MSFT & MACR alliance growing to dominate WEB!
By Rose Aguilar
July 16, 1996, 9 a.m. PST
In an effort to assist Web site developers in creating interactive and
visually appealing Web sites, Microsoft today announced a new program
called the Site Builder Network at the WorldWide Live Activating the
Internet event.
The Site Builder Network will provide information, training, support,
and business-development resources to Web site designers, producers,
planners, administrators, and developers.
Adobe Systems and Macromedia plan to offer ongoing software
discounts to Site Builder Network members. Adobe will discount its
Acrobat ActiveX Control, and Macromedia will discount its Shockwave
ActiveX Control, according to Microsoft.
The network will be divided in three levels of membership, depending
on the needs of Web developers.
The first level is designed to provide Web site builders with information
on Microsoft and third-party technologies. It includes a Site Builder hot
line, a free Mastering Internet Development CD-ROM, and entry into a
weekly sweepstakes in which members can win a quad-Pentium server
or a free year of T1 access.
The second level is designed to support Web teams with interactive sites
and includes benefits, training discounts, and access to technical support
newsgroups available at the first level.
The third level supports designers who are building high-traffic sites and
intranets. It includes all the benefits from first two levels, Microsoft
technology briefings, and a Microsoft Developer Network Enterprise
subscription.
The Site Builder Network will launch this summer. The first two levels
are free of charge, and the third will be $2,500.
Microsoft also launched its Activate the Internet Web site contest. Sites
will be judged on creativity, technology implementation, end-user
impact, and ease of use. The grand prize winner will receive $100,000.
A $1,000 Microsoft shopping spree will be given to an additional 1,000
winners. Winners will be announced at Internet World in New York on
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