‘Best of COMDEX/Fall’ Awards Presented by BYTE Magazine and The Interface Group
LAS VEGAS — November 18, 1992 — Adobe Acrobat, a multi-platform electronic publishing file format, took top honors today for 'Best of Show' and 'Most Significant Technology' at the fourth annual ''Shelly Award'' presented by BYTE magazine and The Interface Group at the COMDEX/Fall show.
BYTE editors selected and presented these awards to winners and finalists in ten major product categories, including newly created ''Most Significant Technology'' categories.
Called ''Shellys'' after Sheldon G. Adelson, the creator of COMDEX and Chairman/CEO of The Interface Group, the awards honor outstanding new computer products and technologies introduced at COMDEX/Fall in Las Vegas.
The awards were presented by BYTE editor-in-chief Dennis Allen and Sheldon Adelson.
BYTE editors decided, upon seeing the quantity and quality of the printers introduced at COMDEX, to create a category recognizing best new printers. Competition for the award was so tight that two printers tied for Best Printer – the Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 4 and 4M and the IBM Color Jetprinter PS 4079 by Lexmark.
Following is a complete list of winners and finalists:
Winner – Best System Company: IBM Product: IBM Energy Desktop System Finalists: Company: Digital Equipment Corp. Product: Alpha AXP Personal Computer Company: Sun Microsystems Inc. Product: SparoClassic
Winner – Best Portable Company: Apple Computer Inc. Product: Macintosh PowerBook duo 230 Finalists: Company: GRID Systems Corp. Product: GRID Convertible Company: EO Inc. Product: EO Personal Communicator 440
Winner – Best Peripheral Company: Macronix Inc. Product: VOMAX 2000
Finalists: Company: Nanao USA Corp. Product: FlexScan F34OIW Company: National Semiconductor Product: TyIN 2000
Winner – Best Printer Company: Hewlett-Packard Co. Product: HP LaserJet 4 and 4M Winner – Company: IBM Personal Printers by LEXMARK Product: IBM Color Jetprinter PS 4079
Finalists: Company: Kyocera Electronics Inc. Product: Ecosys a-SI Printer, FS-3500A
Winner – Best Software Company: Microsoft Product: Microsoft Access
Finalists: Company: Adobe Systems Inc. Product: Adobe Photoshop 2.5 Company: Shapeware Inc. Product: Visio
Winner – Best Multimedia Product Company: Apple Computer Inc. Product: Apple QuickTime 1.5 and QuickTime for Windows 1.0 Winner – Company: Microsoft Corp. Product: Microsoft Video for Windows
Finalist: Company: Brown Wagh Product: Studio Magic
Winner – Best Connectivity Product Company: Microsoft Corp. Product: Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
Finalists: Company: Xircom Product: Pocket Ethernet Print Server Company: WordPerfect Corp. Product: WordPerfect Office 4.0
Winner – Best Rookie Company: Shapeware Inc. Product: Visio
Finalists: Company: Indigo Software Corp. Product: ReportSmith Company: Bolder Systems Product: LazerSetter LazerLink
Winner – Most Significant Technology Company: Adobe Systems Inc. Product: Acrobat Finalists: Company: Intel Corp. Product: Indeo Company: IBM Product: IBM Speech Technology
Winner – Best of Show Company: Adobe Systems Inc. Product: Acrobat
The criteria for the awards, as set by BYTE editors is: "new products or technologies that are innovative, that show strong potential influence and impact on business computer use worldwide, and that have strong impact on COMDEX attendees." To be considered, products had to be introduced just prior to or at COMDEX/Fall.
COMDEX/Fall is produced by The Interface Group, the world's leading independent producer of conferences and expositions.
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