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MNET Version 2.0

Introduction

This is the second version of the famous MNET LAN Utilities Suite.  The first version was developed by Marvin Fresno, Eugene Bulatao, Eugene Poral, and Neil-Paul Bermundo.  It was a text-based DOS program with a very clever touch of networking.  It did work and was a finalist in the First ever Undergraduate Research competition in 1994 at the College of Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman.  Though it didn’t win the competition, it earned the members a grade of 1.0, the highest mark that the UP system gives to outstanding performance in a course.

 After graduation in April 17, 1994, the members went their separate ways to pursue their respective careers.  Eugene Poral joined NEC (Nippon Electric Company) and immediately went to Japan for 2 years of training.  Eugene Bulatao joined CIS (Computer Information Services) and worked in Informix and other 4GL languages.  Marvin and Neil-Paul joined Topmax Philippines, a Japanese subsidiary developing printer embedded software.  The members seldom see each other in two years time.

 It is now 1999.  Marvin and Neil-Paul are still working in the same place but in the United States of America.  They left Topmax to join Interim Technology based in New Jersey for a consultancy job.  To save money, they shared and apartment.  There, they built a mini-LAN of two Gateway Pentium II machines.  They both have Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 SP4, Visual Studio 5.0/6.0 (C++, Basic) SP2 and Office 97 SP2.  The development of the second version of MNET LAN Utilities is just a matter of time.

 The goal: to make a robust, GUI-based, Windows 98/NT capable and graphical MNET Version.

Man-hours plan: 60 (2 months).

Strategy:

 The second version will be a shareware program and will be uploaded in Winfiles, Download and ZDNet web sites.

Good luck to the developers composed initially by Marvin and Neil-Paul.