT WINNER:

  • Poet, Poet Software Corp.

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • Distinct TCP/IP SDK, Distinct Corp.
  • ILOG Views, ILOG Inc.
  • Net.h++, Rogue Wave Software

Special

JOLT WINNER:

  • Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Corp.

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • Ecco Professional, NetManage Corp.
  • Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp.
  • PartitionMagic, PowerQuest

Utilities

JOLT WINNER:

  • Object Master for Windows, ACI US Inc.

PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS:

  • BoundsChecker for Windows 95, NuMega Technologies Inc.
  • ForeHelp, ForeFront Inc.
  • Visual Parse++, SandStone Technology Inc


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