MCL Software Directory

[Jennifer Jones]

Dear MCL Users,

Digitool is setting up a community-maintained directory of all MCL based tools, demos, freeware, shareware, and commercial applications (the MCL Software Directory).  The directory is hosted on HotDisaptch and the actual contributions can continue to sit on Digitool's FTP server.  The three main benefits of the directory are:

• it allows MCL users to easily locate and learn about MCL tools and applications.
• it allows developers of MCL based commercial or shareware applications to promote and sell them.
• it will give MCL considerable exposure within the community of 60,000+ developers on HotDispatch.

We would like to invite and encourage everyone who has either previously contributed to the MCL "contribs" area or now has a contribution to list it on the MCL Software Directory.  The process is easy.  Many of you already have accounts on HotDisaptch from when you purchased/downloaded MCL 4.3.5 or MCL 5.0 beta.  Just start here:

http://www.hotdispatch.com/mcl/new-ip.html

If you need to create an account, start here.  If you have an account but can't remember your username or password, write to sup...@hotdispatch.com.

The contribution submission page allows you to enter:

• a description of your contribution (plain text or HTML)
• a version number if applicable
• whether your contribution runs on MCL 3.x, 4.x, and/or 5.x
• the language(s) of localization
• a price if applicable
• where the contribution is to be downloaded

Your contribution will appear under your HotDispatch "profile/OfficeFront" name (typically not your account name).  If you want it to appear under a different name, you can either change your current profile name or create a new profile (within the same login account). Shortly after you submit your entry, it should appear here:

http://www.hotdispatch.com/mcl/browse-ip?CATEGORY=5234

If you run into any difficulties or have any questions, please direct them to HotDispatch support (sup...@hotdispatch.com).

It would be great if we can get the bulk of the MCL contributions listed this week, in parallel with our working with HotDispatch to finalize and announce the MCL Software Directory.

Thank you for supporting MCL.

Jennifer Jones

Digitool, Inc.

P.S. You'll probably notice that the "OfficeFront" you get as part of posting your contribution on HotDispatch can also serve as a single page "resume".  If you are currently listed in our MCL Consultants directory or would like to be, enter your latest information in your HotDispatch OfficeFront.  We will be transitioning the MCL Consultants directory to HotDispatch since that allows each consultant to manage and update their own information.