MATH CHALLENGE HELPS SCHOOL FINANCES ------------------------------------ -- For Immediate Press Release -- In the dual interests of advancing math education and promoting its products, effective with the release of Version 2.0, JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE, INC. announces that MATH CHALLENGE, its popular shareware program for teaching children their math tables, can now be used without fee in its unmodified state on any computer owned by a school system, public, private, or parochial. When using this program in a school system, the only requirement is that JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE be notified of the usage with a letter on official school system stationery. John Koszewnik, President of JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE cites his rationale for this action as follows: "For some time now, shareware products have been growing in popularity and quality, to the point where they are now as good or better than their commercial equivalents. I am certain that users of MATH CHALLENGE will find it to be superior to anything else available. Nevertheless, many people remain unaware of shareware's potential. This action is intended to demonstrate the quality and value of such products, particularly important in these times of financial constraints within schools." MATH CHALLENGE program features include: -- Simple user interface -- with full mouse support for children input -- Problems individualized to the pace of each student. -- Personalized text encouragement for correct answers (MATH CHALLENGE can accommodate up to 49 students in one directory). -- Enticing VGA animal graphics with true photographic quality. -- Color animation and interesting sound effects. -- Ability to toggle sound on and off. -- Ability to "save progress" -- and return to program later. Please note that individuals using this program on their home computers must still register their program if they use it beyond a free 30 day trial day period regardless of whether or not it is used freely at their school. John Koszewnik elaborates: "I sincerely hope that other shareware authors will follow our example and release their products without fee for use in school systems. This will spread the word about shareware while providing a partial solution to the budget crises facing many of today's school systems." JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE, INC. is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). Other shareware products now available from JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE include DOCTOR CODEMASTER, BATTLE SKIMMERS, and SIMPLE SIMON'S PHOTO SCRAMBLE. MATH CHALLENGE, as well as these other products, are all available from Compuserve, many BBS's, and from all better shareware disk vendors. Just For Me Software March 1, 1993 MATH CHALLENGE HELPS SCHOOL FINANCES This is a press release from JUST FOR ME SOFTWARE announcing that MATH CHALLENGE, a popular educational software program for children, can now be used without fee on any computer owned by school systems, public, private, or parochial. This action is intended to help school system cope with limited finances, as well as promote shareware products. MATH CHALLENGE version 2.0 is available in the SOFTWARE-TO-GO section of Compuserve's EDFORUM.