MGI Software Showcases Children's Commentary on the Next Millennium
millennium.mgisoft.com Interactive Web-Site Goes Live
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA--
"The new millennium will probably have the technology to
reassemble the atoms in the ozone layer fast enough to keep life
on this planet for another millennium or two." S. Sullivan, 11
years old
"I think that everything is going to happen over again. Like Adam
and Eve and the hippies." Stephanie 12
Extraterrestrial colonization, artificial intelligence, and
environmental improvements are just some of the breakthroughs we
have to look forward to in the next millennium according to
children aged 5 to 15 who have made submissions to the MGI
Millennium Project. Submissions are posted at the Millennium
Project web site (http//:millennium.mgisoft.com), launched today
as a platform for children to voice their dreams, hopes, and
predictions for the next Millennium. Now live, the site allows
children from all over the world to post photos along with their
millennium commentary as well as offering visitors a very
compelling window into the minds of future leaders of society. To
kick start the launch; MGI Software partnered with elementary
schools, computer camps, and science centers across the United
States and Canada.
The site is open for submissions from all children between the
ages of 5 and 15 and will remain open until December 31st of this
year. Each week, a submission will be selected as a "Prediction
of the Week" and showcased on the main site page. Each winner will
receive a complimentary copy of MGI Software's new PC photography
software, MGI PhotoSuite III. After December 31st, no further
submissions will be accepted, and the site will be "frozen,"
remaining on display until April 2000. MGI Software plans to
preserve the site as an electronic time capsule and reopen it in
10 years time.
Children can contribute to the site by sending an original photo
or graphic, along with name, age, city, and email address, with a
prediction of 100 words or less to millennium@mgisoft.com, or by
clicking on a special submission link on the web-site, and filling
out the electronic form. Children who do not have Internet access
can submit by mail to MGI Corporate Offices in Toronto. Teachers
who want their school represented on the site should call MGI at
905.707.4720 for information on how to participate.
"Our participation in MGI's Millennium Project was a very
rewarding exercise," said Sue McDonald, 4th grade teacher, Argonne
Elementary, San Francisco California. "Our students took this as
an opportunity to share very positive ideas about what they want
for the future."
"MGI is proud to be able to provide a worldwide platform for
children to share what they are thinking and feeling about the
millennium," said Anthony DeCristafaro, president and CEO, MGI
Software. "They bring a fresh and unique perspective. This will be
an interesting experience for the participants, and a source of
reflection for us all, when we reopen the capsule in 10 years
time."
About MGI Software
MGI Software is one of the world's leading digital media
companies. The company's early focus on delivering digital media
editing technology to the mass market has led to leadership in the
digital imaging and video editing market, with more than 26
million units of its PhotoSuite, VideoWave and Live Picture
products shipped in retail and OEM channels spanning 25 countries.
MGI Software broadened its market to business and online users of
photography by acquiring the assets of Live Picture and expanded
its technological leadership to encompass all digital
entertainment media, including television, movies, and music, with
Pure DIVA and the acquisition of Zoran's SoftDVD business.
Through its ever-growing network of partnerships with major
consumer electronics manufacturers, computer hardware and software
vendors, photo retailers and the entertainment industry, MGI
Software is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the
revolution shaping our digital lifestyles. The Company has
offices in Silicon Valley, California, Canada, Europe, Australia,
Taiwan and Japan. MGI Software is publicly traded on The Toronto
Stock Exchange. For more information visit
mgisoft.com.
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