Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   watcher13
   Member

   Today ghacks is raffling off 3 licenses to UltraEdit and 3 to UltraCompare from IDM Computer Solutions (though, for some reason, ghacks doesn't mention them.). UltraEdit is an award winning souped up text editor that retails for $50. ghacks says it's got quite a bit of extra features over many other text editors. The feature set includes: syntax highlighting, code folding, Unicode support, spell checking, ftp & sftp browser, ssh. macro engine, html building, customizations, backup, a file comparison tool, a dockable SSH / Telnet window to access a remote server command line right from the editor, and, apparently, some more. It's seems to have an impressive list of awards - some undoubtably real - including winning awards 3 different years at the Software Industry Conference's Shareware Industry Awards. In fact, IDM hasn't even updated that UltraEdit won this year's Best Business App. award.
   http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultraedit/ultraedit_awards.html
   If you want to test drive first, there's a fully functional trial download.

   UltraCompare is a file comparison tool. The Lite version is bundled with UltraEdit. This is, of course, the Pro version. It retails for $30. Most of it's awards are the standard file dump type, but a couple appear to be legit., including 5 cows from Tucows. It also has a free trial.

   To restate: You register and post a comment in this topic at ghacks and you're eligible for the drawing. You can, apparently, post anything. They'd prefer you let them know what you're currently using/have used for these functions.
   http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/23/ghacks-christmas-giveaway-ultraedit-and-ultracompare/#more-9290

   Posted 16 years ago #
2. 

   Buzz
   Member

   hmmm, Ya got to 'register' too. No wonder I don't have a chance to get one. lol
   Ultraedit has been around for almost ever. A good app, but overpriced, imo.

   ps- When you do a google search for "UltraEdit v14.20" apparently many people
   don't ever pay for it.

   Posted 16 years ago #
3. 

   watcher13
   Member

   Yeah, I think I see what you mean, Buzz. Of course, if you searched you could problem find most shareware that way. I'm no Angel, but I guess most of us wouldn't feel right getting it that way. Heck, I shouldn't even have made the posts I made about not having to be accurate in Avanquest registrations. But I see that slightly differently. If I uncheck the "send me notifications" box, and you promise not to send me anything, why do you need my name and e-mail? I think a lot of online sites do that only out of habit, thinking that's the way it has to be done, when all they really want is more traffic. On the other hand, I realize that Avanquest's motivation is hoping you won't uncheck that box. Still that's one of the glory's of true freeware: nothing to worry your conscience about.

   Posted 16 years ago #
4. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Hi, if anyone here knows Italian, could they write to the Italian Avanquest site to let them know that the giveaway on the Advent calendar is the wrong screensaver?
   It is supposed to be Christmas Time 3D, but the download is for School of Magic screensaver.

   I have tried a couple times more, and I got the same download link, so I guess they haven't noticed yet?

   Thanks, if anyone could let them know :)

   Posted 16 years ago #
5. 

   jlouis7518
   Member

   hi, i don't read all this post before but i can give you the sites avanquest in french , english and 2 in german
   i post it in french forum
   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3701/page/3#post-46728
   and also this one in german
   http://web.avanquest.com/special_offers/2008_calendar/calendar.cfm?country_id=2&tr1=BB_DE_BN_AD_1208

   i think they do the same in june as last year

   sorry for my english it's not my native language
   JL

   Posted 16 years ago #
6. 

   watcher13
   Member

   First, on the screensaver issue: those who want Christmas Time 3D, it's today's giveaway (we hope) on the Spanish site. Merci, Monsieur Louis. But, as you can see, it's a different giveaway on each country's site. A good try, though.

   Day the final, 24:
   UK: Their version of a collection CD. This has all 10 free softwares that are available on the UK site. So, essentially, you can buy a backup for these 10 programs for 6.75 pounds. However, I can only guess at the programs, since their not listed and Avanquest snuck in some demos during the 24 days. My guess is: WebSite X5 Smart Edition, Safe'n'Sec Personal, Fix-It Utilities Express 7, Radiotracker Standard Edition, Web Easy Express 7, Registry First Aid, Avanquest Connection Manager, Power Desk 7 Standard, Morpheus Photo Morpher Basic, PC Booster.
   France: Night City, an Astro Gemini 3D screensaver.
   Germany: Finally, the German compilation CD for 10 euros with free delivery. Like the others, but unlike the English, some of these are different than the giveaways. Some are older program versions. 9 programs (Germans just have to be different. Hee!): PC Booster 5, Web Easy 6 Pro, Power Desk 6 Pro, Greenbox Logo Maker 1, Fix-It 6 Pro, Avanquest Connection Manager, AutoSave 2, PDF to Word Pro, Driver Genius 7. You can download the programs after purchasing then the backup CD will arrive within 10 days. Maybe all multi-lingual.
   Spain: Astro Gemini Christmas Time 3D screensaver.
   Italy: Web Easy 6

   I'll post the ghacks giveaway when it becomes available.

   A reminder. As AlexSJ, who started all this (then I went nuts over it) pointed out, there are a lot of giveaways in the Advent Calendar of the German Chip Magazine. However, there's no way to tell which ones might be multi-lingual, as they're almost all supposed to be in German. I posted the only ones I found in English. Still, it might be worth a look.
   http://www.chip.de/artikel/Download-Adventskalender-2008_33781926.html

   Posted 16 years ago #
7. 

   internaught
   Member

   The programs on the UK site CD are:

   * WebSite X5
   * Safe'n'Sec Personal Deluxe
   * Fix-It Express 7
   * School of Magic Screensaver
   * Radiotracker 5 SE
   * Web Easy Express 7
   * Avanquest Connection Manager
   * PowerDesk 5 Standard
   * Morpheus Photo Morpher Basic
   * PC Booster

   They sent an email announcing it.

   Enjoy!

   Posted 16 years ago #
8. 

   watcher13
   Member

   Thanks, Internaught. I guess the bad news is that the version of Registry First Aid they're giving away on the site must be limited in some way. :(

   The final ghacks raffle is ESET Nod32 Antivirus. Eset is a Slovakian company, but I have not found any flaws in the English on their website. It's also available for 64 bit. They actually define Nod32 as a small to medium business app. which they define as organizations which have 20-1000 computers. This program seems to be an up-and-comer. It's won some legit awards and some comparative tests have rated this better than many of the usual suspects. Even the one review I saw that gave it a C+ really liked it. The C+ was because the reviewer didn't like the support. The reviewer didn't like the lack of phone support - email only - and felt that, though the website had all the info., that info. was poorly organized. I haven't evaluated the support part of the site.

   ghacks has 3 licenses, and you're in the raffle if you post a comment.
   http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/24/ghacks-christmas-giveaway-eset-nod32-antivirus/#more-9324

   Well, as Gerald Ford said, "Our long national nightmare is finally over". In other words, you won't have to put up with any more of my babling. I'll probably check back once more after Xmas, to see if the Avanquest and Chip calendars have been pulled. I hope this has helped some folks acquire some good software! You can thank AlexSJ and SimpleMinded for their sharp eyes in finding this stuff in the first place.

   Posted 16 years ago #
9. 

   AlexSJ
   Member

   Hello Watcher13 and all the rest:
   Unfortunately I cannot take the credit for digging this advent calendar thing up, somebody else did. They posted in the forum, where I saw it one day. However, when I wanted to go back to that comment, I couldn't find it anymore. That why I started a new thread ...
   It does make one appreciate the effort of the GOTD team even more, at least here we won't find those interesting "free downloads"
   Merry x-Mas to all, AlexSJ

   Posted 16 years ago #
10. 

    watcher13
    Member

    Appreciate your modesty, Alex. I too like to give credit where it's due. So, a quick search, and it's our French connection, jlouis7518, who first discovered the French Avanquest calendar. Merci again, jlouis, and I apologize for correcting you in my earlier post. I didn't realize you didn't know we had found all the other calendars.

    Posted 16 years ago #

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