Thanks again for making me feel just a wee bit older.  

Scarebear just released a new theme last month that was featured at WC.  Be sure to take a look!

Jorge . . thanks for years of great product and support.  Here's to the next ten.  Happy Birthday!

Thank you, Jorge and all the WinStep crew, for the generous discount! I'm excited about trying your product! Best wishes for continued prosperity!

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Thanks, Zoomba, for making us aware of this deal!

Blimey....ten years....

Time flies when you're having fun...

Congrats, Jorge...

Congrats Jorge...and thank you!

Just needed to add that Winstep has certainly changed the way I can skin things, I have learnt so much !! Its a really great application, and I definitely would recommend Winstep to anyone who wants to learn how to skin it ... and its' fairly easy to skin as well ... Congratulations to Jorge and everyone involved with Winstep ..

Thanks everybody!

Almost can't believe it's been 10 years, either. 1998 seems like only yesterday, when John T.Folden and I got together to create NextSTART and Winstep Software Technologies. At the time there was no true skinnable menu system out there, which is why I created one, as me and John were both trying to re-create the NeXT OS environment on Windows.

At the time even WindowBlinds was still in early incarnation states (0.38 Beta, if I remember correctly) and Brad Wardel was struggling to get Stardock off the ground after the death of the OS/2 market.

It's a credit to his marketing genius how he managed to make Stardock the reference company for OS customization not once, but twice (first time for OS/2, second time for Windows)! If it wasn't for him, the skinning market would not have become mainstream and there would be no skinning community as we know it today. Hats off to him as well!  

Dang!  look at that member #!  

Congrats Jorge! I've seen many skinnable applications come and go over the years. Few have managed to not only survive, but improve with each new edition. WinStep certainly has done that. Here's to ten more years at least

Damn! Double post!

What a great deal!! I couldn't pass that up!! Thank you and Happy Anniversary Winstep! (Jorge)

Well, I have a silly question: do WinStep and WindowBlinds work together harmoniously? In other words, if I'm running WinStep will by NextStart menu be skinned to look like the current 'blind I have running? Also, I realize this may not be the right forum for this question, but I guess I'm trying to figure out it if this software is right for me: what are the key differences between WinStep Xtreme and Aston Shell?

It's a respect relationship: WindowBlinds leaves Winstep alone and Winstep leaves WindowBlinds alone. Usually you can always find a WindowBlinds theme that goes well with or is a companion to a specific Winstep theme. As for the Aston Shell comparison, well, try both and find out for yourself.  For starters, Aston replaces Windows Explorer as the shell, while Winstep Xtreme does its job as a normal application.

Wow! Ten years! Time does go by fast...Congrats!!!  

Thanks for the info, Jorge!

It's interesting to look at the respondent's numbers.... both old AND new ....shows the enduring success/appeal/awareness of JC's proggy....