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1995 Issue 6                                                 26 May 1995
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NOTICE: This issue is being published earlier than usual because it
contains several timely news items.
 
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o  The IBM Solution Developer Program                           progsdo
     Welcome from Jim Gant. Matrix of offerings. Technical
     services. Business services. Marketing services. Developer
     Assistance Programs and environments. More information.
     NOTE: This item is 484 lines long.
 
o  DSNEWS Now Available on the World Wide Web                   webdsn
     URL information. ASCII version released first.
 
o  Record Developer Crowd Gathers at IBM Developer Conference   tirept
     ISVs contribute to OS/2 value. Several news announcements.
     ISVs enthusiastic about the TI. Record attendance. OS/2
     Warp sales up more than 300 percent. ISV support for OS/2
     Warp grows.
 
o  1996 IBM Technical Interchange Dates and Venue Announced     ti96
     22 through 26 April at the Opryland Hotel, Nashville,
     Tennessee. More details forthcoming.
 
o  IBM Announces New Windows API Extensions for OS/2 Warp       winapix
     For bringing multiple-platform applications to market.
     Developer API Extensions. VisualAge C++ and Open Class
     Library. OpenDoc support in VisualAge C++. SMART.
     Hyperwise.
 
o  Terms and Conditions Changes Announced for the IBM Power     toolppd
   Personal Developer's ToolBox Program
     Elimination of upfront qualification process. Simpler
     qualification.
 
o  IBM Delivers Networking Power with OS/2 Warp Connect         connpr
     Make your connections. Everything you need to connect.
     Single-box business network solution for small businesses.
     Peer networks made easy. A perfect fit in existing
     networks. A solid network citizen. Enterprise features
     coming soon. Network access for employees on the road or
     at home. OS/2 Warp Connect integrated installation. Prices
     and availability. (Also see next item.)
 
o  IBM OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 and IBM OS/2 Warp Connect    connann
   with WIN-OS2 Version 3 Complete the Connectivity Option
     From the formal announcement. In brief...  Overview.
     Installation. LAN client solution. OS/2 LAN Server
     requester -- connectivity to OS/2 LAN Server 4.0. LAN
     adapters. TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0 replaces IBM TCP/IP
     Version 2.0 base kit. NetWare client for OS/2 --
     connectivity to a NetWare server. LAN Distance Remote --
     extends "office LAN" to remote users. IBM Peer for OS/2.
     Network SignON Coordinator (NSC). AskPSP. BonusPak. Lotus
     Notes Express Client, release 3.3. Hardware requirements.
     Software requirements. Compatibility. Limitations.
     Packaging. Planned availability dates. Part numbers and
     charges. Limited warranty. Getting-started period. 30-day,
     money-back guarantee.
     NOTE: This item is 582 lines long.
 
o  OS/2 Warp Connect TCP/IP Enhances Internet, LAN/WAN Links    tcpfact
     TCP/IP application kit. Internet functions, FTP, telnet.
     Gopher client. IBM WebExplorer. Ultimail Lite,
     NewsReader/2. Many advanced connectivity features.
 
o  PRODIGY Lets Members Create Own Home Pages on the            prodhome
   Internet's World Wide Web
     Home Page Creator. Four templates. Usage fees.
 
o  IBM Offers First PC Server Solution Supporting Both PC and   390serv
   Mainframe Applications
     Write and test mainframe applications on PCs. Great
     application development platform. Intensive processing
     power in one server. Cost-effective migration tool. Making
     connections. Service and support.
 
o  PC Server 500 System/390 Lease Offering for Members of       lease500
   S/390 Developers Association
     Many components. How to order. How to join the S/390
     Developers Association.
 
o  OS/2 Warp Finds Popular Support Among Family and Home Users  survwarp
     Survey finds 49 percent of customers use OS/2 Warp
     primarily for home and family computing. 65,000+
     purchasers of OS/2 Warp sampled. Impressive home systems.
     Features for the home market. Using the full power of PCs.
     Sales of OS/2 Warp up more than 300 percent.
 
o  IBM OS/2 LAN Server Runs Speedway Enterprise; DB2 for OS/2   lanindy
   is the Engine for the Indianapolis 500
     Mission-critical use at the Indy 500. One of the larges
     data-processing enterprises in sports. Sharing data across
     the enterprise. The Integrated Race Information System.
     Vital to running the enterprise.
 
o  The Developer Connection Now Available Through IBM Software  dconsms
   Manufacturing Solutions
     The Developer Connection for OS/2. The Developer
     Connection DDK. Publication numbers. More information.
 
o  IBM Workgroup: Object-Oriented Technology in a               wgootcss
   Client/Server Solution
     The new face of teamwork. Client/server software and
     design. Key differentiators.
 
o  Taligent CommonPoint Application System                      talcompt
     Overview of CommonPoint. Taligent's evolution. Taligent's
     product lines. CommonPoint overview. Market focus for
     CommonPoint. CommonPoint advantages. CommonPoint
     development tools coverage. CommonPoint's competition.
     CommonPoint positioning within IBM's OO family. Summary.
     NOTE: This item is 359 lines long.
 
o  The Road to Objectville: An Object Technology University     objroad
   Seminar
     A seminar in one compact day. You can get there from here.
     Who should attend? Win an IBM ThinkPad and licensed copies
     of IBM OT products! Educational materials "to go". Top
     speakers, session leaders, and seminar participants. Give
     yourself educational credit. Educational agenda. Seminar
     details.
     NOTE: This item is 390 lines long.
 
o  Object-Oriented Technology Council Announces New Documents   webootc
   and a Home Page
     OOTC's mission. Two new documents for development and
     testing. OOTC home page.
 
o  Versit Issues Specifications                                 verspecs
     Personal Data Interchange (PDI). Device connectivity and
     computer-telephony integration.
 
o  IBM Independent Vendor League Contacts                       ivlfolks
     Contacts for membership, authors, publishers, training,
     courseware, IVL News Service, press releases.
 
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o  How to Join the IBM Developer Assistance Program             joinhow
     Worldwide Services. Commercial Services. Premier Services.
     Developer Assistance Program contacts worldwide.
 
o  The IBM OS/2 Developer Assistance Program in Europe,         emeadap
   Middle East, and Africa
     Open to anyone in EMEA actively developing for OS/2.
     Access to Internet and BBS services. Mailing program.
     Internet WWW service. Bulletin board service. Marketing
     programs. More information.
 
o  IBM Device Driver Support Center                             ddsc
     Worldwide device-driver developer support. The DUDE, a
     dedicated BBS. Specialized device-driver development
     workshops. Contacting the DDSC team.
 
o  The Developer Connection for OS/2: The Power of the Future   powerdev
   Delivered to Your Door
     Developer Connection overview. Put The Developer
     Connection for OS/2 to work for you ... now. Features and
     benefits. Prices. Ordering information.
 
o  Q and A About The Developer Connection for OS/2              devconqa
     What it is. Prices. DAP discounts. Contents. CompuServe
     forum. Additional licenses. Future growth. License
     expirations. Availability outside USA. How to subscribe.
     CompuServe introductory membership. Access to OS2DF2 forum
     on CompuServe. DEVCON FORUM on TALKlink.
 
o  Subscription Information for The Developer Connection for    subdcon
   OS/2 and The Developer Connection Device Driver Kit (DDK)
     Worldwide phone and fax numbers for ordering. Electronic
     support. Additional Developer Connection DDK electronic
     support (DUDE).
 
o  DB2 Developer Assistance Program                             dapdb2
     Encompassing all versions of DB2. Free of charge. Program
     benefits. Enrollment.
 
o  CICS OS/2 Developers                                         os2cics
     CICS OS/2 program code available for 90 days, and longer
     for developers who commit to exploit CICS OS/2.
 
o  TCP/IP Application Partners Program                          os2tcp
     For products that interoperate with TCP/IP for OS/2 V2.0.
 
o  AIX POWER Team                                               poweraix
     For products exploiting POWER architecture and RS/6000.
     Technical support. Development. Equipment. Marketing.
     Education. Technical, business, marketing information.
     Who is eligible? More information.
 
o  AS/400 Partners in Development                               part400
     Technical support. Toll-free phone access. Marketing and
     delivery programs. Electronic access. Portable Sales
     Automation System.
 
o  Object Connection for VisualAge                              connobj
     Who can join? Object Connection services. More information.
 
o  PenAssist Program                                            helppen
     A variety of PenAssist programs. Who is eligible? More
     information.
 
o  IBM Product Compatibility Program                            compprog
     Compatibility testing opportunity. Resource for making
     wise purchasing decisions. Value of tested compatibility.
     Compatibility Program description. Ready for OS/2 Warp
     and Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server. Tested and Approved
     for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems. Publicity: Where to find
     compatible product information. Program Q-and-A via fax.
     More information.
 
o  Professional Certification Program from IBM for OS/2 and     certprof
   LAN Server
     Four certified roles. Testing. More information.
 
o  IBM Independent/International Vendor League                  ivlibm
     Overview. IVL News Service. Enrollment.
 
o  800 Phone Numbers                                            800nos
 
o  Trademarks, Registered Trademarks, Service Marks             tmarks
 
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                   | The IBM Solution Developer Program |        progsdo
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(The following are the contents of a new brochure detailing the IBM
Solution Developer Program.)
 
Welcome from Jim Gant
---------------------
 
Welcome to the IBM Solution Developer Program. This "new" program pulls
together the best aspects of existing offerings across IBM into a single
support structure. This work will continue to evolve and is being
designed to help you develop the highest quality and most successful
solutions in the information technology world. Whether you develop
products for large systems or personal computers, IBM is dedicated to
giving you the breadth and depth of a convenient, single point of
contact for the technical, business, and marketing support that you
need.
 
The organization within IBM that has the lead responsibility for this
work is Solution Developer Operations. Our complete focus is one that
recognizes our partnership in developing critical solutions for our
mutual customers and prospects. If you are a member of one of IBM's
developer programs, you're already a member of the new IBM Solution
Developer Program. You'll maintain the mutually beneficial relationship
you've enjoyed over the years, and add the benefit of also having the
same level of access to programs for all of IBM's other platforms as you
venture into new markets for your products and services.
 
If you're a new member, welcome aboard! The enclosed information will
provide an overview of the breadth of this program, which is the premier
offering in the industry. Once you complete your application, you'll
receive additional information from IBM targeted to your interest. I
also urge you to visit the Solution Developer Operations Home Page on
the World Wide Web (URL=http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer) which will
provide the latest news on enhancements to our developer programs. It's
one of a number of ways for you to easily communicate with IBM. Your
feedback is crucial in our continuing efforts to provide you with the
support you want.
 
We look forward to working with each of you in the future and sharing in
the growth and success that our partnership can achieve.
 
                                        James J. Gant
                                        Vice President,
                                        Solution Developer Operations
 
Matrix of Offerings
-------------------
 
                                                      Communications/
                                                      Tools/Database/
                   OS/2   AIX   OS/400    System/390  Enablers
 
                                AS/400                APPC, CICS-MQ,
                   OS/2,  AIX   Partners  S/390       CM/2, NetView,
                   Pen,   POWER in        Developers  TCP/IP, DB2,
                   Speech Team  Developmt Association Information
                                                      Warehouse,
                                                      Application
                                                      Development,
                                                      WorkGroup,
                                                      Object
                                                      Connection
 
TECHNICAL SERVICES
 
 Q and A (voice     Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 and electronic
 support)
 
 Education          Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
 Early Code         Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
 Consulting         Yes    Yes     Yes                    Yes
 
 Software Tools     Yes    Yes     Yes                    Yes
 
 Porting Assistance Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 Centers
 
 Testing            Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 Environments
 
BUSINESS SERVICES
 
Hardware
 
 Hardware Discounts Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
 Hardware Lease     Yes    Yes     Yes
 
Software
 
 Software Discounts Yes    Yes                Yes         Yes
 
Relationships and
Others
 
 Association        Yes                       Yes         Yes
 Discounts
 
 Relationship       Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 Management
 Representatives
 
 Newsletters        Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
MARKETING SERVICES
 
Interest/Awareness
 
 National Solution  Yes    Yes                Yes         Yes
 Center
 Registration
 
 Advertising        Yes                                   Yes
 Directories
 
 Solutions          Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 Directories
 
 Magazines          Yes    Yes
 
 Advertising        Yes    Yes
 
 Bulletin Board/    Yes            Yes        Yes         Yes
 Internet Support
 
 Trade Shows and    Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 Conferences
 
 User Groups        Yes    Yes     Yes                    Yes
 
 Press              Yes                                   Yes
 Announcements
 
 Media (test        Yes    Yes                            Yes
 results,
 articles)
 
Demand Generation
 
 Direct Mail        Yes    Yes     Yes
 
 Product            Yes                                   Yes
 Compatibility
 Marks
 
 Customer Seminars, Yes            Yes                    Yes
 Roadshows, and
 Education
 
WORLDWIDE
AVAILABILITY (*)
 
 Asia, Pacific      Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
 Europe, Middle     Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 East, Africa
 
 Latin America      Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
 North America      Yes    Yes     Yes        Yes         Yes
 
  * = Not all of the above programs are available in all countries at
      this time.
 
Call 1-800-627-8363 for additional information. Outside US and Canada,
call 1-404-835-9902.
 
Technical Services
------------------
 
Q and A (Voice and Electronic Support)
 
 IBM Solution Developer Operations provides a number of ways for you to
 get answers to your technical questions. Voice service puts you in
 contact with our technical experts. A toll free number is available in
 the US. Electronic Question and Answer forums are maintained on
 CompuServe, TALKLink, and the IBM Internet complex. The forums have
 both public and private sections. Although any user can view the public
 sections, only members of IBM Solution Developer Program can
 participate in the more detailed private forums. There, you can read
 questions posed by other ISVs and the answers given by the SDO
 Technical Support staff.
 
Education
 
 A variety of IBM technical education offerings are made available to
 members. Call to ask about current course offerings.
 
Early Code
 
 A variety of IBM early code offerings (Beta tests, remote access, focus
 programs, and test drives) are available to members. Call for detailed,
 up-to-the-minute information about these offerings.
 
Consulting
 
 We can arrange for customized consulting services to get you access to
 an array of IBM technical experts, and information about third party
 organizations. Services include everything from design reviews to
 performance analysis and technology exploitation. Delivery methods
 include on-site and teleconference options.
 
Software Tools
 
 Stay on top of emerging technologies by being among the first to use
 pre-release versions of software from IBM and other developers. Also, a
 variety of software application development tools are available for
 ISVs developing on IBM operating system platforms. Tools and other
 informative developer-oriented updates are distributed online as well
 as on diskette, tape, and CD-ROM.
 
Porting Assistance Centers
 
 Solution developers now have a place to go for access to the complete
 range of IBM platforms, from RISC hardware and software to OS/2 Warp
 and beyond. Porting assistance is available for OS/2, OS/2 for the
 PowerPC, and DB2. Current locations include San Mateo, California and
 Dallas, Texas. Before the end of 1995, sites are slated to open in
 Boston, Massachusetts; Boca Raton, Florida; Europe; and Asia.
 
Testing Environments
 
 Get expert assistance in software testing with Cross-Platform
 Connectivity, Standalone Systems, Remote Access, and Early Test
 environments.
 
Business Services
-----------------
 
HARDWARE
 
Hardware Discounts
 
 To help you purchase the hardware you need for development, and to run
 your day-to-day business, SDO offers discounts not only on IBM
 hardware, but on Lexmark printers as well.
 
Hardware Lease
 
 You can run your business on off-the-shelf computers. But when it comes
 to developing leading-edge software solutions, the name of the game is
 having your software available the day the new machines hit the
 shelves. To pull off such a miracle, you need to get equipment early in
 the development cycle. The earlier the better. Our lease programs help
 you get the hardware you need for development and product support
 activities at extremely attractive rates. Call for details.
 
SOFTWARE
 
Software Discounts
 
 Significant discounts are available on IBM software to fill your
 development needs. Products such as OS/2 Warp, AIX, DB2, VisualAge, and
 Smalltalk are available. Call for a detailed list.
 
RELATIONSHIPS AND OTHERS
 
Association Discounts
 
 Save on memberships in professional associations related to the
 development of software and the operation of your development business.
 
Relationship Management Representatives
 
 Your contact person within IBM is dedicated to helping you maintain
 communications by providing one point of entry into IBM for access to
 technical, business, and marketing services.
 
Newsletters
 
 IBM publishes a number of newsletters targeted to you, the developer.
 Keep up on the latest news about the platforms and tools that matter
 most to you. The newsletter can also provide a vehicle for you to
 publish your articles and product announcements. Your Representative
 can put you in touch with our editors.
 
Marketing Services
------------------
 
INTEREST/AWARENESS
 
National Solution Center Registration
 
 Take your place in this online database used by IBM Sales
 Representatives, Business Partners, and selected large accounts. The
 database, which lists solutions sorted by categories, is accessed over
 40,000 times a month by IBM Marketing Teams around the world.
 
Advertising Directories
 
 Reach the largest and most qualified groups of buyers for your products
 and services through such advertising directories as Sources and
 Solutions. Published every six months with planned distribution of
 700,000 copies, the advertising section is open to developers from any
 geography who wish to participate. Call for advertising rates and
 schedules.
 
Solutions Directories
 
 IBM publishes a vast array of directories on an ongoing basis. For
 example, the AS/400 Directory lists approximately 25,000 products! AIX
 and DB2 products are also listed in their own directories. A compendium
 of OS/2 products can be found alongside many of the most popular
 software books in computer stores and bookstores. Efforts are currently
 underway to make product directories available on World Wide Web and
 other commercial online services. As a member, this valuable publicity
 is yours free of charge. When IBM customers go shopping for software,
 you can be sure they will get the chance to read about your products.
 
Magazines
 
 Many developer assistance program members qualify for free
 subscriptions to magazines and other periodicals dedicated to their
 field of development expertise. Among the magazine choices available
 are the award-winning OS/2 Developer Magazine and AIXpert.
 
Advertising
 
 Receive discounted magazine placement rates in a group of high-impact
 magazines targeted to your product audience when you place ads through
 your IBM Solution Developer Program.
 
Bulletin Board / Internet Support
 
 A wide range of online support services are offered to members. See for
 yourself by visiting the IBM Solution Developer Operations Home Page on
 the World Wide Web (http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer).
 
Trade Shows and Conferences
 
 Demonstrate the effectiveness of your products right alongside IBM's
 own hardware and software. Surely you (and most of your customers) have
 visited IBM's booths at any number of trade shows. Through your
 membership, we can help you find the most suitable forum for your
 product, and help you make all the arrangements to get there.
 
User Groups
 
 Nearly one thousand user groups regularly look for speakers and
 information on new products. IBM fosters relationships with many user
 groups around the world, and can get information about you and your
 products into the right hands. During a recent six-month period, more
 than 50 companies used this membership benefit to spread the word to
 OS/2 user groups around the world.
 
Press Announcements
 
 As a member, you may qualify for special rates and discounts for
 Business Wire and PR Newswire. Business Wire is an international media
 relations wire service that electronically delivers news releases and
 photos around the world, 24 hours a day. Business Wire reaches more
 than 500 computer and electronic trade publications, key high-tech
 writers, newsletter editors, and industry analysts. PR Newswire has 40
 years of experience in the timely dissemination of information to the
 worldwide media. PR Newswire reaches industry editors the way they want
 to be reached -- by wire, fax, and e-mail.
 
Media (Test Results, Articles)
 
 We are always promoting good-news stories to the trade and general
 business press. Stories and articles that appear in the press are
 collected and distributed electronically throughout IBM for field use
 as IBM sales and marketing aids. Your Representative will make sure
 your story is told.
 
DEMAND GENERATION
 
Direct Mail
 
 Create, coordinate, plan, and implement top-quality direct mail
 campaigns with the help of our marketing specialists. Our mailing
 center can provide up-to-date lists of registered users, developers,
 and conference attendees. Assistance with design, printing, and list
 selection is also available. Mailing lists are rotated on a unique
 schedule to avoid saturation and exhaustion.
 
Product Compatibility Marks
 
 IBM's product compatibility programs give you a way to increase product
 visibility. IBM compatibility marks on your packaging, flyers,
 advertising, and other promotional materials adds value by assuring
 customers that your product is compatible with designated products and
 systems. Selling cycle time is reduced when your customers can make a
 better-informed decision about the compatibility of your product. IBM
 provides complete guidelines and assistance to help you with your
 compatibility testing. Once your testing is complete, IBM provides
 seals and artwork so your can prominently display the compatibility
 mark. IBM promotes your efforts by periodically publishing materials
 that feature compatibility-tested products.
 
Customer Seminars, Roadshows, and Education
 
 IBM Solution Developer Operations takes the industry's hottest
 technology on the road to a wide range of customers. We travel to
 customer locations, trade shows, IBM locations, and colleges and
 universities, providing demonstrations that focus attention on product
 highlights and competitive comparisons.
 
Developer Assistance Programs and Environments
----------------------------------------------
 
IBM Solution Developer Operations currently has Developer Assistance
Programs for these IBM development environments:
 
OS/2
 
 OS/2 Warp is the 32-bit multitasking, multimedia, crash-protected,
 Internet-accessed, totally cool new way to run your personal computer.
 Winner of numerous industry awards, OS/2 Warp is poised to handle
 personal computing needs as they grow during the next several years.
 Currently available on Intel-based PCs, OS/2 Warp will soon appear on
 PowerPC-based systems, and because of the common application
 programming interface, migrating your applications between hardware
 platforms will be fast, simple, and effective.
 
AIX; RISC System/6000
 
 The IBM RISC System/6000, with its industrial-strength, UNIX based
 operating system, AIX, is the price/performance leader for demanding
 client/server environments. RS/6000's industry leading open
 architectures enable the development of advanced software.
 
OS/400; AS/400
 
 The IBM As/400 family of midrange system products offers comprehensive
 solutions for commercial data processing, office, and communications
 environments while providing simple, consistent programmer and end-user
 interfaces. The broad range of compatible processors within the AS/400
 system family use the same operating system, Operating System/400
 (OS/400), at all levels. AS/400 provides a wide spectrum of
 connectivity options, enhancing application support and development by
 enabling the use of many well-established applications and tools.
 AS/400 delivers the best of client/server computing, standard open
 interfaces, state-of-the-art database, comprehensive connectivity,
 transaction processing, systems management, support for multiple file
 systems, and advanced application development.
 
System 390
 
 System 390 has been transformed from the mainframe of yesterday to the
 enterprise server of today. Object technology is transforming the way
 programmers work, and S/390 operating systems are transforming to
 interoperate with UNIX systems. S/390 integrates well into global,
 multi-vendor, distributed environments. Features like the UNIX function
 in MVS OpenEdition increases application platform choices for clients
 and servers. Open Blueprint forms the basis for future S/390 investment
 and the roadmap for building the open, enterprise-wide, client/server
 infrastructures that businesses need for fast and flexible deployment
 of new applications. The S/390 is renowned for its classic strength --
 the experience needed to protect and preserve business assets.
 
Communications; Tools; Database; Enablers
 
 Tying together the major platforms are cross-platform technologies and
 applications in areas such as networking, communications, development
 tools, databases, and application enablers. These leading-edge
 components utilize the advanced capabilities of IBM's platforms, and
 provide the future direction for personal, midrange, and enterprise
 computing.
 
More Information
----------------
 
For additional information about any of the Developer Assistance
Programs mentioned in this brochure, or to apply for membership, call:
1-800-627-8363 in the US or Canada. Outside the US or Canada, call
1-404-835-9902 for information about the IBM Solution Developer Program
worldwide. Detailed information is also available on the IBM Solution
Developer Operations Home Page on the World Wide Web
(url=http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer).
 
Membership requirements vary among the developer assistance programs
listed. IBM reserves the right to refuse membership to any company for
any reason. Program content, terms and conditions, and pricing may vary
by individual developer assistance programs, and by county.
 
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           +--------------------------------------------+
 
IBM SDO Developer Support News is now available on the Internet World
Wide Web in the IBM Solution Developer Support home page. The URL for
DSNEWS is http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer/library/dsnews .
 
NOTE: DSNEWS is released first in ASCII format. The HTML format will be
posted on the World Wide Web several days later.
 
========================================================================
 
                    +--------------------------------+
                    | Record Developer Crowd Gathers |            tirept
                    | at IBM's Developer Conference  |
                    +--------------------------------+
 
New Orleans, 25 May 1995 ... At a gathering of commercial and corporate
software developers, IBM brought all IBM operating platforms together
for the first time at the 1995 IBM Technical Interchange here this week.
Developer response to new support programs and IBM developer tools
strategy for OS/2 Warp, System/390 software, AIX, and AS/400 was
enthusiastic.
 
ISVs Contribute to OS/2 Value
-----------------------------
 
"I've liked being able to come here as a competitor, in a sense, of one
of IBM's OS/2 Warp applications, and yet I'm being treated as a
contributor to OS/2's overall value," said Cindy Whiston-Ecker, product
marketing manager for Attachmate, a Bellevue, Washington supplier of
enterprise connectivity software solutions. "We came here wanting to
meet an audience that appreciates OS/2, and we've been highly successful
in doing that."
 
Several News Announcements
--------------------------
 
The range of technologies spanned IBM's largest systems to its
award-winning, 32-bit operating system for personal computers. News
announcements included:
 
o  PC Server 500 S/390, the first IBM PC server that can run both PC and
   mainframe-based applications, which will enable application
   developers to write and test mainframe applications right on their
   PC
 
o  High Performance Routing, the industry's first delivery of dynamic
   new software for Wide Area Networks, is expanding later this year to
   support key networking hardware;
 
o  Indelible Blue of Raleigh, North Carolina, named Blue Orchard
   Software, a new independent marketing and distribution company, to
   pursue shelf space for OS/2 applications in the retail channel with a
   program called Warp Ware.
 
o  IBM introduced The National Software Testing Lab (NSTL) seal of
   approval during the Technical Interchange. The validation program is
   designed so that the placing of the NSTL seal on developers' software
   packages means that the applications inside have been tested by NSTL
   for compatibility with OS/2 Warp. The NSTL approval program allows
   solution developers, including Windows developers, to certify that
   their applications are OS/2 Warp-ready.
 
o  As part of its ongoing effort to reduce software developers' costs
   and give them opportunities to capitalize on the rapidly growing OS/2
   market, IBM announced its new Developer API Extensions at the
   conference. The Developer API Extensions help solution developers
   deliver their applications across PC operating systems, including
   OS/2 Warp, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95. The company also
   showcased a range of technologies and tools that will allow solution
   developers to bring multiple-platform applications to market quickly
   and easily, and announced its intent to deliver tools and services
   for developers who are investing in OLE and MFC.
 
ISVs Enthusastic about the TI
-----------------------------
 
"This Technical Interchange has been the best forum for reaching the OS
market," said conference exhibitor Randell Flint, president of Sundial
Systems, Seal Beach, California. "No other show brings together the ISVs
and corporate software developers and buyers better than this one does."
 
"IBM's clients are telling us that they're very happy with how things
are going with OS/2," said Steven Tower, president of AdeptSoft, Boca
Raton, Florida. "I think that has something to do with IBM's excellent
job of being open and straightforward in describing why its timelines
are what they are, and why IBM is making the moves that it's making."
 
Added Sharon Manuel, vice president of retail products for Footprint
Software, Toronto, Canada, "The technical sessions are jammed with ISVs,
and we're getting both the marketing and technical information that we
need about the operating systems and IBM's tools and services."
 
Record Attendance
-----------------
 
Turnout of developers and customers for the 1995 IBM Technical
Interchange was the largest ever for such an IBM conference. Nearly
4,000 people attended the event, including 75 exhibitors.
 
"There are a lot of corporate customers here who are in a buying mood,
and we're selling a ton of OS/2 Warp Connect," said Bonnie Bohac,
fulfillment manager for Indelible Blue.
 
OS/2 Warp Sales Up More than 300 Percent
----------------------------------------
 
A recent study by Computer Intelligence InfoCorp (CII) reports that
sales of OS/2 Warp increased more than 300 percent during the first five
months that it was offered. OS/2 Warp Connect, IBM's one-box solution
for integrated networking capabilities and easy access to the Internet
and other online services, shipped on 17 May.
 
ISV Support for OS/2 Warp Grows
-------------------------------
 
Solution developer support of OS/2 is growing. In the first five months
of 1995, 30 major software developers have announced development plans
for more than 70 native Warp applications on both Intel and PowerPC
platforms. IBM has sold 2.1 million copies of OS/2 Warp worldwide since
November. The OS/2 installed base is now more than nine million. OS/2
Warp comes preloaded on systems from the IBM PC Company, Toshiba, Vobis,
Escom, Legend and Osborne. Dell and CompuAdd offer OS/2 Warp as a
preload option to customers when they order PCs.
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM Home Page
at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
========================================================================
 
     +----------------------------------------------------------+
     | 1996 IBM Technical Interchange Dates and Venue Announced |   ti96
     +----------------------------------------------------------+
 
At the 1995 IBM Technical Interchange, it was announced that the 1996
IBM Technical Interchange will take place from 22 through 26 April 1996
at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Further details will be
forthcoming.
 
========================================================================
 
     +--------------------------------------------------------+
     | IBM Announces New Windows API Extensions for OS/2 Warp |  winapix
     +--------------------------------------------------------+
 
New Orleans, 22 May 1995 -- As part of its ongoing campaign to reduce
software developers' costs and give them opportunities to capitalize on
the rapidly growing OS/2 market, IBM announced its new Developer API
Extensions at The 1995 IBM Technical Interchange conference here today.
The company also showcased a range of technologies and tools that will
allow ISVs to bring multiple-platform applications to market quickly and
easily.
 
"Application developers are forced to make tough choices," said John W.
Thompson, general manager, IBM Marketing and Solution Developer Programs
in his keynote address to 4,000 software vendors and corporate
developers. "If they bet their business on one operating system
platform, they may limit their market opportunity. But supporting
multiple platforms means maintaining separate code bases at significant
expense. Today we're showing IBM's unequivocal commitment to help
software developers increase their market opportunities while decreasing
risk, by giving them ways to develop and manage common source code
across multiple platforms."
 
IBM's growing set of developer tools and technologies includes its new
IBM Developer API Extensions, SMART, Hyperwise, VisualAge C++, the IBM
Open Class Library, and OpenDoc.
 
Developer API Extensions
------------------------
 
The IBM Developer API Extensions announced today enhance the portability
of 32-bit Windows applications to OS/2 Warp, helping software developers
deliver their applications across PC operating systems including Warp,
Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and Windows 95. The Developer API Extensions
are extensions to the OS/2 Warp interfaces, designed to make existing
investments in Win32 APIs portable to OS/2 Warp.
 
The Developer API Extensions are comprised of a subset of over 700 APIs
and 300 messages that are consistent with Win32 APIs and messages. The
subset includes the most frequently used Win32 APIs, and was chosen
based on the analysis of more than nine million lines of source code
from a variety of popular Windows applications. Windows applications
that use the APIs defined in the Developer API Extensions can be
recompiled to produce functionally equivalent OS/2 Warp applications.
 
Selected software vendors will begin limited alpha testing of the
Developer API Extensions next week. The extensions will be available for
broad beta-testing this summer, and IBM expects them to be generally
available by the end of the year. The Developer API Extensions will
eventually be shipped as part of the base OS/2 Warp operating system.
 
"With our Developer API Extensions as the solution for migrating
existing Windows applications, IBM's object-oriented VisualAge family of
application development tools represents our long-term commitment to
helping developers succeed, by enabling them to reach multiple, growing
market segments from a single development environment," said John
Swainson, IBM vice president of application development solutions. "The
future application software market leaders will be companies that
leverage their migration investments into competitive advantage by
exploiting object technology in the form of portable and interoperable
class libraries and frameworks."
 
VisualAge C++ and IBM Open Class Library
----------------------------------------
 
IBM's award-winning VisualAge C++ and object-oriented IBM Open Class
Library, currently in beta-testing on OS/2, will be made available on
Windows later this year. VisualAge C++ is a powerful development
environment that allows developers to visually build parts and then
combine these parts to construct programs. VisualAge C++ and IBM Open
Class Library are part of a broad set of IBM tools that already gives
developers a high degree of portability between many platforms,
including AIX, OS/400, MVS, and SUN Solaris. Support for PowerMac and
HP-UX is also planned to round out the tools set that customers and
independent software vendors have requested. Starting with VisualAge C++
for OS/2, which will be generally available in June, developers will be
able to realize the highest degree of portability available with C++.
 
OpenDoc Support in VisualAge C++
--------------------------------
 
OpenDoc is a compound document architecture that enables the development
of object-oriented, cross-platform application components called OpenDoc
parts. OpenDoc will be supported across OS/2 Warp, Windows, Macintosh,
and UNIX (AIX). For developers who have already invested in the
proprietary OLE or Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) technologies, IBM
intends to provide utilities, tools, and services to assist with
conversion and source-code creation for the more open, cross-platform
OpenDoc and IBM Open Class.
 
"Software developers are investing heavily in migration from 16-bit to
32-bit operating systems," said Jed Harris, president of Component
Integration Laboratories (CI Labs). "With everyone focused on exploiting
32-bit APIs and basic GUI capabilities, these will soon be insufficient
to make their applications competitive. To increase application
differentiation, leading vendors are moving toward software components.
IBM's open software strategy, with its focus on object technology and
component reuse and integration, represents a compelling source of
differentiation for software developers."
 
SMART
-----
 
The Source Migration Analysis Reporting Toolset (SMART), a product of
One Up Corporation, is a set of tools that help programmers readily
convert their Windows applications to OS/2. SMART analyzes existing
Windows code (16-bit or 32-bit) and OS/2 code (16-bit), sizes the
conversion effort, and automatically converts the majority of the code
to 32-bit OS/2 Warp. When used with the Developer API Extensions, SMART
will indicate which parts of a Win32 application use the API Extensions
and can be recompiled for OS/2 Warp. It will also analyze the rest of
the application and make recommendations for the remainder of the
development effort. IBM licenses SMART and makes it available to
developers via the IBM Developer Connection CD-ROM.
 
Hyperwise
---------
 
IBM's Hyperwise is a productivity tool that allows developers to use
OS/2 Warp as their help development platform, regardless of the platform
on which their applications will run.  It is a
what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor (WYSIWYG) for creating the help
portion of applications and assists in moving Windows help to OS/2 Warp.
Hyperwise includes a drag-and-drop capability to link text, audio,
video, and graphics, and allows users to author text once and read it on
OS/2 Warp, the Internet and Windows 3.1.
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM Home Page
at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
========================================================================
 
         +------------------------------------------------+
         | Terms and Conditions Changes Announced for the |      toolppd
         | IBM Power Personal Developer's ToolBox Program |
         +------------------------------------------------+
 
IBM is eliminating the up-front qualification process and simplifying
the terms and conditions of the IBM Power Personal Developer's ToolBox
Program.
 
The original program, announced in November 1994, was designed to
encourage developers to port products to, or develop products for, Power
Personal systems.
 
Participating developers are given significantly reduced prices on
eligible hardware and software products.
 
Simpler Qualification
---------------------
 
The changes now in effect are designed to make it simpler to qualify
for the program. Interested developers can call 1-800-627-8363 or fax a
request to 1-404-835-9444 and receive a program information and
enrollment kit. The kit contains the revised enrollment form reflecting
these changes and the associated terms and conditions.
 
A mailing has been sent to existing program participants advising them
of the changes to the program.
 
========================================================================
 
      +------------------------------------------------------+
      | IBM Delivers Networking Power With OS/2 Warp Connect |    connpr
      +------------------------------------------------------+
 
With the theme "Make Your Connections," IBM used New York's Grand
Central Terminal as a backdrop to announce the availability of OS/2 Warp
Connect, which gives small businesses and workgroups easy, open
connections to worlds of information -- whether they are on an office
PC, the Internet, or a local-area network -- all in a powerful, refined,
stable operating system.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect follows the commercially successful, technically
acclaimed OS/2 Warp, which began shipping in November 1994. OS/2 Warp
Connect combines OS/2 Warp and its BonusPak of productivity applications
with a full set of integrated networking capabilities and software that
provides peer and remote connections along with TCP/IP for dial-up and
LAN access to the Internet, access to the most popular online services,
and Lotus Notes Express.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect includes built-in requesters for IBM LAN Server and
Novell NetWare, and can coexist with IBM LAN Server, Novell NetWare,
Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups, Banyan Vines, and LANtastic from
Artisoft. It features easy and advanced installation options, and
Configuration, Installation and Distribution (CID) for efficient
installation across a networked enterprise.
 
"OS/2 Warp Connect has everything you need to connect to the world, to
connect to your existing network, or to create a peer network," said Lee
Reiswig, general manager of IBM's Personal Software Products division.
"It is the easiest networking solution to use and simplest to install
for the foreseeable future. With OS/2 Warp's multitasking prowess, users
can really optimize network resources by sharing files, modems, and
printers -- simultaneously."
 
Single-Box Business Network Solution for Small Businesses
---------------------------------------------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect is a complete software solution for anyone who is
starting or running a small business. The operating system, with its
built-in, peer-to-peer networking, combined with the BonusPak of
productivity software and Lotus Notes Express, gives a small business
what it needs to get a staff connected and productive, in a single box.
Notes Express will include seven productivity templates. Five of them
consist of those that Lotus ships in the retail version: discussion
databases, client/server mail, phone book, reference databases, and news
databases; plus two of Lotus' other most popular templates.
 
Peer Networks Made Easy
-----------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect comes with everything needed to set up a peer network
right out of the box. The built-in peer capability gives connected users
an inexpensive, easy-to-use way to share resources such as files,
printers and modems. In addition, users can share resources around the
office or on the road with OS/2 Warp Connect's remote access
capabilities.
 
Customers can use IBM Peer for OS/2 in a wide range of network
environments. The peer software interoperates with OS/2 LAN Server
version 3.0 or later editions, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups,
Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft LAN Manager 2.x, PC LAN Program 1.3, and
Artisoft LANtastic 6.0.
 
A Perfect Fit in Existing Networks
----------------------------------
 
For customers in large enterprises, OS/2 Warp Connect seamlessly links
desktop machines to each other and to all major network operating
systems, including IBM OS/2 LAN Server, Lotus Notes, Microsoft NT
Server, Novell NetWare, and a variety of Internet servers. The OS/2
Workplace Shell offers a graphical view of LAN resources by server and a
hierarchical view of resources within domains.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect demonstrates IBM's commitment to Open Blueprint by
supporting communication via NetBIOS, TCP/IP, or IPX on Ethernet, Token
Ring, and FDDI networks, eliminating the need to purchase network
transports or client code when attaching to the industry's leading
servers.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect will ship with TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3. This
version lets users simultaneously connect to local/wide area networks
and to the Internet with a complete set of applications for browsing the
World Wide Web, mail, and file transfer. Because of its multiprotocol
support, OS/2 Warp Connect provides a client/server platform so that
customers can install DB2 for OS/2, Lotus Notes and Oracle server, for
example, without any additional software.
 
A Solid Network Citizen
-----------------------
 
"By including connectivity to industry-leading network operating
systems, full support for TCP/IP and the Internet, and remote access,
IBM has made OS/2 Warp a solid network citizen," said Jamie Lewis,
president of the Burton Group, a consulting firm in Salt Lake City,
Utah. "Because OS/2 Warp Connect will be network-enabled right out of
the box, managers will no longer have to scramble to get the network
software they need. With OS/2 Warp Connect's streamlined install,
customers can get connected quickly in a variety of environments."
 
Enterprise Features Coming Soon
-------------------------------
 
IBM is planning a release this summer of an additional CD for enterprise
customers that will contain advanced networking support, including
mobile file synchronization that enables users to disconnect from LAN
Server, perform network operations, and resynchronize their work after a
session is re-established. The enterprise features include IBM System
Performance Monitor/2, which allows system resources to be monitored on
a single workstation; Personal Communications/3270 for OS/2 - IEEE 802.2
Entry Level, which provides 3270 mainframe emulation capability for up
to two sessions; Communications Manager/2 SNA Application Environment,
which allows users to run Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
(APPC) applications; NetView Distribution Manager/2 (NVDM/2) StartUp,
which provides for connection to a NVDM/2 server for easy download of
the full NVDM/2 client (licensed separately); and the OS/2 Distributed
Computing Environment (DCE) client, which allows an OS/2 system to
participate in client/server applications based on the Open Software
Foundation (OSF) remote procedure call.
 
Network Access for Employees on the Road or at Home
---------------------------------------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect provides remote features that allow users to remotely
connect to their LANs from anywhere by phone, providing real-time access
to network resources. The remote features are based on LAN Distance,
IBM's comprehensive remote LAN access software solution. With the peer
software included with OS/2 Warp Connect and LAN Distance, users can set
up a simple peer network over a telephone line.
 
"Secure remote access to office networks is becoming a necessity for
almost all business users," said Frank Dzubeck, president of
Communications Network Architects, Inc., a consulting firm in
Washington, D.C. "Whether it be for telecommuting from home or
conducting business from your car or hotel room, OS/2 Warp Connect's
rich remote access features will unequivocally help to create a true
virtual office."
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Integrated Installation
-----------------------------------------
 
Installation is made easy through the integrated installation options
with OS/2 Warp Connect. Users can select between easy or advanced
installation options, depending upon the amount of customization they
want to achieve. Network administrators can use CID to install OS/2
Warp Connect across the enterprise.
 
Prices and Availability
-----------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect is initially shipping in a blue-spine version that
includes IBM WIN-OS/2, also known as "fullpack", for a list price of
299 USD, and available through IBM Direct for 215 USD. For a limited
time, registered users of OS/2 2.1 will qualify for a 25 USD rebate when
they purchase OS/2 Warp Connect. Registered users of OS/2 Warp with
WIN-OS/2 will qualify for a 50 USD rebate when they purchase OS/2 Warp
Connect. Volume discounts are available.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect with IBM WIN-OS/2 is available in the United States
and Canada through IBM dealers, superstores, and a variety of general
retail outlets. A version of OS/2 Warp Connect that uses customers'
existing Windows will be available this summer. OS/2 Warp Connect with
IBM WIN-OS/2 and OS/2 Warp Connect will be available in 20 additional
languages.
 
========================================================================
 
             +----------------------------------------------+
             |     IBM OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 and      |    connann
             | IBM OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3 |
             |     Complete the Connectivity Equation       |
             +----------------------------------------------+
 
In Brief ...
------------
 
IBM OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 and IBM OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2
Version 3 enable you to:
o  Access the resources you need, from peer-to-peer to worldwide
     enterprise networks
o  Share files and printers, locally and remotely
o  Link to colleagues and information resources in your organization, in
     the office or on the road
o  Access industry-leading file, print, and information servers
     simultaneously:
     -  Internet
     -  IBM OS/2 LAN Server
     -  Microsoft NT Server
     -  Novell NetWare Server
o  Reduce configuration and support time for client and server
   workstations
o  Access online personal help desk
 
Overview
--------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 is available in two editions: OS/2 Warp
Connect Version 3 and OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3. These
mid-range members of the OS/2 Warp family provide small business users,
workgroup customers, and corporate networked clients with a complete
connectivity solution.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 and OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3
feature OS/2 Warp enhanced usability and easy installation plus the
BonusPak of top-quality, ready-to-use software. OS/2 Warp continues the
OS/2 tradition of providing full 32-bit OS/2, DOS, and Windows software
support. You can take full advantage of the power of your personal
computer and preserve your investment in application programs.
 
In addition to OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 provides a set of
LAN products, offering peer-to-peer networking, local and remote LAN
access, network communications, and system administration with a
streamlined installation. OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 also includes IBM
Peer for OS/2 Version 1.0, OS/2 LAN Server 4.0 Requester, IBM LAN
Distance Remote Version 1.1, IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0, NetWare
Client for OS/2 Version 2.11, Network SignON Coordinator, AskPSP,
BonusPak, and online publications. OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 allows
for single component installation of connectivity products from an
attached CD-ROM and provides diskette images, enabling you to install
products via diskettes on non-CD-ROM-equipped workstations.
 
You can install OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 over Windows 3.1 or Windows
for Workgroups 3.1 (3.11). The program integrates with the Windows code,
enabling the system to run Windows applications simultaneously and
seamlessly with OS/2 and DOS programs. OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2
Version 3 contains all the support necessary to run OS/2, DOS, and
Windows programs without Windows previously installed.
 
As a limited-time promotional offering, Lotus Notes Express Client
Release 3.3 is included with OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3. This subset
of Lotus Notes includes client/server mail plus a collection of
communications and collaboration applications useful to your
organization.
 
Installation
------------
 
IBM's new integrated installation program makes it easier than ever to
install one or all of the products packaged with the OS/2 Warp Connect
products. This enhanced installation program checks for appropriate
hardware. In addition, the program provides two options for installing
the product on your workstation. Easy installation lets you quickly
install OS/2 Warp with Internet access, IBM Peer for OS/2, and NetWare
Client for OS/2. You can also select the Advanced installation path to
install selected products directly from the CD-ROM, or across the LAN
from a CD-ROM-equipped workstation. The products on OS/2 Warp Connect
may also be installed separately via CD-ROM or the 3.5-inch diskette
images provided.
 
LAN Client Solution
-------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 provide a set of
LAN products that offer local and remote network access in one complete
package, saving time and money. The products contained on the CD-ROM
are:
 
OS/2 LAN Server Requester -- Connectivity to OS/2 LAN Server 4.0
----------------------------------------------------------------
 
LAN Requester features included are:
 
o  Memory management for MPTS (Multi-Protocol Transport Services)
o  OS/2 RFC 1001/2 NetBIOS over TCP/IP using the MPTS transport
o  MAC drivers for additional communications adapters
o  NDIS extensions for PCMCIA adapters including NetBIOS support
 
LAN Adapters
------------
 
Refer to Software Announcement 294-564, dated 12 September 1994, for a
list of supported adapters.
 
The following adapters are supported in addition to those documented in
the referenced announcement letter:
 
o  Allied Telesis AT1500 Plus ISA
o  Allied Telesis AT1700 Plus ISA
o  Allied Telesis AT1720 Plus MCA
o  Digital EtherWorks Turbo 435 PCI
o  IBM Ethernet Quad-BT and Quad-B2 PeerMaster Server Adapters
o  IBM Token-Ring 16/4 Credit Card Adapter
o  IBM Auto 16/4 Token-Ring ISA Adapter
o  IBM Auto 16/4 Token-Ring MC Adapter
o  IBM Auto LANStreamer (TM) PCI Adapter
o  IBM Wireless ISA/MCA LAN Adapter
o  IBM Wireless PCMCIA LAN Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Copper Base ISA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Copper Base MCA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Copper Extender ISA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Copper Extender MCA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Fiber Base ISA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Fiber Base MCA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Fiber Extender ISA Adapter
o  IBM FDDI Fiber Extender MCA Adapter
o  IBM Infrared Wireless LAN Adapter for ISA Systems
o  IBM Infrared Wireless LAN Adapter for Micro Channel (R) Systems
o  IBM Infrared Wireless LAN Adapter for PCMCIA Systems
o  IBM Parallel Port Driver
o  Intel EtherExpress PRO with Flash
o  Kingston TokenRx MC 16/4 Token-Ring Adapter
o  Kingston TokenRx ISA 16/4 Token-Ring Adapter
o  Madge Smart 100 EISA Ringnode
o  Madge Smart 100 16/4 AT (R) Ringnode
o  NCR StarLAN Token-Ring ISA
o  NCR StarLAN Token-Ring MCA
o  Racal InterLan AT-TP (163-3118)
o  SMC TokenCard Elite (8115T)
 
TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0 Replaces IBM TCP/IP Version 2.0 Base Kit
--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0 combines all of the industrial-strength
TCP/IP functionality of the popular Version 2.0 product with the
ease-of-use features of the Internet Connection for OS/2 found in the
OS/2 Warp BonusPak. Users of TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.0 can now enjoy
simultaneous LAN-based TCP/IP connectivity as well as Internet
connectivity in one integrated package. TCP/IP Version 3.0 for OS/2 is
not sold separately. It is included in the OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2
Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 products to provide even greater value.
 
IBM WebExplorer is a World Wide Web (WWW) browser for OS/2. This program
supplies a graphically rich, interactive interface to the fascinating
world of the Internet. Users of the WebExplorer can jump from one
Internet location to another by simply selecting highlighted text or
images in the main window.
 
Ultimedia Mail/2 Lite provides an easy-to-use interface for creating,
sending and receiving, and storing electronic mail. Ultimedia Mail/2
Lite supports MIME protocol, which enables multimedia mail and replaces
LaMail available in TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 2.0.
 
Gopher Client provides a graphical, user-friendly interface to
information from the Internet or the user's LAN.
 
NewsReader/2 provides a graphical interface to LAN- or
Internet-connected news servers.
 
TelnetPM allows you to log in to other computers on the Internet or the
user's LAN. TelnetPM provides terminal access to programs and
information on other computers. TelnetPM supports VT100 and VT220
emulation. A telnet server is also provided to allow terminal access to
an OS/2 computer from authorized users on other computers.
 
PMANT allows access to information and programs located on Internet- or
LAN-connected hosts that support 3270 sessions, such as VM or MVS, using
TN3270 emulation.  PMANT is an OS/2 Presentation Manager application.
TN5250 is available for terminal access to AS/400 computers.
 
FTPPM allows you to transfer files easily between your computer and
other computers on the Internet or LAN. If you are authorized access to
a given computer, you can manipulate files on that computer as if it
were your own. FTPPM is an OS/2 Presentation Manager application. An FTP
server is also provided so that authorized users on other computers on
the network can access files on OS/2 computers.
 
LPR/LPD enables users to print files on TCP/IP print servers on the
network, which may be AIX (R), UNIX, OS/2, or other types of computers.
The LPD server allows any OS/2 machine to function as a TCP/IP print
server.
 
SNMP allows network management by elements such as gateways, routers,
and hosts. This function provides a means of communication between
network elements regarding network resources. TCP/IP Version 3.0
provides SNMP agent and manager functions, and the agent is extensible
-- new subagents can be created to manage additional computer functions,
using the DPI 2.0 interface.
 
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) support provides users with improved
network accessibility. SLIP dial support is enhanced.
 
NetWare Client for OS/2 -- Connectivity to a NetWare Server
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
Features of the NetWare Client include:
o  Full support of OS/2 Warp Version 3
o  Remote-boot support, allowing customers to simplify administration
   and reduce support costs by booting OS/2 workstations from a NetWare
   server
o  DOS and Windows support, including enhanced mode applications
o  A client installation program that automatically configures a system
   to run both IBM LAN Requester and Novell's NetWare Client for OS/2
   simultaneously
o  Named pipes environment
o  Electronic documentation in native OS/2 format
 
LAN Distance Remote -- Extends "Office LAN" to Remote Users
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
LAN Distance Remote allows you to transparently dial in and execute
office applications as if you were physically connected to the LAN.
 
LAN Distance features included are:
o  Remote access to LAN resources for PCs running OS/2
o  Host-like security to protect network resources
o  Transparent support for most LAN applications
o  A PC software solution that does not require a dedicated server
o  Capability for a remote workstation to dial into the LAN or to
     another remote workstation
o  Extends remote client support to PCs using Windows Version 3.1
     enhanced mode
o  Provides capability for LAN-attached workstations to dial off the
     LAN -- LAN-to-LAN connectivity or LAN-to-remote connectivity
o  Double-byte character set enablement
o  Enhanced automated performance tuning (automatic filters)
o  Enhanced user interface to simplify installation and tailoring
o  Additional LAN/WAN connectivity options -- Asynchronous, Synchronous,
     Switched 56, ISDN (Basic and Primary Rate), X.25 (direct and via
     pad)
o  Transport protocol independence
 
Refer to Software Announcement 294-267, dated 27 April 1994, for a
complete list of supported adapters.
 
IBM Peer for OS/2
-----------------
 
IBM Peer for OS/2 provides access to other computer devices on the LAN,
such as hard disks, CD-ROMs, printers, or modems. These devices can be
located on a server or another peer workstation.
 
IBM Peer for OS/2 provides the ability to share local computer devices
with other users (multiple concurrent users). A simple graphical user
interface is provided to locally manage this accessing and sharing of
resources. Peer for OS/2 interoperates with any SMB-compliant peer or
server on a LAN.
 
Additionally, IBM Peer for OS/2 provides network messaging, network DDE
and clipboard, replication services, logon and logoff support,
interprocess communications, and an application program interface. IBM
Peer for OS/2 does not provide administration of a server or another
peer workstation across the LAN.
 
IBM Peer for OS/2 supports the same adapters as OS/2 LAN Server
Requester.
 
Network SignON Coordinator (NSC)
--------------------------------
 
NSC provides a productivity aid for end users whose environment requires
multiple user sign-ons to different access control functions. OS/2 User
Profile Management (UPM), IBM LAN Server, and Resource Access Control
Facility (RACF) are examples of access-control functions. NSC refers to
these access control functions as "locations". Each location requires
you to sign on with an ID and a password before allowing access to its
resources. NSC allows you to sign on, change passwords, and sign off at
one or more locations with a single operation.
 
AskPSP
------
 
AskPSP provides answers to problems and questions concerning OS/2 Warp,
LAN Requester, LAN Distance, and NetWare Client. It is a personal help
desk to assist in discovering solutions to problems.
 
Once installed, an AskPSP folder exists on the desktop that contains
icons for products in OS/2 Warp Connect. Each product icon runs a search
tool called CasePoint and then opens a database of common problems and
questions relating to the product selected.
 
Diskette images are provided for separate installation along with online
publications for viewing and printing.
 
BonusPak
--------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 are shipped with an
accompanying BonusPak of productivity applications and online connection
software. The BonusPak, a value-packed suite of application programs,
includes:
 
o  IBM Works with spreadsheet, word processing, database, report
     writing, charting, PIM, and fax
o  HyperACCESS Lite for OS/2
o  OS/2-based CompuServe access software
o  IBM Person to Person for OS/2
o  IBM Video IN for OS/2
o  Multimedia Viewer for video and sound playing of Internet files
     installed on your personal computer to simplify system
     configuration
o  BonusPak Installation Utility
 
Lotus Notes Express Client, Release 3.3
---------------------------------------
 
A promotional offering of Lotus Notes Express Client Release 3.3 is
included in the OS/2 Warp Connect package for a limited time. Lotus
Notes Express Client is a client/server mail application, plus a
collection of communication and collaboration applications that are easy
to use and understand. It also allows the user to take advantage of
Notes services like security, cross-platform distributed object storage,
and replication. When purchased separately, Lotus Notes Express offers
five basic applications -- E-Mail, discussion databases, news and
reference databases, and a shared phone book. The Lotus Notes Express
package included in OS/2 Warp Connect gives you a bonus of two
additional applications: customer tracking and service request tracking.
 
While Express users cannot develop new templates, and they cannot use
any templates beyond the seven included, they can make unlimited copies,
and therefore have numerous applications based on the seven in-box
templates. If users need to access additional applications, they can
easily trade up to the Lotus Notes Desktop Client package. Users who
want the full capabilities of Lotus Notes (including the ability to
develop custom applications) can trade-up to the full Lotus Notes
Client.
 
Hardware Requirements
---------------------
 
The minimum hardware configuration for OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp
Connect with WIN-OS2 is:
 
o  IBM ThinkPad computer
o  IBM PS/2 computers with a 386-SX, or more advanced, processor
o  IBM Industrial computer
o  IBM PS/1
o  IBM PS/ValuePoint
o  IBM PS/55
o  Selected non-IBM personal computers with a 386-SX or more advanced
     processor
o  VGA display
o  OS/2-compatible CD-ROM device (for the workstation used for code
     distribution)
o  Mouse or compatible pointing device
o  Supported network adapter (required by all LAN clients)
 
The following represents the memory and hard-disk requirements for the
components of OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2:
 
                                          Minimum       Hard-Disk
Component                               Memory (MB)     Space (MB)
 
OS/2 Warp Version 3.0                        4 MB           48 MB
OS/2 Warp Version 3.0 with WIN-OS2           4              56
IBM Peer for OS/2 Version 1.0                3              15
IBM OS/2 LAN Server 4.0 Requester            2              20
IBM LAN Distance Remote Version 1.1          6              13
IBM TCP/IP Version 3.0 for OS/2              4              29
NetWare Client for OS/2 Version 2.11         2               3
Network SignON Coordinator                   2               1
AskPSP                                       3               3
 
Notes:
o  30 MB additional hard-disk space may be required for the BonusPak
     applications, based on user installation selections
o  32 MB additional hard-disk space required for Lotus Notes Express
 
Software Requirements
---------------------
 
Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 must be installed on the
system for Windows applications to run under OS/2 Warp Connect Version
3. OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3 includes WIN-OS2.
 
Lotus Notes Express Client requires any Notes 3.x server. (Notes server
3.2 is recommended.)
 
Compatibility
-------------
 
The TCP/IP support in OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 remains compatible
with the existing TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2 Kits: Network File System,
Domain Name Server, Extended Networking, Programmer's Toolkit, X Window
System Server, X Window System Client, and OSF/Motif kits. The Network
File System, the Extended Networking, and the X Window System Server
Kits found in the TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2 Total kit are also
supported in OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3.
 
The TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2 DOS/Windows Access Kit has been included
as part of the TCP/IP support in OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3.
 
The function found in the TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2 NetBIOS Kit is not
supported in OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3. It has been replaced by the
RFC NetBIOS over TCP/IP function found in LAN Server 4.0 and in the LAN
Requester feature found in OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3.
 
The TCP/IP Version 2.0 for OS/2 Application and Ultimedia Mail/2 Kits
are not supported on OS/2 Warp Connect. The function found in the
application kit is included in OS/2 Warp Connect. The Ultimedia Mail/2
kit has been replaced by the IBM Workgroup product.
 
Limitations
-----------
 
The OS/2 Warp Connect applications in this product are supported in OS/2
Warp Version 3 and are not supported in previous versions of OS/2.
 
For the remote installation, OS/2 Warp Version 3 must exist on the
server.
 
Packaging
---------
 
The OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 programs are distributed in one package
containing:
 
o  OS/2 Warp Connect IBM Program License Agreement
o  Proof of License
o  Installation CD-ROM
o  BonusPak
   -  BonusPak CD-ROM
   -  BonusPak Manual
   -  BonusPak License Agreement
o  Two OS/2 Install diskettes
o  Adobe Flyer
o  Technical Connection Flyer
o  Notice/Internet Services
o  Connect Q and A Flyer
o  Global Network Flyer
o  Five Magazine Flyers
o  Aptiva Flyer
o  Lotus Notes Express Client
   -  Lotus Notes Express CD-ROM
   -  Lotus Notes Express Publication
 
The package contains the following documentation:
o  Registration Card
o  Service and Support Card
o  Easy Start Book
o  Up and Running Book
o  License Information Book
o  Sources and Solutions Catalog
o  OS/2 Warp Version 3 User's Guide
 
The online information includes the Command Reference and the REXX
Command Reference.
 
The separate Documentation Package includes the following:
o  Registration Card
o  Easy Start Book
o  Sources and Solutions Catalog
o  OS/2 Warp Version 3 User's Guide
o  Up and Running Book
o  BonusPak Manual
 
Planned Availability Dates
--------------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3                  21 July 1995
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3     Now
 
Part Numbers and Charges
------------------------
 
Program Package: CD-ROM with documentation.
 
                                               Part        One-Time
                                               Number      Charge
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3                    10H9800     229 USD
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3       10H9810     299
 
Additional License: Authorizes the customer who has a program package to
make a single copy of the programs contained on the CD-ROM and printed
documentation.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3
  Additional License with Certificate          10H9804     219
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3
  Additional License without Certificate       10H9805     219
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3
  Additional License with Certificate          10H9813     289
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3
  Additional License without Certificate       10H9814     289
 
Program Upgrade: The program package upgrade option allows currently
licensed users of OS/2 Version 2.1X, OS/2 Warp Version 3, or OS/2 Warp
Version 3 with WIN-OS2 to obtain the new function for a program upgrade
charge. The program upgrade to OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 will be
available on 21 July 1995, and the program upgrade to OS/2 Warp Connect
with WIN-OS2 Version 3 is available now.
 
These upgrades will be available through IBM authorized personal
computer dealers and industry remarketers -- personal computers
certified to market IBM authorized advanced products. The remarketer
will require a Proof of License for each upgrade ordered. The original
Proof of License is the colored front cover page (inside the hard
binder) or the separate Proof of License page in the program package as
identified by IBM to the remarketer.
 
Customers may also order upgrades through the local IBM office using the
IBM Personal Computer/System Program IBM US Upgrade and Certification
Order Form.
 
                                                      Part      One-Time
Upgrade To                       Upgrade From         Number    Charge
 
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Version 2.1X    x          x
  Version 3
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3      OS/2 Version 2.1X    x          x
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Warp Version 3  x          x
  Version 3
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3      OS/2 Warp Version 3  x          x
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Warp Version 3  x          x
  Version 3                        with WIN-OS2
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3      OS/2 Warp Version 3  x          x
                                   with WIN-OS2
 
Additional License Upgrade: Authorizes the customer who has a program
package upgrade to make a single copy of the programs contained on the
CD-ROM and printed documentation.
 
Upgrade                          Upgrade
Additional                       Additional           Part      One-Time
License To                       License From         Number    Charge
 
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Version
  Version 3 with Certificate       2.1X               10H9818    189 USD
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Version
  Version 3 without Certificate    2.1X               10H9819    189
OS/2 Warp Connect                OS/2 Warp
  Version 3 with Certificate       Version 3          25H7889    139
OS/2 Warp Connect                OS/2 Warp
  Version 3 without Certificate    Version 3          25H7890    139
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Warp
  Version 3 with Certificate       Version 3
                                   with WIN-OS2       25H7892    139
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2   OS/2 Warp
  Version 3 without Certificate    Version 3
                                   with WIN-OS2       25H7893    139
 
Documentation:  Separate documentation with no CD-ROM.
 
                                                      Part      One-Time
Description                                           Number    Charge
 
OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3                           10H9840     24 USD
OS/2 Warp Connect with WIN-OS2 Version 3              10H9844     24
 
Limited Warranty
----------------
 
o  Program: Yes. Media: Three months.
o  Additional Licenses: Yes. Media: Not applicable.
 
Getting-Started Period
----------------------
 
A 60-day getting started period is provided by the Personal Systems
Support Line for the first license in an enterprise location, site, or
centralized help desk.
 
30-Day, Money-Back Guarantee
----------------------------
 
The IBM 30-day, money-back guarantee applies.
 
========================================================================
 
                 +----------------------------------+
                 |    OS/2 Warp Connect TCP/IP      |            tcpfact
                 | Enhances Internet, LAN/WAN Links |
                 +----------------------------------+
 
(This material was included in the press kit for the launch of OS/2 Warp
Connect.)
 
TCP/IP Application Kit
----------------------
 
OS/2 Warp Connect, the newest addition to IBM's PC operating system
family, will ship with a TCP/IP application kit that lets users
simultaneously connect to local/wide area networks and to the Internet
with features that enhance web browsing, mail, and file transfer. The
improved features come as part of TCP/IP for OS/2 Version 3.
 
Warp Connect users can load the TCP/IP feature by selecting the Internet
Connection or TCP/IP option when they install OS/2 Warp Connect. The
feature allows users to configure their Internet capabilities with
utilities such as an IP address, name server, and router address, among
others, during installation or later.
 
Internet Functions, FTP, Telnet
-------------------------------
 
Once installed, the TCP/IP feature enables users to log on to any
Internet provider and to use most popular Internet functions, such as
e-mail, file transfer, and web browsing. It provides File Transfer
Protocol, which enables users to access FTP sites on the Internet and to
transfer files from Internet servers to their PCs. This service also
allows users to communicate with any other TCP/IP machine on the
network, either via Telnet or through transfers between machines on the
net.
 
Gopher Client
-------------
 
A key component of the TCP/IP application kit is the Gopher client,
which displays the contents of the Internet's Gopher server as an index
of resources such as documents, bitmaps, and executable files, and
provides users with lists of services and documents available on the
Internet. The Internet Gopher server allows users to browse for Internet
resources using menus.
 
IBM WebExplorer
---------------
 
Another key component of the TCP/IP kit is the IBM WebExplorer -- a
graphical, point-and-click hypertext browser of resources on the
Internet. Hypertext makes the web appear like a single document, and
users can click on different areas of the document to take them directly
to other servers on the web.
 
Ultimail Lite, NewsReader/2
---------------------------
 
The kit's Ultimail Lite client provides peer mail capability, acts as a
mail client to an Ultimail Lite post office, and supports multimedia
mail. Ultimail Lite is IBM's new standards-based OS/2 multimedia
electronic mail product for TCP/IP networks, including the Internet. The
NewsReader/2 service offers a list of Internet forums where users can
read, store, browse, save, respond, and print information.
 
Many Advanced Connectivity Features
-----------------------------------
 
The TCP/IP application, which ships as an integrated part of OS/2 Warp
Connect, is only one of the many advanced connectivity features offered
with Warp Connect, the operating system for any customer who works in an
environment where communication is important.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect with Win-OS/2 will be available in base and upgrade
versions in the United States and Canada through IBM dealers,
superstores and a variety of general retail outlets by the end of May.
A version for DOS and Windows users will be available by summer.
 
========================================================================
 
           +--------------------------------------------+
           | PRODIGY Lets Members Create Own Home Pages |       prodhome
           |      on the Internet's World Wide Web      |
           +--------------------------------------------+
 
PRODIGY has again taken the lead among the "big 3" online services by
announcing that, starting later this month, it will let members do the
coolest, most fun thing on the World Wide Web -- create their own
multimedia home pages. At no extra charge.
 
Home Page Creator
-----------------
 
PRODIGY's new Home Page Creator, developed jointly with IBM, was demoed
last week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. No other
major online service offers this exciting Internet feature.
 
Having a personal home page is something of a status symbol in a nation
obsessed with the Information Highway. However, up until now, publishing
a home page was limited to students and internet-savvy types who could
work in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
 
No more. Now anyone can do it. PRODIGY's Windows-based Home Page Creator
requires no computer programming knowledge or special skills. Members
choose from a variety of fill-in-the-blanks templates and type in the
information. Within a few weeks of launch, PRODIGY will add the
capability for members to include their own photos, graphics, and
personal sound clips.
 
Anyone connected to the Internet using a graphical browser can search
the home page directory by state, name, or letter of the alphabet, and
view the pages.
 
"It's a kick to publish something that can be seen by an audience of 20
million people or more," said Prodigy President Ed Bennett. "Imagine
telling friends that you have a home page on the Web. PRODIGY's Home
Page Creator doesn't just give people access to the Web, it makes them
part of it."
 
Four Templates
--------------
 
PRODIGY will launch its Home Page Creator with four different templates:
 
-- Basic: Using this template, members talk about themselves, including
   their interests, favorite Web home pages (which are all done with
   hyperlinks, so viewers can immediately go to them with the click of a
   mouse,) and E-mail address.
 
-- Business Card: This template lets members list their company, title,
   business description, address, phone number, fax number, E-mail, and
   URL address (also a hyperlink) if their company has a home page on
   the Web.
 
-- Out On The Town: Here, members can offer a guided tour of their
   hometown, or any other favorite place, listing all the best
   restaurants and fun things to see and do.
 
-- Top 10 List:  Either by subject category, or in a cyberspace
   potpourri, members list their top 10 Web sites. Here too, the sites
   are all published as hyperlinks, so they can be accessed at the click
   of a mouse.
 
Once they've created their home page, members can revise or delete them
at any time. Additional templates will be added in the future. A
Macintosh home page creator will be available when PRODIGY releases its
Mac Web Browser later this year.
 
Usage Fees
----------
 
PRODIGY and its Internet connection costs 9.95 USD a month for five
hours' use. Additional hours are 2.95 USD each. PRODIGY also offers a
30/30 plan, which includes 30 hours of PRODIGY and the Internet for 30
USD, or 1 USD an hour. There is no additional charge to use the Home
Page Creator, or view home pages.
 
Prodigy Services Company is the world's largest dial-up access provider
to the Web. Prodigy Services Company is a partnership of IBM and Sears.
 
========================================================================
 
          +-----------------------------------------------+
          |     IBM Offers First PC Server Solution       |      390serv
          | Supporting Both PC and Mainframe Applications |
          +-----------------------------------------------+
 
New Orleans, 22 May 1995 ... IBM today announced at the IBM Technical
Interchange conference the first IBM PC server that can run both PC and
mainframe-based applications. The new server, called the IBM PC Server
500 S/390, will enable application developers to write and test
mainframe applications right on their PC, either in a standalone or
LAN-based environment. That will save customers money by allowing
developers to create new mainframe applications without sharing time on
the mainframe. It can also reduce costs in such areas as network
management and systems training.
 
The new product, called the PC Server S/390 for short, is an innovative
and technologically-advanced server, that combines the reliability and
high performance of the PC Server 500, running IBM's OS/2 Warp in a LAN
environment, with System/390 architecture capable of running mainframe
applications, including VM/ESA, MVS/ESA, and VSE/ESA.
 
"The PC Server S/390 signifies the coming together of the mainframe
application strengths of the System/390 with the scalable networking
capabilities of the IBM PC Server 500," said Angelica Horaitis, director
of worldwide marketing, IBM PC Servers. "The LAN-based PC Server S/390
offers traditional file, print-sharing and application server
capabilities as well as support of VM, VSE, and MVS mainframe
applications. Because of its distributed processing capabilities, the PC
Server S/390 also provides an ideal platform for remote, unattended
system operation."
 
Great Application Development Platform
--------------------------------------
 
Application developers and systems programmers also can improve and
streamline their development methods by using the PC Server S/390. More
importantly, these developers and programmers can leverage their
existing S/390 skills and improve productivity by using tools in the
OS/2 environment, including graphical user interfaces and multitasking
capabilities.
 
"This platform is ideally suited for application development software
providers and customers who develop and test their own applications
in-house," said Charles Lickel, vice president, S/390 business plans and
system architecture, IBM System/390 Division. "With this system, users
can enhance the rate and pace of change for their businesses by
providing new and enhanced applications that build on their existing
base and programming skills," Lickel continued. "Software providers who
are members of the S/390 Developers' Association are eligible for
special leasing and purchase options. This also opens up new and
exciting markets for S/390 applications and further extends the
scalability of the S/390 which already scales higher than any other
production system used. It now reaches right down into the department
LAN."
 
Intensive Processing Power in One Server
----------------------------------------
 
The PC Server S/390 is a powerful PC LAN-based solution equipped with a
S/390 CMOS processor and a 90 MHz Pentium complex. The System/390
Microprocessor complex includes 32 MB Error Checking and Correction
(ECC) memory with expansion memory capacity of up to 128 MB, and
supports VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, or MVS/ESA operating systems and software. The
PC Server S/390 comes with 32MB ECC memory standard, expandable to 256
MB ECC memory for use by OS/2 and Pentium processors. This PC Server can
be configured with up to 38 GB of internal disk storage with SCSI-2 Fast
and Wide "hot-pluggable" disk. It is available in both array (RAID) and
non-array models. Standard features include a 4mm digital audio tape
(DAT) drive, a CD-ROM drive, and a 2.88 MB diskette drive. It also
includes OS/2 Warp Fullpack and Communications Manager/2, and supports
OS/2, DOS, and Windows applications.
 
Cost-Effective Migration Tool
-----------------------------
 
With the PC Server S/390 solution, customers can migrate existing S/370
applications from the mainframe to the PC Server S/390 platform and
continue to run these applications, with little or no modification.
Total computing costs are reduced in many areas, including maintenance,
power, cooling, and floor space. By supporting these applications in a
PC LAN environment, the customer can locate applications at multiple
locations, including the centralized host, a distributed site, and/or
departmental LAN.
 
"The introduction of the PC Server S/390 gives application developers
new opportunities to combine the power of the System/390 and the
flexibility of our workstation environment," said Timothy Negris, vice
president of sales and solution marketing, IBM Software Solutions
Division. "Using IBM's Visual family of application development
products, including VisualAge C++, COBOL and PL/I VisualSet, and
VisualGen, programmers can develop and test their enterprise
applications in a single-platform environment."
 
"The introduction of the PC Server S/390 is a bold and exciting move by
IBM," said Michael J. King, president and CEO of Software AG of North
America. "Organizations will now be able to develop and deploy
applications at the most cost-effective location, while providing
universal access to data in a client/server, distributed environment."
 
Making Connections
------------------
 
The PC Server S/390 also offers multiple connectivity capabilities.
This server solution can have peer-to-peer connections with the IBM
S/370 and S/390 mainframes, as well as with other PC Server S/390s,
through a variety of methods. Using the ACF/VTAM (host mainframe
communications protocol) or TCP/IP (networking protocol), the LAN
adapter can provide communications to LAN-based workstations or
peer-to-peer communication to other S/390 LAN-based systems. Remote user
logon is supported using Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) or
asynchronous dial-in capabilities.
 
Service and Support
-------------------
 
The PC Server S/390, a joint development and marketing effort by the IBM
PC Server Business Unit and System/390 Division, comes with a three-year
limited warranty with 24-hour/seven-day a week support. Base
configurations of the PC Server S/390 will range from 50,000 USD to
90,000 USD, depending on operating systems and software selected. The
new server solution will be available in July. It will be sold through
IBM Direct (1-800-IBM-CALL), PC remarketers, and certified PC dealers.
Customers can find additional product information via IBM's World Wide
Web server at http://www.ibm.com.
 
PC Server 500 System/390 at a Glance
------------------------------------
 
General description          Integrated system unit containing S/390
                             microprocessor and PC Server subsystems
 
System 390
 
 Processor                   IBM S/390 microprocessor complex
 
 Memory                      32 MB ECC (standard); 128 MB ECC (max)
 
 Software                    VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, or MVS/ESA operating
                             systems and software
 
PC Server
 
 Processor                   90 MHz Pentium processor with 16 KB Level 1
                             cache and 256 KB Level 2 write-back cache
 
 Memory                      32 MB ECC 70ns (standard); 256 MB ECC 70ns
                             (max)
 
 Software                    OS/2 Warp (supports DOS and Windows
                             applications); Communications Manager/2
                             (CM/2)
 
 Internal disk drive         Up to 38 GB with 17 bays
 capacity
 
 RAID technology supported   RAID levels 0, 1, 5 (optional)
 in array models
 
 Memory bus                  SynchroStream
 
 Expansion bus               Micro Channel, 40 MB/second streaming data
 
 Disk I/O                    SCSI-2 Fast/Wide
 
 Other I/O                   Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Drive; 2.88 MB
                             Diskette Drive; Integrated CD-ROM Drive
 
Physical Characteristics
 
 Size                        622 mm (24.5 inches) high x 353 mm (13.9
                             inches) wide x 755 mm (29.7 inches) deep
 
 Weight                      31.29 kg (69 pounds)
 
Hardware Warranty            Three-year limited warranty
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM Home Page
at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
========================================================================
 
           +---------------------------------------------+
           |   PC Server 500 System/390 Lease Offering   |      lease500
           | for Members of S/390 Developers Association |
           +---------------------------------------------+
 
Announcing a special worldwide offering for the PC Server 500 System/390
for members of the S/390 Developers Association!
 
Many Components
---------------
 
This offering includes:
 
o  A purchase price with up to a 50 percent discount on the server and
   a discount on selected peripherals
 
o  Special trial licenses for S/390 software for developing applications
   when leasing or purchasing a PC Server 500 S/390
 
o  A special developers lease price for the server and selected
   peripherals
 
o  CD-ROMs with extensive pre-built software suites for MVS/ESA, VM/ESA,
   and VSE/ESA to help get started quickly
 
o  Some OS/2 and S/390 development tools free of charge to help reduce
   development cycles
 
o  Free electronic technical support via the Internet
 
This offering is worldwide, but may vary slightly between countries.
General availability is planned for 21 July 1995. Look for specific
terms and conditions in IBM brochures or announcement materials as they
become available.
 
How to Order
------------
 
If you are a member of the S/390 Developers Association, you can order
the PC Server 500 System/390 by calling IBM Direct at 1-800-IBM-CALL
(1-800-426-2255) in the United States or Canada, or by fax at
1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329). In Europe, call +49-7031-16-2809
(where 49 is the country code for Germany). In Latin America or
Asia/Pacific, contact your S/390 Specialist. If you have access to the
Internet, you can find additional information via IBM's World Wide Web
server at http://www.ibm.com.
 
How to Join the S/390 Developers Association
--------------------------------------------
 
There are no membership fees to join. And when you do, you can take
advantage of the many benefits this exceptional program offers S/390
developers. To receive additional information and a membership
application, call the Software Vendor Information Line at 1-800-627-8363
in the US or Canada. In Europe, call +49-7031-16-2809. In all other
countries, call +1-404-835-9900.
 
========================================================================
 
                 +---------------------------------+
                 | OS/2 Warp Finds Popular Support |            survwarp
                 |   Among Family and Home Users   |
                 +---------------------------------+
 
IBM announces that in an analysis of OS/2 Warp buyers, 49 percent of new
customers report that home and family computing is the primary way that
they use OS/2 Warp. Fifty-five percent cite OS/2 Warp's features as the
top reason for buying the operating system, according to the OS/2 Warp
User Profile results.
 
65,000+ Purchasers of OS/2 Warp Sampled
---------------------------------------
 
The profile was developed from a sampling of more than 65,000 early
purchasers of OS/2 Warp. Upgrade of America, a leading software
registration expert, compiled the information from customer registration
data.
 
Impressive Home Systems
-----------------------
 
Early feedback from the findings indicates that 76 percent of buyers use
486-based computer systems, 78 percent have disk drives larger than 300
MB, 44 percent have systems with about 8 MB of memory, and 41 percent
have 16 MB or more.
 
Seventy-one percent of purchasers have CD-ROM capability, supporting
IBM's efforts to provide products on that medium. Ninety-two percent of
buyers use modems and so can utilize OS/2 Warp's easy access to the
Internet and a variety of online services. Only 23 percent of the users
are LAN-connected, as that segment has been deferring purchase for
delivery of OS/2 Warp Connect.
 
Features for the Home Market
----------------------------
 
"We've been successful in developing a feature set that meets the needs
of the home market," said Wally Casey, director of marketing, IBM
Personal Software Products. "With the shipment of OS/2 Warp Connect last
week, we anticipate strong demand by users who want to be
LAN-connected."
 
Brett Coryell, a computer science graduate student attending the
University of Virginia, bought OS/2 Warp for work at home. He uses it to
write reports, dragging and dropping charts from one application into
another, grabbing data off the Internet, and logging on to his school's
host system.
 
"Instead of working on systems at different locations, I get it all done
at home, at the same time, on one computer," said Coryell. "OS/2 Warp's
multitasking gives me the productivity I want."
 
Using the Full Power of PCs
---------------------------
 
Seventy-six percent of buyers report that they put the full power of
their PCs to good use by teaming 486 systems with OS/2 Warp's superior
speed. OS/2 Warp exploits all of the memory management and other
advanced features of the 386, 486, and Pentium processors. OS/2 Warp
also can run effectively on as little as 4 MB of memory.
 
"It's the best tool I've found," said Philip Clyde, assistant editor of
Dell Magazines in New York City. From his home, he uses OS/2 to
construct crossword puzzles for the magazine and simultaneously run many
of his applications, such as a dictionary or Internet connection for
checking the validity of words. "Applications load a lot faster and,
with the small amount of memory I have on my machine, OS/2 Warp lets me
run more apps than I could before."
 
Sales of OS/2 Warp Up More than 300 Percent
-------------------------------------------
 
A recent study by Computer Intelligence InfoCorp (CII) reports that
sales of OS/2 Warp increased more than 300 percent during the first five
months that it was offered.
 
IBM has sold more than two million copies of OS/2 Warp worldwide since
November. The product is the third generation of IBM's award-winning
32-bit operating system. It features impressive usability features,
slimmed-down system requirements, and comes with a BonusPak of more than
a dozen exploitive OS/2 applications. OS/2 Warp comes preloaded on
systems from the IBM PC Company, Toshiba, Vobis, Escom, Legend, and
Osborne. Dell and CompuAdd offer OS/2 Warp as a preload option to
customers when they order PCs.
 
OS/2 Warp Connect, IBM's one-box solution for integrated networking
capabilities and easy access to the Internet and other online services,
shipped on May 17.
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM Home
Page at http://www.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you
to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter 99 at the voice menu.
 
========================================================================
 
         +-------------------------------------------------+
         |  IBM OS/2 LAN Server Runs Speedway Enterprise;  |     lanindy
         | DB2 for OS/2 is the Engine for Indianapolis 500 |
         +-------------------------------------------------+
 
(This item describes the mission-critical use of OS/2 Warp, OS/2 LAN
Server, and DB2 for OS/2 at the Indianapolis 500 auto race.)
 
Indianapolis, 20 May 1995 ... By the time the fastest drivers in the
world start their engines at the 79th running of the Indy 500 next week,
data gathered from nearly 30,000 laps, more than 75,000 miles, over
120,000 corner speeds, and volumes of other racing calculations will
have been processed and distributed with the help of IBM.
 
One of the Largest Data-Processing Enterprises in Sports
--------------------------------------------------------
 
Supported by a sophisticated enterprise-wide network consisting of IBM
OS/2 Warp, OS/2 LAN Server, and DB2 for OS/2, the amount of data
generated by practice, time-trial qualifications, and the race make the
Indianapolis 500 one of the largest data-processing enterprises in
sports.
 
The United States Auto Club (USAC), the sanctioning body for the
Indianapolis 500, uses the OS/2-based solution for effective distributed
processing, network database management, and communications throughout
the Speedway.
 
"We depend on the industrial-strength networking capacity of OS/2 LAN
Server," said Art Graham, USAC vice president of development and
director of timing and scoring. "It lets us send split-second racing
statistics to the PCs on the LAN and distribute current standings to
systems around the 2.5-mile race course."
 
Sharing Data Across the Enterprise
----------------------------------
 
Before they began using OS/2 LAN Server, USAC officials from three
departments -- Registration, Technical Inspection, and Timing and
Scoring -- all worked with the same information about drivers, car
numbers, sponsors' names, chassis and engine combinations, and car times
and speeds, but they entered the data into their computers separately.
This duplication of effort, they said, increased the probability of
error.
 
Now, the three departments are able to share data across the enterprise.
When Registration enters a car number, driver name, sponsor, and other
records, the information is automatically made available to the other
departments on the network. After inspecting the car for safety,
Technical Inspection pulls up the car by number and inputs its
inspection status. Whenever the car turns a lap on the track, Timing and
Scoring records the car's time and speed, which is stored in the system
with all other cars' times and speeds, and printed in performance
reports for the race teams at the end of the practice or qualification
session.
 
In addition, everyone on the LAN, from officials in the timing tower to
the crews in the pits, benefits from OS/2 LAN Server's file- and
print-sharing capabilities. "All printers are shared across the LAN so
we can print from any location to any location," Graham said. "For
example, daily reports that go to the racing teams are created on PCs in
the tower, stored on a file server and printed in the garage area -- a
distance of over 100 yards."
 
The Integrated Race Information System
--------------------------------------
 
Together with custom-written application programs, IBM OS/2 Warp, LAN
Server, and DB2 for OS/2 form USAC's enterprise platform, called the
Integrated Race Information System (IRIS). IRIS is a collection of
proprietary USAC Timing and Scoring programs used only at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
 
IRIS is comprised of a performance database and an administrative
database. At the heart of the system is DB2 for OS/2. The performance
database collects and stores high-volume timing and scoring events,
while the administrative database stores information about cars,
drivers, sponsors, and engine and chassis configurations. The system
processes the data and distributes it to USAC officials and race teams.
 
"DB2 for OS/2 is the engine that drives the distribution of data across
the enterprise," Graham said.
 
In addition, data is sent from an OS/2-based timing system to more than
50 terminals in the press room, sponsors' suites, and TV commentator
booths, to laptops in the pits, and to electronic scoreboards around the
track. The television network receives the information from the timing
system and overlays current standings on the TV screen. A newspager
service also takes the data, builds its own database, and transmits that
information via satellite to hand-held newspagers, allowing the drivers
to study their speeds without getting out of their cars.
 
Vital to Running the Enterprise
-------------------------------
 
"Everybody uses this information," said Graham. "The observer crews use
it to report infractions of the rules. The tech committee uses it to
inspect and approve cars for qualification. The chief steward uses it to
make split-second decisions that affect fair competition and safety. TV
and radio announcers use it for race commentary. The fans see it on the
scoreboards. OS/2 Warp, OS/2 LAN Server, and DB2 for OS/2 are vital to
our mission of running this enterprise."
 
OS/2 Warp is the third generation of IBM's award-winning, 32-bit
operating system. It features impressive new usability features and
slimmed-down system requirements, and comes with a BonusPak of more than
a dozen exploitive OS/2 applications, including easy access to the
Internet and CompuServe. OS/2 Warp comes preloaded on systems from the
IBM PC Company, Toshiba, Vobis, Escom, and Osborne. Dell and CompuAdd
offer OS/2 Warp as a preload option to customers when they order PCs.
 
IBM news releases are available on the Internet via the IBM Home Page at
http://www.ibm.com.
 
The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of
prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter 99 at
the voice menu.
 
========================================================================
 
       +------------------------------------------------+
       | The Developer Connection Now Available Through |        dconsms
       |     IBM Software Manufacturing Solutions       |
       +------------------------------------------------+
 
Due to popular demand, The Developer Connection for OS/2 and The
Developer Connection Device Driver Kit (DDK) are now available through
IBM Software Manufacturing Solutions.
 
The Developer Connection for OS/2
---------------------------------
 
The Developer Connection for OS/2 is a CD-based collection of OS/2
development tools, including OS/2 Warp operating systems (betas and GA),
productivity tools, emerging technologies (OpenDoc, PowerPC, SOM), and
online information. With the Developer Connection for OS/2, you also
receive The Developer Connection for LAN Systems, which provides tools
necessary to create robust client/server applications. These CDs are
updated quarterly to ensure that you always have the latest OS/2
development tools at your fingertips.
 
The Developer Connection DDK
----------------------------
 
The Developer Connection Device Driver Kit is intended for
device-driver developers and hardware manufacturers. It includes samples
of many device drivers which can be modified to create new device
drivers. The Developer Connection DDK has as a prerequisite The
Developer Connection for OS/2, so order both today!
 
Publication Numbers
-------------------
 
The publication numbers are:
 
  Z121-0200 -- The Developer Connection for OS/2
  Z121-0201 -- The Developer Connection DDK
 
More Information
----------------
 
For more information, call IBM Software Manufacturing Solutions at
1-800-879-2755 in the USA.
 
========================================================================
 
          +-------------------------------------------+
          | IBM Workgroup: Object-Oriented Technology |         wgootcss
          |      in a Client/Server Solution          |
          +-------------------------------------------+
 
IBM WorkGroup -- IBM's premiere groupware suite -- is now generally
available in the marketplace. The first five functions of IBM WorkGroup
are fax, mail, scheduling and calendaring, agent and enterprise, and
personal directories.
 
The New Face of Teamwork
------------------------
 
As the boundaries fall and the lines blur between departments and the
individuals working in them, teams will need all the help they can get
to work faster and more efficiently. By providing the integrated,
customizable, and scalable tools needed to put people in touch with the
people with the information, IBM WorkGroup supports the new face of
teamwork and helps companies cope in the face of a rapidly changing
workplace.
 
Client/Server Software and Design
---------------------------------
 
IBM WorkGroup is an integrated, standards-based, client/server solution
with roots in client/server software and design. At the foundation of
IBM WorkGroup is object-oriented technology. This type of technology
makes the product modular and flexible, and allows it to be customized
to reflect the way individual users actually work.
 
The functionality of IBM WorkGroup goes beyond even current groupware
offerings to address such issues as information management and work
management.
 
Key Differentiators
-------------------
 
IBM's key differentiators in this groupware arena includes IBM
WorkGroup's scalable, true client/server architecture, robust relational
data store using DB2, assured delivery of mail and messages with the
incorporation of IBM MQ-Series.... and, the advanced technologies such
as the agent and object-oriented technologies.
 
Users experience a common look and feel across the portfolio, including
a single logon, common toolbar, and data interchange, via simple direct
manipulation and clipboard facilities. Systems administrators will
appreciate the fact that they need to enroll users only once, regardless
of how many IBM and other products comprise the solution.
 
The first five functions available today are priced at 95 USD retail.
 
========================================================================
 
            +-------------------------------------------+
            | Taligent's CommonPoint Application System |       talcompt
            +-------------------------------------------+
 
This is an overview of Taligent's CommonPoint application system and
IBM's plans to deliver products based on it. This overview assumes that
the reader is somewhat familiar with the concepts of object-oriented
programming. It covers:
 
o  Taligent's evolution
o  Taligent's product lines
o  CommonPoint overview
o  IBM's product plans
o  Market focus for CommonPoint
o  CommonPoint advantages
o  CommonPoint development tools coverage
o  CommonPoint's competition
o  CommonPoint positioning within IBM's OO family
 
Taligent's Evolution
--------------------
 
Taligent, Inc., an independent software company owned by Apple,
Hewlett Packard, and IBM, was formed in March 1992 by IBM and Apple with
a mission of developing a complete object-oriented operating system for
delivery in the mid 1990s. Feedback from potential customers and
industry influencers led Taligent to pursue a more evolutionary path,
focusing on a set of high-function frameworks that could be hosted on
any modern 32-bit operating system. Prototyping was initiated that
demonstrated the feasibility of this approach. In addition, several
modern 32-bit operating systems were introduced or announced during this
period. Thus, it became clear that the direction should be to complete
the CommonPoint application system prior to delivering a fully
object-oriented operating system.
 
Taligent's Product Lines
------------------------
 
Taligent is currently working on three product lines:
 
o  CommonPoint application system: A portable, integrated set of
   object-oriented frameworks that provide the functionality to develop
   next-generation applications. CommonPoint frameworks are collections
   of object classes that have defined interactions. CommonPoint's
   frameworks allow reuse during both design and implementation.
   CommonPoint was previously referred to as the Taligent Application
   Environment or TalAE. Taligent is developing the CommonPoint
   application system technology as a reference release using IBM's AIX
   on the RS/6000. The Taligent reference release is currently in
   beta-test. Taligent and its investors will develop compatible
   products based on the reference release that introduces the
   CommonPoint technology on a variety of modern 32-bit operating
   systems.
 
o  Taligent Developer Series: A suite of products to support application
   development on the CommonPoint application system. The first of these
   products, cpConstructor, a user interface (UI) builder, is also in
   beta-test. Taligent plans to enter beta-test with a second product,
   code-named Taligent Development Environment or TalDE, later this
   year. TalDE will support incremental compile and linking capabilities
   and the ability to define customized views for browsing.
 
o  Taligent Object Services: System software frameworks offering the
   benefits of an object-oriented system environment tuned to run the
   CommonPoint application system directly on a microkernel. This
   product is on a later schedule.
 
CommonPoint Overview
--------------------
 
An application system is an operating-system-independent software
execution environment that supports applications and the way they
interact with users, other applications, and distributed systems. The
CommonPoint application system is a portable set of integrated
object-oriented frameworks that enable the creation of a new generation
of distributed computing applications spanning from collaborative
workgroups to enterprise-wide solutions. These solutions will be
developed much more quickly, with much less code, than today's
applications, because CommonPoint supplies so much of the function. They
will be much easier for end users to learn and use, because of
CommonPoint's focus on task-centered computing.
 
CommonPoint is a:
o  Common foundation for innovative applications
o  Common platform for heterogeneous distributed computing
o  Common environment for people to work together
 
Many applications can be built by extending the high-level CommonPoint
frameworks with logic unique to the application, while using the
function and flow of control provided by the frameworks for such things
as presenting a rich graphical user interface to the user.
 
Other applications will require a unique flow of control, but will still
take advantage of the rich functionality provided by frameworks, such as
text and graphical editors and data access.
 
CommonPoint frameworks provide developers with a high-level API for
programming applications that can be extended at lower levels without
disturbing the high-level API. The CommonPoint architecture gives
developers rich functionality that they can extend, without compromising
the reusability of the underlying framework.
 
The CommonPoint frameworks are classified into two categories:
application frameworks and system frameworks. Application frameworks
give the user visible function (e.g., compound documents, presentation,
editing, graphics, text, and multimedia). System frameworks provide core
system functionality (e.g., distributed computing, data management,
portability, collaboration).
 
IBM's Product Plans
-------------------
 
IBM plans to take Taligent's CommonPoint reference release and ship
products for OS/2 and AIX. In addition, IBM plans to ship CommonPoint
extensions to Client Access/400 to provide access to data and services
on the AS/400.
 
IBM's plan is to provide CommonPoint for AIX as quickly as possible
after the completion of Taligent's reference release. This will provide
developers with the earliest product-level implementation, using low-end
workstation systems, to support their application development.
 
IBM plans to adapt CommonPoint to OS/2 and PC hardware and add
integration with the WorkPlace Shell, and the ability to produce OpenDoc
parts. Thus, the availability of the initial release of CommonPoint for
OS/2 will lag the availability of CommonPoint for AIX.
 
Pre-beta versions of the CommonPoint system have already been shipped to
participants in IBM's Early Experience Program and Taligent's PEEK
(Partnership Early Experience Kit) Program.
 
Market Focus for CommonPoint
----------------------------
 
CommonPoint will enable a new class of applications, extending their
focus from empowering individuals to empowering enterprises. New
applications executing on currently shipping microprocessors will be
able to advance the ability to access and use information. These
include applications involving workgroup collaboration, workflow
automation, information management, data access, and visualization.
 
Likely application segments that can leverage the CommonPoint frameworks
are horizontal and vertical business functional applications, providing
document management, groupware, workflow, information services, advanced
productivity and client/server tools, and professional programming
tools.
 
CommonPoint Release 1 is the first release of an exciting new
technology. Thus, the likely audience for this release is early adopters
of OO technology who have extensive object-oriented application
development experience with C++. Such experience and classroom education
on the CommonPoint application system are prerequisites to successfully
designing and developing applications using the CommonPoint frameworks.
Future releases of the CommonPoint frameworks and the application
development tools that support it will incorporate both new function and
feedback from early users. This, along with the availability of
third-party tools, will expand the market focus to developers and
end users less skilled in OO development and C++.
 
CommonPoint Advantages
----------------------
 
CommonPoint will enable the creation of a new generation of portable
distributed computing applications focused on collaborative workgroup
solutions. These solutions will be developed much more quickly with
much less code than today's applications, and will be much easier for
end users to learn and use.
 
Specific advantages include:
o  Application developer productivity
o  Portable applications
o  Intuitive user interface
o  Standards-based development environment and tools
 
Application Developer Productivity
 
CommonPoint takes the idea of code reuse to new levels. Developers can
reuse hundreds of thousands of lines of code provided in open and
extensible frameworks.
 
Not only can developers reuse large amounts of software, they are also
able to customize CommonPoint frameworks to meet their specific
requirements. State-of-the-art functionality is provided at all levels,
including support for rich compound documents, extensible text and
graphics models, internationalized text, 2-D and 3-D graphics,
multimedia, real-time collaboration, and distributed object and database
access.
 
Portable Applications
 
CommonPoint will be deployed across modern 32-bit operating systems.
IBM, Apple, and HP have announced support for CommonPoint on OS/2, AIX,
a future release of Mac OS, and HP-UX. Taligent plans to make
CommonPoint available on other high-volume, 32-bit operating systems,
including Windows NT and Windows 95.
 
The CommonPoint system will provide developers with a consistent API
across all of these environments, ensuring application portability and
distributability.
 
Intuitive User Interface
 
The Taligent end-user environment is a logical evolution of the
object-oriented user interface established by IBM with the OS/2
Workplace Shell. It features task-centered computing to make using the
computer more intuitive. Users complete their work task using the
natural integration that comes from the CommonPoint application system,
rather than having to use a set of independent applications.
 
Standards-Based Development Environment and Tools
 
CommonPoint's frameworks are built from extensible class libraries
developed using programming techniques that follow ANSI-standard
conventions for the C++ language. Taligent chose C++ because of its
increasing popularity as a mainstream development platform for both
application and system software providers.
 
CommonPoint Development Tools Coverage
--------------------------------------
 
IBM C Set ++ for AIX and IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2 will be the initial
development environments to support CommonPoint. A spectrum of
development tools spanning C++ development, visual programming, and
end-user customization utilities will evolve over time to exploit
CommonPoint frameworks and make it easier to develop CommonPoint
applications. cpConstructor, a user interface (UI) builder, is the
first of these tools. The Taligent Development Environment will support
incremental compile and linking capabilities and the ability to define
customized views for browsing. cpConstructor and Taligent Development
Environment both provide a dynamic environment for developers,
supporting rapid iterations of changes and additions to the initial
application implementation. Taligent and its investors are also working
with ISVs to create additional tools to assist developers in
understanding and exploiting CommonPoint frameworks.
 
CommonPoint's Competition
-------------------------
 
CommonPoint has many actual and perceived competitors. Products from
Microsoft and NeXT are probably the most widely known.
 
Microsoft
 
Nothing in Microsoft's current or publicly disclosed future product line
is directly comparable to CommonPoint. Microsoft's strategy for
exploiting object-oriented technology centers around Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE2), Cairo, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), and Visual
Development Tools (Visual Basic and Visual C++). Microsoft is the only
major player in the industry that does not support or plan to support
"inheritance". Thus they deny the user one of the most powerful benefits
of object technology. Microsoft focuses on proprietary technology, with
an emphasis on making those technologies work together rather than
integrating them into heterogeneous environments.
 
OLE2 is designed to encapsulate large pieces of present-day applications
into components. It does not provide any prebuilt function that can be
incorporated into applications, and does not address issues such as
reuse, ease of development, programmer productivity, and reduction in
development complexity.
 
Cairo is expected to consist of an object file system and a distributed
file structure layered over a Windows NT kernel. No plans have been
announced for supplying this function to Windows 95 users. Again,
nothing in Cairo is directly comparable to CommonPoint.
 
MFC is a library of Windows C++ classes that give developers prebuilt
functionality and the Windows look-and-feel for their applications. MFC
offers limited API coverage and, for example, does not include support
for text and graphics editing, 3-D graphics, or international text. MFC
provides a much lower level of function to the developer than
CommonPoint.
 
Visual Basic is being used to simplify OLE 2.0 programming, but it is
weak in creating client/server applications due to limited database and
networking capabilities.
 
Visual C++ is an integrated development environment tailored to create
Windows applications. It is tied to Windows procedural APIs, and is not
portable to other operating systems.
 
NeXT
 
NeXT's original direction was to produce a complete hardware/software
solution. They abandoned their hardware business and shifted to support
PCs and high-volume RISC workstations. They also refocused on producing
a layer on top of existing operating systems, OpenStep, in addition to
the original NEXTSTEP, which included the operating system. NeXT's goal
is to make OpenStep a high-volume, industry-standard, object-oriented
API. NeXT has signed up partners to port OpenStep to their UNIX
operating systems, and is planning to make NEXTSTEP compatible with
OpenStep APIs by the end of 1995. NeXT recently announced that they will
deliver OpenStep on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
 
OpenStep is a specification of an object-oriented application
programming model based on a subset of NEXTSTEP. OpenStep consists of
the Application Kit, Display PostScript, and foundation classes.
 
The NEXTSTEP development environment includes development tools, object
libraries, and compilers for three programming languages: Objective C,
C++, and ANSI C.
 
NEXTSTEP and OpenStep are a mix of procedural and object-based
technologies. They do not provide a broad API base, and require host OS
models for services like graphics. This will severely limit portability
of OpenStep applications across different operating-system
implementations. NEXTSTEP and OpenStep do not provide a compound
document model or interoperability with OpenDoc or OLE.
 
CommonPoint will provide a complete object architecture written in
standard C++, improving portability and time-to-market for application
and component developers. Interfaces to operating-system services are
encapsulated in well-defined object frameworks. CommonPoint technology
will be deployed on major 32-bit OSs.
 
CommonPoint's leading-edge, object-oriented code lets programmers take
advantage of increased productivity and reusability of next-generation
components and applications. Taligent and IBM are actively pursuing
conformance to such standards as OMG's CORBA and appropriate system
services, and ANSI C++. CommonPoint's comprehensive, portable API for
application developers, coupled with implementation supporting
appropriate industry standards, facilitates deployment and
interoperability across a wide range of hardware and operating
environments.
 
CommonPoint Positioning within IBM's OO Product Family
------------------------------------------------------
 
CommonPoint joins the IBM family of object-oriented enablers, class
libraries, and tools.
 
IBM C Set ++ for AIX and IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2 will be the initial
development environments to support CommonPoint. In addition, IBM plans
to extend the IBM Open Class library, delivered as part of the C Set ++
product, with framework technology based on Taligent's CommonPoint
technology. These frameworks will provide a subset of the CommonPoint
application system function with compatible APIs.
 
The IBM System Object Model (SOM) makes it possible to share objects
across platforms, operating systems, and programming environments. SOM
is compliant with the industry-standard CORBA architecture. IBM's
CommonPoint products for AIX and OS/2 will support SOM over time.
 
OpenDoc is a standard component software architecture for creating
reusable software parts that can be customized and assembled into
applications and documents. OpenDoc supports many operating systems and
environments, including OS/2, Windows, Macintosh System 7, and several
versions of UNIX, including AIX. CommonPoint can generate OpenDoc parts.
 
Summary
-------
 
CommonPoint represents an exciting new technology, with promise of
advances in development productivity, cycle-time reductions, and
higher-function applications. Release 1 is now in beta-test. More
information about CommonPoint and IBM's product plans will be available
over time.
 
========================================================================
 
              +-----------------------------------------+
              |        The Road to Objectville --       |        objroad
              | An Object Technology University Seminar |
              +-----------------------------------------+
 
You're standing at a critical crossroads. The signs up ahead point to
Objectville as the road for the future, but you may not be convinced of
the direction yet. Before taking definitive steps, you may also want to
know more about what's in store for you and your organization once you
get to Objectville.
 
If where you are isn't quite there yet, this seminar on object
technology is precisely where you want to be. It is a first exploratory
step on a journey that will take you from existing systems into the OT
world. It is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, introducing you to OT
features, functions, benefits, limitations, terminology, and the
potential rewards it offers for your enterprise and your own career.
 
Sponsored by Object Management Group, Datamation, and IBM, this is an
educational event designed for skills enhancement. In one compact day,
it is your chance to begin an expertly guided tour of this technology,
being applauded for its value in enabling business change.
 
You Can Get There from Here
---------------------------
 
Embraced by many of today's leading businesses as the technology of
tomorrow, object-oriented technology has been heralded for:
 
o  Shortened application development cycle
o  Improved programmer productivity
o  Reuse capabilities and cost-saving advantages
o  Faster time to market
o  Ability to produce higher-quality software
o  Rapid prototyping of business processes
 
With the help of the industry's best in the OO arena, examine and
analyze how the promise of OT can work in practice. Count on a broad and
thorough exposure to critical subject matter through:
 
o  First-hand, shared experiences of enablers of the technology
o  Hands-on lab time with a chance to develop an application with
     VisualAge Smalltalk
o  Code-for-the-road and other helpful ways to continue your OT
     education
o  Keynote addresses by industry leaders from OMG and Datamation
o  Three topical tracks with multiple sessions within each track
o  Opportunity to dialogue with peers and OO experts
 
Chart a course for your future beginning today!
 
Who Should Attend?
------------------
 
Application developers, programmers, designers, and all those who want
to advance to a higher technology ground. Register for the Road to
Objectville seminar today, and step directly into your future!
 
  Raleigh - 20 June ... North Raleigh Hilton
  Phoenix - 27 June ... Sheraton Mesa
 
Future seminar locations:
 
  Chicago - 12 September
  Kansas City - 14 September
  Austin - 19 September
  Dallas - 21 September
  Washington DC - 26 September
  New York - 28 September
  San Francisco - 3 October
  Los Angeles - 5 October
  Detroit - 10 October
  Atlanta - 12 October
 
Win an IBM ThinkPad and Licensed Copies of IBM OT Products!
-----------------------------------------------------------
 
All those who register can participate in a drawing to win some of IBM's
best and brightest products. You might walk away with one of these
valuable products:
 
o  IBM ThinkPad - your launching pad for increased productivity and
   performance. Combines advanced technology and mobile computing with
   leading-edge features that make it IBM.
 
o  IBM VisualAge - the application-building power tool that can
   revolutionize how you create line-of-business applications.
 
o  IBM Smalltalk - a pure object language for those ready to develop
   object technology applications directly.
 
o  IBM C Set ++ - an innovative software development language and tool
   currently shaping the development process.
 
o  IBM VisualAge C Set ++ - a powerful application construction from
   parts paradigm that takes C++ application development to new levels
   of productivity.
 
IBM employees and federal, state, or local government customers are not
eligible to participate in this offer.
 
Educational Materials "To Go"
-----------------------------
 
Gain extra value for your attendance dollar with a wealth of educational
materials that will be handed out at the seminar. Take them "to go", to
get you going on OT more readily once you're back at the shop.
 
o  A 60-day trial copy of IBM's award-winning VisualAge Smalltalk on
   CD-ROM, so you can continue your hands-on journey back at home.
 
o  Sample code for use during the afternoon hands-on session and
   continued use at the office along with your VisualAge CD.
 
o  A glossary of OT terms so you sound like an expert and remember what
   SOM, encapsulation, wrappering, and other terms mean.
 
o  A comprehensive set of seminar handouts on a variety of OT subjects,
   including: copies of seminar presentations, training roadmaps,
   standards documents, and white papers - all neatly tucked into a
   binder you can easily take home for future reference.
 
Top Speakers, Session Leaders, and Seminar Participants
-------------------------------------------------------
 
This seminar features the chance to listen and learn from experts and
others leading the object technology charge into the future. Plan on
hearing from, exchanging ideas, and participating with: object
technology experts and specialists, technologists and practitioners,
product developers, consultants, authors, and lecturers.
 
For additional information about the speakers who will be presenting at
your location, please call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (1-800-426-4329) and request
document number 3654. You will be guided through a series of prompts
that will allow us to send you additional information via your fax
machine.
 
Give Yourself Educational Credit
--------------------------------
 
You can literally gain educational credit by attending this seminar.
This program has been approved for the awarding of contact hours by the
Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP), and can
be credited to your recertification records. The credits apply to
persons who hold one or more of the ICCP Certificates, recently
converted to the single designation of Certified Computing Professional
(CCP).
 
Educational Agenda
------------------
 
 7:30 -  8:45  "Get the Juices Flowing" Pre-Seminar Get-Together
 
  Grab some orange juice, java, a tasty pastry, and this energizing
  opportunity to kick off the day by meeting and mingling with speakers
  and other seminar attendees.
 
 8:45 - 10:15  Welcome and Keynote Address: "OT Today and Tomorrow"
 
  Your journey begins with this comprehensive address analyzing OT's
  role in meeting today's critical business and programming needs. It
  explains the evolution and direction of industry tools and standards
  and provides an informative glimpse into OT's future. The presentation
  presents objective evidence that object technology is the direction
  for tomorrow, requiring definitive steps toward mastering the
  technology today.
 
  Benefits: Learn where object technology is right now: Is it ready for
  prime time at your organization? Is your organization ready for OT?
  Know what is possible and probable in OT's future. Understand why a
  knowledge of OT is demanded, and what career skills are required if
  you pursue OT.
 
10:15 - 10:45  Morning Break, plus an Exciting OT Video
 
  Here's a chance to stretch your legs and your mind. During our first
  break, you'll have a chance to enjoy a fascinating video that takes
  you behind the scenes at IBM Research. Gain an investigative view of
  the world's leading computer scientists at work on object-oriented
  programming and distributed computing. A profile of six key projects
  is included, with a video view of objects actually interacting.
 
  Benefits: See how the future of OO is being shaped by development
  architects. Fully understand the role that IBM Research is playing in
  helping to create a powerful and productive future for object
  technology.
 
10:45 - 12:00  OT Concepts - How to Get There from Here
 
  The road to Objectville can be bumpy. Let this session be your guide
  and language translator so you can avoid the OT pitfalls that others
  have experienced.
 
  Benefits: Step by step, you'll be led to a comprehension of the
  concepts and terminology needed to appreciate and get the most out of
  the afternoon breakout tracks. Gain an introduction to the essentials
  of OT standards and technologies. Learn enough to know where to go
  from here to continue your educational journey.
 
12:00- 1:00  Brown-Bag Power Lunch
 
  Sit down with your peers and OT practitioners at tables organized by
  discussion topics. Pick the topic of your interest and plan on
  digesting more on OT through a lively question-and-answer format.
 
  Benefits: In a more relaxed atmosphere, enjoy this opportunity for
  one-on-one personal contact with an OT practitioner, plus the chance
  to network with peers having similar interests. Ask probing questions
  and get answers to your concerns or challenges.
 
 1:00 - 5:05  Afternoon Breakout Tracks
 
  As the following agenda states, there are three tracks and multiple
  sessions to select from within each track. You may want to track one
  subject area in-depth, though you don't have to follow one track
  alone. With session flexibility and scheduling, gain a broad overview
  and select sessions of interest from different tracks.
 
  Track 1: Experiences
 
    There is no better teacher than personal experience. In the
    Experiences track, those who have earned their OT stripes on the
    front lines will share what they've learned with you. This ensures
    your first-hand understanding of benefits, challenges, and the most
    direct route to object technology success.
 
       1:00 - 1:50  Rapid Application Development Experience Report
 
        Participate in a case-study walkthrough of the benefits and
        limitations of rapid application development tools used in
        creating an OT production application.
 
        Benefits: Understand what's involved in migrating existing
        applications to OT. Know what to look for and how to avoid
        problems of transitioning.
 
       2:00 - 2:50  Migrating to OT Experience Report
 
        Enablers of OT relate their personal experiences replacing an
        existing production system with object technology. See how
        evolution and coexistence can be the best means of ensuring
        successful OT integration.
 
        Benefits: Through experience and education, learn how to
        preserve your current investment in existing systems and cushion
        the impact of transitioning to OT. Know what to anticipate when
        enhancing existing production systems with OT.
 
       3:15 - 4:00  Procedural Coding Versus OT
 
        Here's your chance to see an informative comparison that matches
        procedural coding with object technology coding in a
        winner-take-all test that includes making simple changes to an
        existing application.
 
        Benefits: Prove to yourself that OT is faster on its feet, far
        simpler, and more flexible than procedural programming in
        allowing and incorporating application changes. Experience
        first-hand the obvious value OT can have in boosting
        programmer productivity.
 
       4:15 - 5:05  Experiencing the Transition to OT
 
        Participate in a first-person account of the journey to OT as
        you gain a detailed roadmap to an effective transition. Learn
        from a participant who's "been there, done that" and is
        dedicated to helping you do it effectively and even better.
 
        Benefits: Discover what worked and what didn't, so your
        transition is smoother and easier. Gain project management
        guidelines that help you each step of the way. Examine
        skill-transfer considerations to determine what you can take
        along and/or what is needed for your journey.
 
  Track 2: Technology
 
    Take a walk on the more technical side to gain a comfortable and
    conversant understanding of the technology of OT. Examine the tools
    of the technology and the tricks of the object-building trade,
    including construction from object parts and technology
    requirements for client/server environments. Gain tips that will
    ease implementation and integration with existing systems.
 
       1:00 - 1:50  Architecture and Construction of Object Parts
 
        Object technology has been compared to building with Lego
        blocks. In this session, you'll understand object parts and how
        they fit together in the big picture to create a building
        breakthrough for application development. The knowledge you'll
        gain here is literally "reusable!"
 
        Benefits: Grasp the basics of building with object parts.
        Learn where to shop for object parts and how to become an
        intelligent shopper. Understand special considerations that
        save time and money when buying and using generic object parts.
 
       2:00 - 2:50  How to Leverage Existing Code Through Object
                    "Wrappering"
 
        There's no need to begin from scratch. You can preserve your
        current investment in existing code. See how object
        "wrappering," can now be used to create an object that
        encapsulates existing code.
 
        Benefits: See how OT and existing systems can compatibly
        co-exist.
 
       3:15 - 4:00  OT in a Client/Server Environment
 
        Object technology is making its own journey as part of the
        distributed environment. With effective use of database and GUI
        technology, many companies have created departmental
        client/server applications. Now, see what's involved in moving
        beyond and using OT technology to build large-scale
        client/server, mission critical systems.
 
        Benefits: Discover what happens when objects leave home. See how
        OT can be the key to true portability. Gain the background you
        need to determine if your enterprise is ready to undertake OT
        programming of a large-scale, client/server, mission-critical
        system.
 
       4:15 - 5:05  Standards/Tools and IBM's OT Strategy
 
        Your morning was more of a high-level introduction to object
        technology. It's time to delve deeper in a session that
        analyzes emerging OT standards and existing tools that support
        them. Appreciate the powerful implications and helpful
        functions of SOM, DSOM, OpenDoc, and Taligent. You'll also
        understand IBM's OT strategy and what you can anticipate from
        this industry leader in terms of standards support.
 
        Benefits: Understand important technology/tool selection
        criteria to ensure effective interoperability in the future.
        Discover the difference between various standards, including
        OLE, Taligent, and OpenDoc.
 
  Track 3: Hands-On
 
    In repeated afternoon sessions, talk takes a back seat to actual,
    hands-on experience with OT tools. Dozens of systems will be set
    up, loaded with VisualAge, ready for you to sit down and personally
    use an OT product. Don't worry. For this part of the road trip,
    you'll have another expert guide, stepping you through building an
    application with VisualAge. Equally important, you'll be given a
    60-day trial copy of VisualAge with pre-coded sample applications,
    so you can continue your education process once you've returned to
    your office.
 
    Benefits: Gain hands-on experience working with OT tools to
    increase learning and feel more comfortable with this new
    technology. Prepare yourself for more intensive OT training
    available to you through Object Technology University.
 
Seminar Details
---------------
 
Tuition: 300 USD per attendee. This fee includes admittance to the
seminar, a binder with extensive handout materials, sample code for use
in the hands-on sessions, glossary of OT terms, a free 60-day trial
copy of VisualAge Smalltalk, entry in the free giveaway drawings,
refreshments, and lunch. You may use any major credit card to charge
your tuition, or have us bill you after the seminar.
 
Special group rate: Register four people from the same organization, and
a fifth can attend free of charge. Registration of the five individuals
must be made at the same time. IBM employees and federal, state, or
local government customers are not eligible to participate in this
offer.
 
Special ACM member discount: ACM members receive a special 15 percent
discount when they register - pay only 255 USD.
 
Confirmation: You will receive a confirmation letter after you have
registered. The letter will include location information and directions
to the site of the seminar.
 
Cancellations and substitutions: Cancellations will be accepted up to
the close of business (4:30 p.m., EDT) on the last business day
preceding the class start date. No-shows will be billed for full
seminar tuition. You may send a substitute in your place. Please let
us know if you plan to do this.
 
Money-back guarantee: If you are not satisfied with this seminar, notify
us within 30 days and we will refund the full tuition price to you.
 
Registration: Call 1-800-IBM-TEACh (1-800-426-8322), ext. 630.
 
========================================================================
 
            +-----------------------------------------+
            |    Object-Oriented Technology Council   |          webootc
            | Announces New Documents and a Home Page |
            +-----------------------------------------+
 
The Object-Oriented Technology Center (OOTC) recently announced the
availability of two new documents, as well as an OOTC Home Page on the
World Wide Web.
 
OOTC's Mission
--------------
 
The OOTC's mission is to facilitate, encourage, and drive the effective
use of object technology in IBM's software product development
organizations. The group provides mentoring, documents, and various
forms of short-term assistance in the support of software developers
utilizing object technology in the development of IBM products.
 
Two New Documents for Development and Testing
---------------------------------------------
 
The recently announced items are:
 
o The OOTC Workbook Driven Approach to OO Software Development: A
  Reference Guide. This document presents information on the approach to
  OO development that the OOTC uses and recommends in its internal
  mentoring engagements.
 
o The OOTC Handbook for OO Testing. This document presents information
  related to the testing of object-oriented software.
 
OOTC Home Page
--------------
 
These two documents and all other OOTC documents are now viewable on the
new OOTC Home Page on the World Wide Web. To access the OOTC Home Page,
use the following URL: http://mhvsoft.mcl.ibm.com/ootc
 
========================================================================
 
                 +------------------------------+
                 | Versit Issues Specifications |               verspecs
                 +------------------------------+
 
Versit, a global initiative formed in November by Apple, ATandT, IBM,
and Siemens, has announced the open availability of its first
specifications intended to promote interoperability among existing and
emerging communications and information products. Now available are:
 
o  The Versit Personal Data Interchange Specification, a common format
   for exchanging information such as electronic business cards via
   wired or wireless connections; and
 
o  The Versit GeoPort Universal Network Port, a high-speed wired
   connection and communications architecture for computers, mobile
   devices and telephones.
 
These specifications are the first of several to be issued by Versit in
the areas of personal data interchange, computer-telephony integration,
and collaboration.
 
They are openly available without license or royalty fees to help
equipment manufacturers and software developers build computers,
telephones and other communications and information devices, services,
and applications that make it easy for users to collaborate and exchange
voice, data, images, and video across a diversity of platforms. Through
these specifications, software developers and equipment manufacturers
can gain access to larger markets at reduced development cost.
 
Personal Data Interchange (PDI)
-------------------------------
 
The Versit PDI specification provides a cross-platform solution for the
exchange of personal information, and defines an electronic business
card called a Versitcard. With Versitcards, users will be able to
electronically exchange such information as name, address, phone number,
and electronic mail IDs, or even URLs, the Universal Resource Locators
that help people find specific areas on the Internet World Wide Web
easily.
 
Using products and applications that incorporate Versitcard, users
could, for example, exchange electronic business cards at a meeting and
store these Versitcards in their computer or PDA's address book without
having to re-key the data. In an integrated computer-telephony
environment, users might exchange their Versitcards on the electronic
"table" at the start of a desktop video and data conference.
 
Versitcards will be carried in universal electronic "containers"
called Bentograms, based on Bento, an object-oriented technology that is
the OpenDoc Standard Interchange Format for storage and exchange of
data.
 
Devices with more limited processing power such as organizers, pagers,
and home answering machines could receive such information via
containers called Simplegrams; developers could use them and Bentograms
to create other types of applications as well, such as cards holding
calendar information that could be exchanged electronically.
 
Device Connectivity and Computer-Telephony Integration
------------------------------------------------------
 
Also available now is the hardware specification for the Versit GeoPort
computer-telephone connection, which provides up to 200 times the
bandwidth of traditional serial ports. As a foundation technology for
the integration of personal computers with telephone systems, it allows
users access to the full digital capabilities of their PBX systems
through their personal computer, and provides a superior, dedicated,
cross-platform solution for combining voice and real-time multimedia.
 
The Versit GeoPort architecture, based on Apple's GeoPort technology,
will allow users to dial phone calls, receive voice mail, access the
Internet, transfer files, or conduct voice/video/data conferences,
using their desktop or mobile computers.
 
GeoPort currently ships on Apple's Power Macintosh systems. All four
Versit founders; AOX Inc.; Crystal Semiconductor Corp.; Cypress
Research Corp.; Motorola Inc.; SAT Groupe SAGEM; and Zilog Inc. have
announced support for GeoPort. The hardware volume of the specification
is available now, and the software volume will be available this summer.
 
========================================================================
 
                +----------------------------------------+
                | IBM Independent Vendor League Contacts |      ivlfolks
                +----------------------------------------+
 
Here is an updated list of contacts at IBM's Independent Vendor League.
The IVL supports individuals and companies who develop and market books,
newsletters, magazines, training videos, courseware, and consulting
services for OS/2 and other IBM personal software products.
 
   Membership,                          Lucy Darbisi
   Sources and Solutions copies         RSV Consulting
                                        Suite 147, 500B Monroe Tpk
                                        Monroe CT 06468
                                        1-203-452-7704
                                        Fax 1-203-268-1075
 
   Membership, Authors, Publishers,     Gail Ostrow
   Training, Courseware                 Write Type Associates
                                        78 Bartram Avenue
                                        Bridgeport CT 06605
                                 <NEW:> fullgail@aol.com
                                        1-203-384-9996
                                        Fax 1-203-368-6379
 
   IVL News Service, press releases     Dick Conklin
                                        3408 Sherwood Blvd.
                                        Delray Beach FL 33445
                                        ivlinfo@vnet.ibm.com
                                        Voice/fax: 1-407-495-4421
 
This news release is from the IBM IVL News Service and may be freely
copied and distributed. For information about the IVL, call
1-203-452-7704, fax 1-203-268-1075 or e-mail fullgail@aol.com. Send
news and distribution changes to ivlinfo@vnet.ibm.com.
 
========================================================================
 
       +--------------------------------------------------+
       | How to Join the IBM Developer Assistance Program |      joinhow
       +--------------------------------------------------+
 
The IBM Worldwide Developer Assistance Program (DAP) is open to all
developers of IBM Personal Software-based products. These products
include applications and tools for PC-DOS, Pen, OS/2, Multimedia, and
LAN Systems. In addition, the DAP is now open to developers interested
in producing applications and tools that exploit OS/2 for PowerPC. The
DAP is designed to provide a broad range of services for this growing
and increasingly diverse development community.
 
The Worldwide DAP has a number of extensions that offer customized
services for specific developer needs. Your eligibility for a specific
service depends on the type of products you are developing. Some
services vary by country.
 
Worldwide Services
------------------
 
Worldwide DAP services are available to all developers of Personal
Software-based products. These developers include corporate programmers
producing in-house applications, MIS professionals, consultants,
educators, industry analysts, government agencies, and others with an
interest in PC DOS, Pen, OS/2, Multimedia, LAN Systems, and now OS/2 for
PowerPC application development.
 
DAP services include a variety of technical, business, and marketing
support activities, such as:
 
o Technical support through IBM OS/2 forums on CompuServe
o The opportunity to participate in early-code programs
o Access to DAPTOOLS via CompuServe and the Internet
o Access to OS/2 Custom Application Porting Workshops and LAN Systems
    Workshops
o Technical conferences
o Product announcements
 
Worldwide Developer Assistance Program membership is open to
individuals, with no company or product prerequisites. Enrollment is
done electronically through either the CompuServe information service or
Internet. On CompuServe, enter GO OS2DAP and complete the online
application form. On Internet, visit the Solution Developer Home Page
(URL = http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer).
 
In addition to Worldwide Services, you may be eligible for extensions
such as Commercial Services and Premier Services. To see if you qualify
for these other programs, refer to the following descriptions and
enrollment instructions.
 
Commercial Services
-------------------
 
Commercial Services are available only to software vendors in the U.S.
and Canada who are developing or marketing IBM Personal Software-based
products for commercial release.
 
In addition to the Worldwide DAP services, Commercial Services members
receive additional services in support of their product development and
marketing activities:
 
o Online technical support at no charge
 
o Defect support for all warranted products that are supported by IBM
  support centers
 
o Complimentary access to the online database of Personal Software-based
  development tools
 
o Complimentary subscriptions to OS/2 Developer magazine
 
o Discounts on IBM Personal Software products
 
Offerings available to assist Commercial Services members in their
marketing activities include:
 
o IBM OS/2 and LAN Systems Application Directory
 
o IBM OS/2 and LAN Systems Development Tools Guide
 
o Sources and Solutions catalog
 
o "READY! for OS/2" Certification Mark
 
o "READY! for LAN Systems" Certification Mark
 
o IBM Direct Marketing Center
 
To enroll in the Commercial Services extension, call 1-407-982-6408 or
fax to 1-407-998-7610, and ask for the Commercial/Premier Services DAP
Application form. You or your company must be currently marketing a
Personal Software-based product. If not, you should submit (with your
application) a non-confidential business plan showing development and
marketing activities and schedules for your planned product.
 
Premier Services
----------------
 
Premier Services are available only in the U.S. and Canada. They are for
software developers who are marketing or have committed to develop
software products that provide native (32-bit API) support for OS/2, LAN
Systems products, or OS/2 for PowerPC. Products that exploit object
technologies like SOM and OpenDoc are also eligible.
 
In addition to the Worldwide Services and Commercial Services
extensions, Premier Services members have voice access to an advocate in
IBM who can assist them with various development and marketing
activities that are offered exclusively to Premier Services members.
 
To enroll in the Premier Services extension, call 1-407-982-6408 or fax
to 1-407-998-7610, and ask for the Commercial/Premier Services DAP
Application form. You or your company must be currently marketing a
Personal Software-based product. If not, you should submit (with your
application) a non-confidential business plan showing development and
marketing activities and schedules for your planned product.
 
Developer Assistance Program Contacts Worldwide
-----------------------------------------------
 
IBM Developer Assistance Programs exist in several geographic areas
around the world. For information about the DAP in your area, consult
the following list of contacts.
 
  Geographic Area                     Voice Phone        Fax Phone
  ---------------                     -----------        ---------
 
  Asia/Pacific                       +65-320-1482       +65-225-2617
 
  Australia                          +61-2-354-7684     +61-2-354-7766
 
  Europe, Middle East, and Africa    +49-7034-153967    +44(0)1256-50096
    DAP BBS +44(0)1256-336991                          +44(0)1256-336778
    Internet emeadap@vnet.ibm.com
 
  Japan                              +81-3-3279-8231
    Internet hhh03262@niftyserve.or.jp
 
  Mexico                             +525-627-1846      +525-580-4267
    Internet mxibmzwl@ibmmail.com
 
  Taiwan                             +886-2-776-7965
 
  United States                       1-407-982-6408     1-407-998-7610
 
========================================================================
 
               +-----------------------------------------+
               | The IBM Developer Assistance Program in |       emeadap
               |     Europe, Middle East, and Africa     |
               +-----------------------------------------+
 
The IBM OS/2 Developer Assistance Program (DAP) in Europe, Middle East,
and Africa (EMEA) provides a broad range of developer support and
marketing programmes to help with the design, development, and publicity
of OS/2 applications.
 
Membership of the EMEA OS/2 DAP is open to any developer in EMEA who is
actively developing a product or service for OS/2, be it a device
driver, a commercial product, a line-of-business application or a set of
OS/2 objects.
 
Access to Internet and BBS Services
-----------------------------------
 
As a member of the OS/2 DAP, you get access to our Internet and BBS
services, from which you can browse through the vast repositories of
information about OS/2 and related products, such as C Set ++, OpenDoc,
LAN Server, DB2/2, Multimedia products, and much more. If you cannot
find what you are looking for, then simply ask your questions in the
most relevant forum, and receive replies from IBM experts or from other
members of the OS/2 DAP.
 
Mailing Program
---------------
 
In addition, the OS/2 DAP runs a Mailing Program, which offers a great
opportunity for DAP members to promote their OS/2 products and services
to fellow OS/2 DAP members across EMEA.
 
With over 4,000 members from over 30 countries, the OS/2 DAP membership
represents a very important segment of the OS/2 community in EMEA.
 
Internet WWW Service
--------------------
 
The EMEA OS/2 DAP now has a home page on the Internet World Wide Web
which aims to provide extensive information relating to developing for
OS/2, much as the BBS does today. At the moment, this is only a partial
service and does not offer question-and-answer facilities, but the
intention is that the DAP service will soon be fully migrated from the
BBS to the Internet. If you need to ask questions now, you should use
the BBS. The addresses (URLs) for our Home Page are:
 
The EMEA DAP Home Page:
   http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/progserv/dap/
or via, the PSM EMEA Home Page:
   http://www.europe.ibm.com/psmemea/
 
Bulletin Board Service
----------------------
 
Until our Internet service is fully operational, our BBS is the primary
vehicle for communication between you and us, and the technical experts
in the IBM development labs. The BBS contains a wealth of information,
and allows you to download the latest tools, utilities, and fixes, and
to exchange messages with fellow OS/2 developers. You can ask your
questions and benefit from the experience of others with their answers,
comments, tips, and, in some cases, sample code to help you solve your
programming problems. You can even share your knowledge with others if
you wish.
 
To get the most from the OS/2 DAP, please log on to the OS/2 DAP BBS
regularly.  The BBS is updated daily with all sorts of information about
OS/2, together with the latest news and offerings.
 
Marketing Programs
------------------
 
When and if you have an application which is ready to ship, our
marketing programs will help you gain publicity and distinction for your
product.
 
More Information
----------------
 
More information about the EMEA OS/2 DAP can be obtained through:
 
HelpFax:  If you have a touch-tone telephone, by calling our IBM HelpFax
          automated response system in the UK on +44 (0)1256 50096 and
          requesting document number 30600 for a DAP brochure or
          document number 33001 for a DAP application form.
 
Fax:      +44 (0)1256 336778
 
Internet: emeadap@vnet.ibm.com
 
Post:     IBM EMEA OS/2 Developer Assistance Program
          ND1W Normandy House, Alencon Link
          Basingstoke, Hants.
          RG21 7EJ
          England
 
========================================================================
 
                 +----------------------------------+
                 | IBM Device Driver Support Center |               ddsc
                 +----------------------------------+
 
If you are developing a device driver for OS/2, you need to know about
the IBM Device Driver Support Center, your one-stop shopping for:
 
o  Worldwide device-driver developer support
 
o  The DUDE, a dedicated BBS providing up-to-the minute information
   solely for device-driver developers, as well as problem assistance.
   The BBS phone number is 1-407-982-3217, with settings 8, N, 1, and
   transmission rate 9600 bps.
 
   Contact the DUDE for more information about:
 
   -- Logo program
   -- Test program
   -- Driver distribution program
   -- DUDE-ads
 
o  Specialized device-driver development workshops
 
The DDSC team is in place to support your questions and education needs.
The team's voice-mail phone number, available at all times, is
1-407-982-4239.
 
========================================================================
 
          +------------------------------------------------+
          |      The Developer Connection for OS/2:        |    powerdev
          | The Power of the Future Delivered to Your Door |
          +------------------------------------------------+
 
The Developer Connection for OS/2 -- continuing proof of IBM's
commitment to OS/2 developers -- can greatly increase your productivity
by providing you with the latest tools, pre-release software, product
demos, and information you need on today's most convenient medium -- a
CD. And, because we live in changing times, an annual subscription to
The Developer Connection for OS/2 keeps your tools and information from
becoming obsolete. Each year you'll receive 4 volumes including CDs and
The Developer Connection News, each packed with the tools and
information you need for your OS/2 development efforts.
 
When accessed from your CD drive, The Developer Connection for OS/2
becomes a part of your Workplace Shell environment. Click on the
Developer Connection icon, and all the wealth of The Developer
Connection for OS/2 is instantly attainable. Use the powerful Developer
Connection browser to locate any piece of information. And because the
intuitive graphical user interface is a part of the Workplace Shell
environment, each task is familiar and simple. Try the products, install
them, or simply retrieve product information. There is also an available
option for creating diskettes for many of the products on the CD.
 
And, because these are the products you need to develop the best OS/2
applications today, as well as tomorrow, we have designed The Developer
Connection for O/2 to be your link to current and future IBM strategies.
Each CD will contain product-level versions of the Developer's Toolkit
for OS/2, OS/2 Warp Version 3, OS/2 for SMP, Pen for OS/2, LAN Systems,
and Multimedia Presentation Manager.
 
The Developer Connection program will continue to grow to support
emerging technologies. Subscribers also receive The Developer Connection
for LAN Systems, a cross-platform offering that supports the
installation of products and information to OS/2, Windows, DOS, and AIX
workstations. It provides a programming environment for client/server
and distributed computing application development. Device-driver
developers can now subscribe to The IBM Developer Connection Device
Driver Kit for OS/2 (Developer Connection DDK). The Developer Connection
DDK is an annual membership program that enables rapid development of
device drivers for your personal computer hardware using the 32-bit OS/2
operating platform. Members receive the updated information, test tools,
utilities, and many complete device-driver sources.
 
Put The Developer Connection for OS/2 to Work for You ... Now
-------------------------------------------------------------
 
o  Receive product-level versions of OS/2 developer toolkits (for OS/2
   2.1, OS/2 Warp Version 3, OS/2 SMP, Pen for OS/2, Multimedia
   Presentation Manager, LAN Systems)
 
o  Receive new versions of operating system technologies as soon as they
   are developed
 
o  Try new OS/2 products before you buy them
 
o  Use the sample source code to start on the path of more productive
   programming
 
o  Access pre-release versions of IBM's 32-bit tools to prepare for
   tomorrow's technology
 
o  Receive updates to SMART, One Up Corporation's powerful tool that
   helps migrate your 16-bit and 32-bit Windows code and 16-bit OS/2
   code to 32-bit OS/2 code
 
o  Read The Developer Connection News for timely OS/2 information
 
o  Access electronic support through the Internet, OS/2 BBS, and
   CompuServe
 
Features and Benefits
---------------------
 
Annual subscription     Subscribe and have the tools and information you
                        need delivered to you for a whole year. What
                        could be easier?
 
Powerful browser        This easy-to-use front end presents the contents
                        of the CD by category. You can expand and
                        collapse categories or install products with the
                        click of a mouse.
 
Developer's Toolkits    Provides the tools, sample programs, and
for OS/2 2.1 and OS/2   documentation that enables you to develop your
Warp                    OS/2 applications quickly and easily.
 
Presentation Manager    The fully documented sample programs illustrate
Multimedia Toolkit/2    the use of the comprehensive multimedia device-
                        and data-handling capabilities of MMPM/2.
 
Pen for OS/2            Provides the tools, sample programs, and
Developer's Toolkit     documentation to enable you to create new
                        pen-aware OS/2 applications, pen-enable existing
                        applications, and create new pen-centric OS/2
                        applications.
 
Pre-release software    Helps you keep on top of the emerging
                        technologies by allowing you to be one of the
                        first to use pre-release versions of OS/2 and
                        other exciting products from IBM and independent
                        software vendors.
 
Tools                   Use some of the internal tools that were
                        developed by IBM programmers to help get their
                        jobs done faster and easier.
 
Extensive technical     Have the complete OS/2 Technical Library at your
documentation           fingertips with the click of a mouse. Complete
                        online documentation provides a quick, effective
                        reference to all system APIs, messages, and
                        features, including code examples and helpful
                        notes. Also, view the best chapters from popular
                        OS/2 books by well-known authors.
 
Source code             Help to jump-start your OS/2 application
                        development with our collection of sample source
                        code.
 
System requirements     System must support OS/2 2.0 or higher.
 
Memory requirements     6 MB minimum; 10 MB recommended; actual memory
                        required varies depending on which programs you
                        choose to run. The performance of the catalog
                        and browser can be enhanced with the addition of
                        more memory.
 
Disk-space              Actual disk space required varies depending on
requirements            the requirements of the programs you choose to
                        install.
 
CD-ROM drive            A CD-ROM drive supported by OS/2.
 
Support                 Available through OS/2 BBS, Internet, and
                        CompuServe for the duration of the subscription.
                        If you are not currently a CompuServe member,
                        call 1-800-524-3388, and ask for Representative
                        239. You will receive a special introductory
                        membership which entitles you to a brochure with
                        an ID and password, one month of basic services
                        for free, 15 USD worth of free extended
                        services, and a free subscription to CompuServe
                        magazine.
 
Prices
------
 
In the USA, an annual (four-issue) subscription to The Developer
Connection for OS/2 is priced at 199 USD, and 75 USD for an additional
license. The price for Commercial and Premier members of the IBM US
Developer Assistance Program is 119 USD. These prices do not include
shipping and handling.
 
For prices in other countries, contact the phone numbers listed below.
 
Ordering Information
--------------------
 
To order The Developer Connection for OS/2 or additional licenses, call
the appropriate number:
 
  United States         1-800-6-DEVCON (1-800-633-8266),
                          fax 1-303-330-7655
  Canada                1-800-561-5293, fax 1-905-821-1187
  Brazil                0800-111205, fax (011)886-3222
  Mexico                (525)627-1111 within Mexico City
                        91-800-00316 elsewhere in Mexico
 
The following require your country's international access code prior to
the listed number:
 
  Asia/Pacific          +61-2-354-7684, fax +61-2-354-7766
                         (61 is the country code for Australia)
 
  Europe, Middle East, and Africa -- call IBM ISMS Direct Services in
    Denmark (country code 45). Operators speaking the following
    languages are available:
 
       Danish    +45-48101300        Italian       +45-48101600
       Dutch     +45-48101400        Norwegian     +45-48101250
       English   +45-48101500        Scandinavian  +45-48101300
       Finnish   +45-48101650        Spanish       +45-48101100
       French    +45-48101200        Swedish       +45-48101150
       German    +45-48101000
 
========================================================================
 
          +-------------------------------------------------+
          | Q and A About The Developer Connection for OS/2 |   devconqa
          +-------------------------------------------------+
 
Q1. What is The Developer Connection for OS/2?
 
A1. The Developer Connection for OS/2 is an annual subscription program
    for application developers. Its purpose is to deliver: licenses to
    developers for toolkits, productivity tools, development tools, and
    sample code; licenses to the latest pre-release code, so developers
    can prepare for and simulate future environments; and the most
    up-to-date versions of technical documentation about OS/2.
 
    The Developer Connection for OS/2 consists of four issues (CDs and a
    newsletter) delivered over the course of one year, plus access to
    The Developer Connection section of the OS2DF2 forum on CompuServe
    until the subscription expires.
 
    For those subscribers who are not members of CompuServe, IBM has
    established the DEVCON CFORUM on the OS/2 BBS under TALKLink
    (TALKLink is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial Services), and
    Internet support by addressing your questions and comments to
    devcon@vnet.ibm.com.
 
Q2. What does The Developer Connection cost?
 
A2. An annual subscription entitles the subscriber to four issues of the
    CD(s) and newsletter, plus access to a private section of the
    CompuServe OS2DF2 forum.
 
    Customers may also purchase additional licenses, which allow for
    making one additional copy of the contents of the four issues of the
    CD(s) and newsletters and one additional license to use the code
    delivered on the CDs.
 
    In the USA, prices are:
 
                            Annual           Additional
                            Subscription     License
 
       Regular                 199 USD         75 USD
       Price
 
       DAP Commercial/         119 USD         45 USD
       Premier Price
 
       Student/Faculty         119 USD        not available
       Price
 
    In Canada, prices are:
 
       Annual Subscription  225.00 CDN (same price for DAP members)
       Additional License   no charge
 
    In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, prices are:
 
                            Annual            DAP Discount
       Currency             Subscription      Price
 
       Austrian Schilling       2.669,00          1.599,00
 
       Belgian Franc            7.951,00          4.763,00
 
       British Pounds             150,00             90,00
 
       Danish Kroner            1.497,00            897,00
 
       Dutch Gylden               339,00            257,00
 
       Finnish Finmarks         1.337,00            801,00
 
       French Francs            1.309,00            784,00
 
       German Marks               380,00            228,00
 
       Greek Drachmas          55.305,00         33.132,00
 
       Irish Pounds               159,00             95,00
 
       Italian Lire           335.229,00        212.810,00
 
       Norwegian Kroner         1.651,00            989,00
 
       Portuguese Escudos      38.578,00         23.111,00
 
       Spanish Pesetas         30.592,00          8.327,00
 
       Swedish Kroner           1.803,00          1.080,00
 
       Swiss Francs               337,00            202,00
 
       Israel (currency USD)      217.00 USD        130.00 USD
       and
       Turkey
 
Q3. If I belong to the DAP, do I get a discount?
 
A3. Members of Commercial Services or Premier Services within the US
    Developer Assistance Program may purchase The Developer Connection
    at a reduced price, 119 USD for an annual subscription and 45 USD
    for each additional license. US members of the Worldwide DAP,
    however, purchase The Developer Connection at the regular 199 USD
    price.
 
    European DAP members may purchase The Developer Connection at a
    reduced rate. When members call to order, the operators will give
    the reduced price in the appropriate currency.
 
Q4. What does The Developer Connection CD contain?
 
A4. The CD(s) contains pre-release versions of many IBM OS/2 and LAN
    products, internal development and productivity tools, bitmaps, and
    demos of products from IBM and others. Each CD also includes the
    latest release level of The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2, the
    Multimedia Presentation Manager Toolkit/2, and the Pen for OS/2
    Developer's Toolkit. In addition to these programs, the CD contains
    sample source code that can be used to develop your own
    applications. The CD also contains thousands of pages of
    documentation, with a search facility.
 
Q5. What advantages do I get from the CompuServe forum for DevCon that
    I didn't have before?
 
A5. Subscribing to The Developer Connection entitles you to access the
    private Developer Connection section of the OS2DF2 forum on
    CompuServe. IBM developers will be answering questions and carrying
    on dialogs with subscribers on a full-time basis and will respond to
    your comments/issues/questions on a timely basis.
 
Q6. How many copies of DevCon do I have to subscribe to for my
    company? I have many programmers, do I have to buy one for each?
 
A6. After your company has purchased its initial subscription to The
    Developer Connection, you may buy as many additional licenses as you
    want. For each additional license you order, 4 times over the year
    you will receive the current newsletter and a Proof of Additional
    License certificate, which entitles you to make one additional copy
    of the contents of the current CD volume. Additional licenses work
    best for Local Area Network development environments. (Example; If
    you have 10 developers on a LAN, you could buy one regular license
    and 9 additional licenses.)
 
Q7. I've heard that the DevCon program will grow in the future. What
    will I see over the next year?
 
A7. The Developer Connection for Image Plus Visualinfo was just
    recently announced. Future direction for The Developer Connection
    has not been announced; however, we are considering CDs for specific
    areas of interest to developers such as: Device Driver Source, AIX,
    Object Oriented, etc.
 
Q8. Does my license to use the release-level toolkits contained on
    The Developer Connection CD end if I do not renew my subscription at
    the end of my annual membership?
 
A8. In general, the license to use the code on each Developer Connection
    CD is shipped with the CD and expires 120 days after receipt of that
    issue or upon receipt of the next CD issue, whichever comes first.
    However, your licenses to the following toolkits continue beyond
    expiration of your subscription: The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2,
    Multimedia Presentation Manager Toolkit/2, and Pen for OS/2
    Developer's Toolkit. As long as you adhere to the terms and
    conditions of the agreement, your license to the abovementioned
    toolkits does not terminate.
 
Q9. Is the Developer Connection program available outside North America?
 
A9. The DevCon program has been announced in the US, Canada, Europe,
    Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Brazil, and the Asia / Pacific
    countries. It is currently available in all of these geographies.
 
Q10.How do I subscribe to The Developer Connection for OS/2?
 
A10.In the US, you can subscribe to The Developer Connection for OS/2
    by calling 1-800-6-DEVCON (1-800-633-8266), 1-303-330-7655 (fax).
 
    In Canada, call 1-800-561-5293.
 
    In Brazil, call 0800-111205 (voice), (011)886-3222 (fax)
 
    In Mexico, call 627-2444 (within Mexico City)
                    91-800-00639 (other locations in Mexico)
 
    To order in Europe, call IBM ISMC in Denmark. Please ensure that you
    dial the international access code applicable to your country BEFORE
    dialing the appropriate phone number. Operators speaking the
    following languages are available. Note that 45 is the country code
    for Denmark.
 
                   Internat.
    Language       Dial code   Number
    --------       ----------  ------
 
    Dutch:         Denmark=45  +48101400
    English:       Denmark=45  +48101500
    French:        Denmark=45  +48101200
    German:        Denmark=45  +48101000
    Italian:       Denmark=45  +48101600
    Spanish:       Denmark=45  +48101100
    Scandinavian:  Denmark=45  +48101300
    TeleFax:       Denmark=45  +48142207
 
    In Asia/Pacific, call 61-2-354-7684 (voice), 61-2-354-7766 (fax).
    Note that 61 is the country code for Australia.
 
Q11.The back of the newsletter says "For CompuServe membership
    information, call........  You will receive a special introductory
    membership for IBM customers". What does the special intro offer
    include?
 
A11.The special introductory offer includes:
    - A brochure with an ID and password
    - One month of basic services for free
    - 15 USD of free extended services
    - Free subscription to CompuServe magazine
 
    To obtain a CompuServe ID, or just to inquire about membership, call
    one of the following numbers, and ask for Representative 239:
 
    From the United Kingdom, call 0800 289 378
    From Germany, call 0130 37 32
    From other countries in Europe, call (+44) (+272) 255 111
    From the USA, call 1-800-524-3388
    From elsewhere, call 1-614-457-0802
 
Q12.If I have a CompuServe id, how do I gain access to the private
    Developer Connection section of the OS2DF2 forum?
 
A12.The Developer Connection section on the OS2DF2 forum is the way to
    obtain technical support and also to exchange messages, ideas,
    comments and concerns with The Developer Connection for OS/2 team
    and forum members.
 
    To obtain access to this private section, send an E-mail note
    containing your Developer Connection subscription number to the
    Developer Connection Administrator at CompuServe user id 73423,2767.
    You will receive notification of access to the Developer Connection
    section within 2 business days. To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2
    at the prompt, then select the Developer Connection section.
 
Q13.Is there any other electronic support for The Developer Connection
    for OS/2?
 
A13.Yes, IBM has established the DEVCON CFORUM on the OS/2 BBS under
    TALKlink (TALKlink is a feature under the IBMLink Commercial
    Services). For more information, customers in the USA may call
    1-800-547-1283, and customers outside of the USA should contact
    their local IBM Marketing Representative.
 
    Support is also available thru the Internet by addressing your
    questions and comments to devcon@vnet.ibm.com.
 
========================================================================
 
                                                                 subdcon
 
   +----------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Subscription Information for The Developer Connection for OS/2 |
   |      and The Developer Connection Device Driver Kit (DDK)      |
   +----------------------------------------------------------------+
 
The following list of phone and fax numbers was published in Volume 7 of
The Developer Connection News.
 
The list applies to two products:
 
o  The Developer Connection for OS/2
o  The Developer Connection Device Driver Kit (DDK)
 
The phone numbers shown are for ordering both products unless otherwise
specified.
 
To order within the USA:
 
  Call 1-800-6DEVCON (1-800-633-8266), or fax to 1-303-330-7655.
 
  NOTE: Commercial and Premier Services DAP members in the USA are
        eligible for a discounted price for The Developer Connection for
        OS/2. When ordering, be sure to specify that you are a
        Commercial and Premier Services DAP member, and give your
        membership number.
 
  Additional numbers for ordering the IBM Device Driver Source Kit for
  OS/2: Call 1-407-982-4239, or use the DUDE BBS, 1-407-982-3217.
 
To order within Canada:
 
  Call 1-800-561-5293.
 
To order within Brazil:
 
  For The Developer Connection for OS/2, call 0800-111205, or fax to
  (011) 886-3222.
 
  For The Developer Connection Device Driver Kit (DDK), call
  02-1-800-6120. (02 is the country code for Brazil.)
 
To order within Mexico:
 
  Call 627-2444 within Mexico City, or 91-800-00639 elsewhere in Mexico.
 
To order within Asia/Pacific countries:
 
  Be sure to dial your country's international access code before
  dialing the listed phone number. 61 is the country code for Australia.
 
  Call +61-2-354-7684, or fax to +61-2-354-7766.
 
To order within Europe:
 
  If you live outside the USA, Canada, Asia/Pacific countries, Brazil,
  or Mexico, you can order directly from the IBM Software Manufacturing
  Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Be sure to dial your country's
  international access code before dialing the appropriate phone number
  or fax number listed below. 45 is the country code for Denmark.
 
  Operators speaking the following languages are available.
 
    Language   Phone Number          Language   Phone Number
    --------   ------------          --------   ------------
 
    Danish     +45-4-810-1300        German     +45-4-810-1000
    Dutch      +45-4-810-1400        Italian    +45-4-810-1600
    English    +45-4-810-1500        Norwegian  +45-4-810-1250
    Finnish    +45-4-810-1650        Spanish    +45-4-810-1100
    French     +45-4-810-1200        Swedish    +45-4-810-1150
                                     Fax        +45-4-814-2207
 
Electronic Support
------------------
 
Electronic support is provided through CompuServe, OS/2 BBS, and the
Internet. Obtain technical support or use the forums to exchange
messages, ideas, comments, or concerns with The Developer Connection for
OS/2 team or other members.
 
The dedicated Developer Connection section on CompuServe is located in
hte IBM OS/2 Developer Forum 2. To obtain access to this section, please
send a note with your subscription number to The Developer Connection
administrator at CompuServe userid 73423,2767. You will receive
notification or access to The Developer Connection section within two
business days.
 
To access the forum, type GO OS2DF2 at the ! prompt; then, select The
Developer Connection section.
 
For CompuServe membership information, call one of the following numbers
depending on where you are located:
 
  Germany                       0130 37 32
  United Kingdom                0800 289 378
  Other European Countries      (+44)(+117)(9760681)
  United States                 1-800-524-3388
  from elsewhere                1-614-457-0802
 
Ask for representative 239. You will receive a sepcial introductory
membership for IBM customers.
 
The DEVCON CFORUM is on the OS/2 BBS under TALKlink, which is a feature
under the IBMLink Commercial Services. Customers in the U.S. can call
1-800-547-1283; customers outside of the U.S. should contact their local
IBM marketing representative.
 
The Internet users may address their questions or comments to
devcon@vnet.ibm.com . Letters to the editor may be addressed to
stacey_miller@bocaraton.ibm.com .
 
Additional Developer Connection DDK Electronic Support (DUDE)
-------------------------------------------------------------
 
In addition, Developer Connection DDK subscribers can obtain support
through the DUDE BBS at 1-407-982-3217. After completing a
self-registration, you will have limited access to the system; then,
within one business day, you will be notified that your access level has
been upgraded to NORMAL. Send your questions using your PC and modem.
 
If you have problems connecting to the DUDE BBS, you can leave a voice
message on 1-407-982-4239. A member of the DDSC team will return your
call before the end of the next business day.
 
========================================================================
 
                   +----------------------------------+
                   | DB2 Developer Assistance Program |           dapdb2
                   +----------------------------------+
 
The IBM DB2 Developer Assistance Program assists ISVs porting or
developing applications and tools for DB2. The program encompasses DB2
for OS/2, DB2 for AIX, DB2 for HP/UX, and DB2 for SUN Solaris.
 
This program is free of charge and is open to professional developers
who are selling their software solutions commercially.
 
Program Benefits
----------------
 
Participants in the DB2 Developer Assistance Program are provided with:
 
o  The opportunity to acquire IBM DB2 and associated software, including
     full documentation, at special terms and conditions
o  Access to telephone technical support and electronic support through
     the DB2 ISV program forums
o  Participation in testing of early code and other joint programs
o  A vendor advocate who will address your questions and concerns
o  Access to IBM marketing programs such as exhibitions, conferences,
     advertisements, direct mailings, etc.
o  A free listing of your product in the DB2 Solutions Directory, which
     is distributed worldwide to customers and the IBM marketing force
 
Enrollment
----------
 
To enroll in the DB2 Developer Assistance Program, send a message,
including your name, company name, full address, phone number, fax
number, and e-mail address, to db2dap@vnet.ibm.com . In the USA and
Canada, you can also call 1-800-627-8363. From other countries, fax your
request to 1-203-262-2141.
 
========================================================================
 
                        +----------------------+
                        | CICS OS/2 Developers |                 os2cics
                        +----------------------+
 
ISVs who want to evaluate how their product or service could exploit the
capabilities of CICS OS/2 Version 2 can obtain CICS OS/2 V2 code,
documentation, educational video, and technical support. The code has a
90-day life, and is for development, test, and demonstration purposes
only. Unlimited-life code is available to ISVs who are willing to commit
to produce a product or service that exploits CICS OS/2. For more
information, contact Fred Holland at 1-301-240-8143, fax 1-301-240-8836.
 
========================================================================
 
               +-------------------------------------+
               | TCP/IP Application Partners Program |            os2tcp
               +-------------------------------------+
 
ISVs who have products that interoperate with the IBM TCP/IP V2.0 for
OS/2 product, or who wish to enable their products to do so, should join
the TCP/IP Application Partners Program (TAPP). ISVs who join TAPP get a
copy of TCP/IP for OS/2 for enablement (development and testing)
purposes only. To join the TAPP, call 1-919-254-2679.
 
========================================================================
 
                          +----------------+
                          | AIX POWER Team |                    poweraix
                          +----------------+
 
The POWER Team is an exciting program developed just for you, the
developer. It is tailored to help you gain access to the IBM tools that
can help build and grow your product in the AIX marketplace, using IBM's
POWER architecture and the RISC System/6000.
 
Membership in the POWER Team program allows you to take advantage of a
variety of programs, which include:
 
Technical Support
-----------------
 
Choose from our menu of special fee-based technical support programs.
You may select the type of technical support that is best for your
development situation:
 
o Porting assistance
o Ongoing technical support
o Consulting services
  - Design reviews
  - Performance tuning
  - On-site consulting
o Benchmarking
o Remote access to an RS/6000
 
Development
-----------
 
Receive information and tools to assist you in your ongoing development
activities:
 
o Electronic technical/marketing bulletin board
o Question-and-answer database
o Early product information
o Access to AIX public-domain software
o Porting information / white papers
 
Equipment
---------
 
Enjoy the availability of equipment without straining your budget:
 
o RS/6000 Developer's Discount Program
o RS/6000 Leasing Program
o RS/6000 Rentals
 
Marketing
---------
 
Expand your marketing opportunities through our programs:
 
o AIX POWER Solutions Catalog
 
  - 50-word product description in magazine format
  - Up to 5 pages of marketing / product information via fax
  - Advertising discounts available for POWER team members
  - Call 1-415-855-3333 and request a document or catalog
 
o IBM's online databases for AIX solutions
 
Education
---------
 
Keep your leading edge with information about the latest products, new
technologies, and trends:
 
o POWER conferences
  - Technical conferences for independent software and hardware
      developers.
o AIXpert magazine subscription
  - Quarterly technical publication with a distribution of 25,000
  - Advertising discounts available for POWER team members
o Seminars / classes
 
Technical, Business, Marketing Information
------------------------------------------
 
Learn about the many programs and facilities that IBM has to offer.
Making it easier for you to work with IBM is an important goal of this
program. POWER Team members receive technical, business, and marketing
information on a regular basis.
 
Who is Eligible?
----------------
 
The POWER Team is intended for developers working on products for
commercial release. You are eligible to participate in the program if:
 
o You are currently developing products for AIX and the RISC System/6000
o You are currently marketing AIX or UNIX products.
 
More Information
----------------
 
For more information, call the POWER Team information line at
1-800-222-2363 within the USA, and request additional information and a
membership application.
 
Become a member of the POWER Team, and work with IBM to expand your
sales and marketing opportunities, take advantage of the technical
support and equipment offerings, and keep on the leading edge of new
technologies.
 
========================================================================
 
                    +--------------------------------+
                    | AS/400 Partners in Development |           part400
                    +--------------------------------+
 
Partners in Development builds on the ASsociation/400 business partner
support program. Through Partners in Development, IBM will provide
extensive technical support from the AS/400 Software Partner Lab in
Rochester, Minnesota, and at application support centers around the
world.
 
Because ASsociation/400 is the primary communication vehicle for the new
Partners in Development organization, the entry membership fee for
ASsociation/400 for 1994 has been reduced to 250 USD per year.
 
Technical Support
-----------------
 
Technical support will include hands-on courses on product strategies,
early development for unannounced products, and post-announce product
issues. It will include courses for developers seeking to exploit
emerging technologies, including:
 
o Client/server implementation
o Object-oriented programming
o Multimedia
o Imaging
o Fax and mobile network access
o Integrated Language Environment (ILE) assistance
o OS/400 assistance
 
Toll-Free Phone Access
----------------------
 
Customized courses also will be offered at vendor sites. In addition,
Partners in Development has a toll-free phone number, 1-800-365-4426,
extension 400, through which independent software vendors can get
immediate help finding the appropriate person to assist with any AS/400
matter.
 
Marketing and Delivery Programs
-------------------------------
 
Partners in Development also will assist in vendors' marketing and
delivery programs. For example, vendors will be able to work with the
Rochester lab's fulfillment center on their system configuration
proposals for customers, and to get their offerings included in IBM
configuration proposals. In addition, they will be able to have their
offerings pre-loaded in systems shipped directly from IBM. Assistance is
also available to business partners using the IBM AS/400 Portable One, a
full-function, portable model.
 
Electronic Access
-----------------
 
AS/400 Partners in Development also includes electronic access to IBM
developers through ASsociation/400 On-Line. The interactive service
provides all schedules, new offerings, and changes via a regular
newsletter and special mailings. It also includes developers' forums,
question-and-answer access to IBM technical support staff, bulletin
boards, and computer industry trade articles.
 
Portable Sales Automation System
--------------------------------
 
On-line support also will be available to vendors seeking to enhance
their marketing efforts with IBM's new Portable Sales Automation System
(PSAS). PSAS is a portable configurator and a suite of automated selling
tools with leading-edge graphics that runs on PC laptop or notebook
computers.
 
Membership in ASsociation/400 continues to provide its members with
benefits including developer support and two free software licenses per
year for IBM software development tools and products such as ImagePlus
and Ultimedia. ASsociation/400 members also receive education discounts
and developer leases.
 
========================================================================
 
                   +---------------------------------+
                   | Object Connection for VisualAge |           connobj
                   +---------------------------------+
 
The Object Connection is a program for fostering an "objects"
aftermarket for IBM's new VisualAge development system. It is designed
to help you develop and sell VisualAge objects, or parts, for the open
market. These parts must be written to the interface specifications
provided in the IBM manual titled "Construction from Parts Architecture:
Building Parts for Fun and Profit".
 
Who Can Join?
-------------
 
Enterprises interested in assessing the prospect of building VisualAge
objects (or parts) from the open market are eligible for membership in
the Object Connection.
 
Object Connection Services
--------------------------
 
Members are entitled to:
 
o A development license for VisualAge at very favorable terms
o Marketing assistance
o Technical support
  - access via an 800 phone number to VisualAge Technical Consultants
      on a call-back basis
  - technical documentation updates
  - interactive technical support on CompuServe
 
More Information
----------------
 
To join, call VisualAge's Object Connection Program at 1-800-IBM-CARY
(1-800-426-2279) within the USA, and request a program information
package and membership application. Fill out the application form and
return it to the Object Connection Program. The program manager will
call you for a telephone interview.
 
========================================================================
 
                         +-------------------+
                         | PenAssist Program |                   helppen
                         +-------------------+
 
The IBM Pen Developer Assistance Program (PenAssist) is designed
especially for the developer of pen software. The program is tailored to
help you develop applications in the emerging technology.
 
A Variety of PenAssist Programs
-------------------------------
 
Membership in the PenAssist program allows you to take advantage of a
variety of programs:
 
o Access to IBM test centers
  - Located in Palo Alto CA and Atlanta GA
  - Equipped with an IBM PS/2 and digitizing pads. The PS/2 has PenDOS
      SDK and Pen for OS/2 installed.
 
o Electronic mail. Enrolled developers can send to and receive messages
  directly from the software developers' support organization.
 
o IBM pen software CompuServe forum, a forum for pen and mobile systems.
  IBM monitors this forum and provides responses to inquiries.
 
o Special software discounts:
  - PenDOS SDK
  - Pen for OS/2 SDK
  - Pen development tools
 
o Special hardware discounts:
  - Special prices on pen hardware from IBM and other manufacturers.
  - Eligibility to receive a 50 percent discount on selected IBM
      printers and features.
  - Notification of special promotional offerings.
 
o IBM Fax Information Service
  - Provides immediate information about IBM's pen and mobile software
      systems and other IBM products and services.
  - Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free of charge.
 
o Marketing
  - Pen application catalog
  - Personal Computer Company BBS - applications will be listed in this
      database at no additional charge.
  - Business-show support
  - A single point of contact will be provided to assist with reviewing
      development and marketing relationships.
 
Who is Eligible?
----------------
 
o Developers of pen applications
o Developers of commercially available applications
o Corporations developing pen applications for their own use.
 
More Information
----------------
 
For more information about PenAssist, call 1-800-627-8363 within the
USA, or fax to 1-404-835-9444.
 
========================================================================
 
                +-----------------------------------+
                | IBM Product Compatibility Program |           compprog
                +-----------------------------------+
 
The IBM Product Compatibility Program provides an opportunity for
developers to gain increased visibility, marketability, and credibility
for their products.
 
Compatibility Testing Opportunity
---------------------------------
 
This program gives ISVs a testing opportunity to establish and
communicate the compatibility of their products with OS/2 Warp
standalone, clients, servers, and LAN systems.
 
Resource for Making Wise Purchasing Decisions
---------------------------------------------
 
This program is a resource that customers and their advisors can use to
make product purchase decisions with the confidence that a product has
been tested for compatibility with OS/2 Warp and LAN Server systems.
Consultants, resellers, integrators, OEMs, and other product decision
makers can confidently use the list of compatible products in selecting
products that meet their customers' needs. Recommending compatible
products can help expedite buying decisions and protect a customer's
investment.
 
Value of Tested Compatibility
-----------------------------
 
There are literally thousands of software products on the market today
to help solve customers' problems. The challenge is finding which
products are compatible and can be integrated into a customer's
environment.
 
Selecting tested compatible products gives buyers confidence in product
decisions and/or recommendations. Such confidence can speed up product
decisions and potentially lessen installation and support time.
 
Compatibility Program Description
---------------------------------
 
There are two options of product compatibility. The "Ready for..."
option shows compatibility of a software product with either OS/2 Warp
or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp. The "Tested and Approved..." option
addresses a more sophisticated LAN systems environment to show
compatibility, interoperability, and coexistence with many LAN products.
 
Ready for OS/2 Warp and Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server
------------------------------------------------------
 
The "Ready for OS/2 Warp" and "Ready for OS/2 Warp LAN Server" programs
offer software developers a set of IBM guidelines to self-test their
products for compatibility with a particular version of either OS/2 Warp
or IBM LAN Server with OS/2 Warp.
 
This program, with some variations, also exists in some geographies
outside the USA and Canada. Developers outside of North America are
encouraged to contact their local IBM country representative for their
specific program benefits.
 
Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request documents 3241 and 3242 for a list
of compatible products under the Ready self-test program. In Canada,
call 1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call
1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling
1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.
 
Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems
---------------------------------------------
 
The "Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp LAN Systems" program offers
hardware and software developers the opportunity to have IBM test their
product with many IBM and non-IBM products in a LAN systems
real-world-like environment. IBM publishes the results of these tests to
help customers understand the test environment plus any workarounds
discovered during the testing. Customer knowledge of test results helps
customers make more informed purchases and experience smoother
installations.
 
Call 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.) to request document 3605 for a list of
compatible products tested by IBM in the Tested and Approved category,
with their respective test document numbers. From Canada, call
1-800-HELP-FAX. From elsewhere, use a fax telephone to call
1-415-855-4329. Additional information can be obtained by calling
1-800-992-4777 within the U.S. and Canada.
 
Publicity: Where to Find Compatible Product Information
-------------------------------------------------------
 
Upon successful completion of testing, developers are given the use of a
compatibility mark to use with their products' advertising, brochures,
and other marketing materials.
 
Customers are encouraged to look at products displaying the mark with
confidence that the products have been tested in an appropriate
environment. Customers can receive names and/or reports of compatible
products through the following sources:
 
- CompuServe IBMDESK forum
- Internet WWW: http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/compatibility.html
- IBM's TALKLink OS/2 bulletin board, 1-800-547-1283
- MAX (CD-ROM from Computer Reseller News)
- Support on Site for Networks CD, 1-800-827-7889
- Sources and Solutions catalog (1-203-452-7704 or fax 1-203-268-1075)
- National Solution Center's database
- 1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX (Canada), or from elsewhere,
    call 1-415-855-4329 from a fax phone, and request documents 3241,
    3242, 3605
- IBM Developer Connection CD, 1-800-633-8266
- IBM booths at major related trade shows
 
Compatible products also qualify for reduced advertising rates in major
magazines.
 
Program Q-and-A Via Fax
-----------------------
 
A set of questions and answers about the Product Compatibility Program
can be found on the Internet or by requesting document 3657 from
1-800-IBM-4FAX (U.S.), 1-800-HELP-FAX in Canada, or (from elsewhere,
using a fax phone) 1-415-855-4329.
 
More Information
----------------
 
Additional information can be obtained by calling 1-800-992-4777 (U.S.
and Canada) or via fax: 1-512-838-2473.
 
========================================================================
 
            +---------------------------------------------+
            | Professional Certification Program from IBM |     certprof
            |          for OS/2 and LAN Server            |
            +---------------------------------------------+
 
IBM's Personal Software Products division sponsors a Professional
Certification Program from IBM for its OS/2 and LAN Server products. To
gain certification, individuals demonstrate their proficiency in
supporting selected products from IBM's PSP by passing a series of
tests.
 
Four Certified Roles
--------------------
 
Individuals, rather than organizations, can receive certification in
the following roles:
 
  o  Certified OS/2 Engineer
 
  Provides the skills to support OS/2 installations and develop
  expertise in fine-tuning and customizing OS/2 platform systems.
 
  o  Certified OS/2 Instructor
 
  Helps candidates teach certified OS/2 engineers through extensive
  training and testing.
 
  o  Certified LAN Server Administrator
 
  Develops the skills necessary to support day-to-day network
  operations, such as backing up the server, maintaining security, and
  loading applications.
 
  o  Certified LAN Server Engineer
 
  Provides service and support skills for LAN Server networks,
  including network design, performance tuning, and installation.
 
  o  Certified LAN Server Instructor
 
  Enables participants to teach certified LAN Server engineers and LAN
  Server administrators through extensive training and testing.
 
Testing
-------
 
Certification testing is administered by Drake Training and
Technologies, a worldwide provider of certification testing in the
computer industry. Classroom education is offered through the extensive
network of IBM Education and Training division and IBM Licensed
Education Center locations (in the United States only).
 
More Information
----------------
 
CERT94.ZIP, in the IBM/PSP Marketing Library (lib 8 of the OS2USER
forum), contains sample tests, test objectives, and program descriptions
for the current programs.
 
For more information about the PSP Professional Certification Program
from IBM, contact Drake Training and Technologies:
 
United States and Canada                  1-800-959-3926
Germany, Austria, Switzerland,            +49 (0) 211 500 9950
  Italy, Eastern Europe
United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia,     +44 (0) 71 437 6900
  The Middle East, South Africa
France, Spain, Portugal, North Africa     +33 (0) 1 4289 8749
Japan                                     +81 3 3269 9620
Australia                                 +61 2 414 3666
Latin America -fax request to US:         1-612-896-7020
  (include the name Melissa Loh and
   phone number 1-612-896-7458)
 
========================================================================
 
           +---------------------------------------------+
           | IBM Independent/International Vendor League |        ivlibm
           +---------------------------------------------+
 
The IBM Independent/International Vendor League (IVL) supports
developers of non-software products (books, magazines, training videos,
and courses) and providers of consulting services for the same IBM
software products (OS/2, etc.). The IVL also helps vendors with
technical and marketing support such as their product accreditation
program and listings in the IBM Sources and Solutions directory. The IVL
offers the IVL News Service, which delivers vendor product announcements
and other newsworthy items electronically to the media.
 
To join the IVL, call 1-203-452-7704, fax 1-203-268-1075, or e-mail
fullgail@aol.com. IVL members can contact the IVL News Service at
IVLInfo@VNet.IBM.Com, or voice/fax 1-407-495-4421.
 
========================================================================
 
                       +-------------------+
                       | 800 Phone Numbers |                      800nos
                       +-------------------+
 
The 800 phone numbers below come from two sources:
(1) This issue and preceding issues of SDO Developer Support News
(2) Information posted on IBM internal forums.
 
POWER Team Information Line                               1-800-222-2363
Common Desktop Environment Developers Conference          1-800-225-4698
AIX Support Family Marketing Center                       1-800-225-5249
OS/2 Multimedia Tools                                     1-800-228-8584
OS/2 Dealer Locator Service                               1-800-237-4824
IBM National Service/IBM Support Center                 * 1-800-237-5511
IBM Multimedia Help Center                                1-800-241-1620
OS/2 Performance Beta II CD-ROM                           1-800-251-2177
IBM PSP Developer Support Marketing Center              * 1-800-285-2936
Housing Management for OS/2 Technical Update '94          1-800-338-6638
IBM LAN Server 4.0 Beta                                   1-800-339-8922
    (in Canada, 1-800-561-5293)
OS/2 Sales                                                1-800-342-6672
    (in Canada, 1-800-465-7999)
AS/400 Partners in Development                            1-800-365-4426
PC DOS Beta-Test Hotline                                * 1-800-368-8365
IBM International Marketing Information                   1-800-426-1774
IBM National Telesales Marketing (IBMCALL)                1-800-426-2255
IBM Cary (North Carolina) Customer Center                 1-800-426-2279
Boca Raton Technical Services Software System Test        1-800-426-2622
IBM Direct                                                1-800-426-2968
    (in Canada, 1-800-465-7999)
DCE Client for Windows Beta Program and                   1-800-426-3040
  LAN NetView Extended Beta Test
    (in Canada, 1-800-561-5293)
IBM general information                                   1-800-426-3333
    (in Canada, 1-800-465-1234)
IBM Business Partner Locator (PS/2 Dealers)               1-800-426-3377
IBM FAX Information Service                               1-800-426-4329
    (in Canada, HELPFAX, 1-800-465-3299)
IBM Worldwide Industry Hardware Support                 * 1-800-426-4579
IBM Translation Manager Support Center                    1-800-426-4862
Networking Services Marketing Center                      1-800-426-5148
PS/2, PS/1, PC publications                               1-800-426-7282
IBM Education and Training                                1-800-426-8322
    (in Canada, 1-800-661-2131)
Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation                  1-800-472-4772
Personal Software Products Advertising Program            1-800-491-5740
OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.1 for Windows ServicePaks             1-800-494-3044
CompuServe Membership                                   * 1-800-524-3388
International Conference Resorts of America Travel        1-800-544-2432
  Services (for ColoradOS/2 conference)
ATT Business Translations (DAP member phone number)       1-800-544-5721
Personal Systems Competency Center + TALKLink (OS2BBS)    1-800-547-1283
    (in Canada: IBMLink, 1-800-268-3100;
     Customer Assistance group, 1-800-465-1234)
IBM AntiVirus Direct                                      1-800-551-3579
Software Vendor Systems Center                            1-800-553-1623
Software Vendor Hotline                                 * 1-800-627-8363
Berlitz Translation Services                              1-800-628-4808
    (in Canada, 1-800-387-5500)
IBM Developer Connection for OS/2                         1-800-633-8266
    (in Canada, 1-800-561-5293)
IBM Direct Response Marketing                             1-800-633-8266
OS/2 Technical Update '95 Registration                    1-800-636-6634
GEnie                                                     1-800-638-8369
ColoradOS/2 Conference                                  * 1-800-648-5717
Carlson Travel Network (for OS/2 Technical Update '94)    1-800-666-8889
IBM Custom Application Porting Workshops                  1-800-678-31UP
Personal Systems Technical Solutions magazine             1-800-678-8014
Delphi                                                    1-800-695-4005
CGI Systems                                               1-800-722-1866
IBM AntiVirus Services Marketing                          1-800-742-2493
IBM Support Family Marketing Center                       1-800-742-9235
IBM Midwestern Customer Service Center                    1-800-756-4426
Personal Systems HelpCenter                               1-800-772-2227
    (in Canada, 1-800-237-5511)
PRODIGY                                                   1-800-776-0845
                                                      and 1-800-776-3449
Indelible Blue, Inc.                                      1-800-776-8284
    (in Canada, 1-800-672-4255)
Personal Systems Support Family Marketing Center          1-800-799-7765
Speech Products Support Center                            1-800-825-5263
America Online                                            1-800-827-6364
IBM Technical Directory                                   1-800-832-4347
Business Depot, Inc.                                      1-800-844-8448
CompuServe                                              * 1-800-848-8199
IBM Publications (Software Manufacturing Solutions)       1-800-879-2755
Store Systems Support Family Marketing Center             1-800-882-3469
IBM Ultimedia Tools Series                                1-800-887-7771
PenDOS Software Developer Kit                             1-800-888-8242
IBM Software Manufacturing Company                        1-800-926-0364
OS/2 Developer magazine                                   1-800-926-8672
OS/2 Free Seminar Enrollment                              1-800-937-3737
DB2 Technical Conference                                  1-800-955-1238
Drake Training and Technologies (for Professional       * 1-800-959-3926
  Certification Program from IBM)
IBM Customer Support Center                               1-800-967-7882
IBM Software Solution Services/Personal Systems Support * 1-800-992-4777
  Family
 
 * indicates the number works in Canada also
 
========================================================================
 
         +--------------------------------------------------+
         | Trademarks, Registered Trademarks, Service Marks |     tmarks
         +--------------------------------------------------+
 
(R)  AIX, AIX SystemView NetView/6000, APL2, APL2/6000, Application
     System/400, AS/400, AT, Audio Visual Connection, BookManager,
     Communications Manager/2, C Set/2, DisplayWrite, HelpCenter,
     HelpWare, IBM, ImagePlus, LAN NetView, LAN NetView Fix, LAN NetView
     Manage, LAN NetView Monitor, LAN NetView Scan, LAN NetView Monitor,
     LAN Server, Micro Channel, MVS/ESA, NetView, NetView/6000,
     Operating System/2, Operating System/400, OS/2, OS/400, Pen for
     OS/2, Personal Computer AT, Personal System/2, Presentation
     Manager, PS/1, PS/2, RISC System/6000, RS/6000, S/390, SQL/400,
     SynchroStream, Systems Application Architecture, TALKLink,
     ThinkPad, Ultimedia, VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, and XGA are registered
     trademarks of International Business Machines Corp.
 
(R)  Apple, Bento, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple
     Computer Corp.
(R)  ATI is a registered trademark of ATI Technologies, Inc.
(R)  BIX is a registered trademark of General Videotex Corp.
(R)  Cirrus Logic is a registered trademark of Cirrus Technology, Inc.
(R)  COMDEX is a registered trademark of The Interface Group, Inc.
(R)  CompuServe and CompuServe Information Manager are registered
     trademarks of CompuServe, Inc.
(R)  Computer Associates is a registered trademark of Computer
     Associates International, Inc.
(R)  dBASE is a registered trademark of Borland International.
(R)  Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corp.
(R)  GEnie is a registered service mark of General Electric Information
     Services Co.
(R)  Headland is a registered trademark of Headland, Inc.
(R)  Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi Corp.
(R)  HP, LaserJet, DeskJet, OpenView, and PaintJet are registered
     trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Co.
(R)  IEEE is a registered trademark of The Institute of Electrical and
     Electronics Engineers.
(R)  Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Indy, and Gasoline Alley are registered
     trademarks of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation, USA.
(R)  Intel and Indeo are registered trademarks of Intel Corp.
(R)  Internet is a registered trademark of Internet, Inc.
(R)  ISO is a registered trademark of the International Organization for
     Standardization.
(R)  Lotus, Lotus Notes, Notes Express, and 1-2-3 are registered
     trademarks of Lotus Development Corp.
(R)  MicroGate is a registered trademark of Gateway Microsystems, Inc.
(R)  Microsoft, Microsoft C, and NT Server are registered trademarks of
     Microsoft Corp.
(R)  NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corp.
(R)  NetWare, NetWare Server, and Novell are registered trademarks of
     Novell, Inc.
(R)  Object Management Group and OMG are registered trademarks of Object
     Management Group, Inc.
(R)  OpenDoc is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Corp.
(R)  OPEN LOOK is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories,
     Inc.
(R)  Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corp.
(R)  PenDOS is a registered trademark of Communication Intelligence
     Corp.
(R)  PRODIGY is a registered trademark of PRODIGY Services Corp.
(R)  SMART is a registered trademark of One Up Corp.
(R)  Sony is a registered trademark of Sony Corp.
(R)  Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc.
(R)  Taligent is a registered trademark of Taligent, Inc.
(R)  ToolTalk and SunSoft are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
     Inc.
(R)  Toshiba is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corp.
(R)  True Type is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
(R)  TUXEDO is a registered trademark of Novell.
(R)  UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively through X/Open
     Company Limited.
(R)  Walt Disney World is a registered trademark of Walt Disney
     Productions.
(R)  Western Digital is a registered trademark of Western Digital Corp.
(R)  WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corp.
(R)  Xerox is a registered trademark of Xerox Corp.
(R)  X/Open is a registered trademark, and the "X" device is a trademark
     of X/Open Co., Ltd.
 
(TM) AIX/6000, APPN, BonusPak, CD Showcase, Certified LAN Server
     Engineer, Certified OS/2 Engineer, CICS, CICS/ESA, CICS MVS, CICS
     OS/2, CICS VSE, Common User Access, C Set ++, CUA, Current,
     DATABASE 2, DataHub, DB2, DB2/2, DB2/6000, DDCS/2, The Developer
     Connection for OS/2, DISTRIBUTED DATABASE CONNECTION SERVICES/2,
     Distributed Relational Database Architecture, DRDA, Extended
     Services for OS/2, IBMLink, IMS Client Server/2, Information
     Warehouse, LANStreamer, Library Reader, LinkWay, Matinee, Midware,
     Multimedia Presentation Manager/2, Natural Computing, NAVIGATOR,
     NetSp, NetView DM, OpenEdition, PCjr, PenAssist, Person to Person,
     Personal Information Manager, PlayAtWill, PowerPC, PowerPC 601,
     PowerOpen, RETAIN, Right at Home, SAA, Select-a-System, SOM,
     SOMobjects, Sources and Solutions, SQL/DS, Storyboard,
     SuperStor/DS, Support-on-Site, SYSINFO, Ultimedia Video IN,
     Ultimotion, VSE/ESA, WIN-OS2, VisualAge, VisualGen, VoiceType,
     Workplace Shell, and XT are trademarks of International Business
     Machines Corp.
 
(TM) ActionMedia, DVI, Indeo, and Intel386 are trademarks of Intel Corp.
(TM) Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere are
     trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.
(TM) AST is a trademark of AST Research, Inc.
(TM) Borland, Paradox, and Quattro Pro are trademarks of Borland
     International.
(TM) CasePoint is a trademark of Inference Corp.
(TM) Central Point Backup is a trademark of Central Point Software, Inc.
(TM) ColoradOS/2 is a trademark of Kovsky Conference Productions, Inc.
(TM) Dialcom 400 is a trademark of BT Tymnet.
(TM) DirecPC and DIRECTV are trademarks of Hughes Network Systems, Inc.
(TM) Drake Training and Technologies is a trademark of Drake Training
     and Technologies.
(TM) EasyLink and ATandT Mail are trademarks of ATandT.
(TM) Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corp.
(TM) Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
(TM) FaxWorks is a trademark of SofNet, Inc.
(TM) GEIS Quick Comm is a trademark of General Electric Information
     Services Co.
(TM) HyperACCESS and HyperACCESS Lite are trademarks of Hilgraeve, Inc.
(TM) LAN Workplace and "Yes NetWare Tested and Approved" are trademarks
     of Novell, Inc.
(TM) Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Corp.
(TM) MCI Mail is a trademark of MCI.
(TM) Mesa and MOLI are trademarks of Athena Design, Inc.
(TM) Micro Focus is a trademark of Micro Focus Ltd.
(TM) Open Software Foundation, OSF, OSF/1, and Motif are trademarks of
     the Open Software Foundation, Inc.
(TM) ORACLE Server and ORACLE7 are trademarks of Oracle Corp.
(TM) PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card
     International Association.
(TM) PC/TCP is a trademark of FTP Software Inc.
(TM) Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corp.
(TM) PhoenixCARD Manager Plus is a trademark of Phoenix Technologies,
     Inc.
(TM) Photo CD is a trademark of the Eastman Kodak Co.
(TM) PostScript and Adobe Type Manager are trademark of Adobe Systems,
     Inc.
(TM) PSN and Private Satellite Network are trademarks of Private
     Satellite Network, Inc.
(TM) RAMBoost is a trademark of Central Point Software, Inc.
(TM) SCO is a trademark of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(TM) SmallTalk and Smalltalk V/PM are trademarks of Digitalk Corp.
(TM) Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc.
(TM) SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, Inc.
(TM) Source Migration and Analysis Tool (SMART) is a trademark of One Up
     Corp.
(TM) SPARCstation is a trademark of SPARC International, Inc.
(TM) Support on Site is a trademark of Ziff-Davis.
(TM) TCP with Demand Protocol Architecture is a trademark of 3COM Corp.
(TM) TelePad is a trademark of TelePad Corp.
(TM) TPC-C is a trademark of the Transaction Processing Performance
     Council.
(TM) Tusk is a trademark of Tusk, Inc.
(TM) Univel is a trademark of Univel.
(TM) Versit is a trademark of IBM Corp. Apple Computer Corp., American
     Telephone and Telegraph Co., and Siemens Corp.
(TM) VX*REXX and WATCOM are trademarks of WATCOM International Corp.
(TM) Windows, Win32, Windows NT, and Windows for Workgroups are
     trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
 
(SM) Advantis is a service mark of Advantis.
(SM) America Online is a service mark of America Online, Inc.
(SM) SprintMail is a service mark of US Sprint.
 
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This concludes 1995 Issue 6 of IBM SDO Developer Support News. Please
let us know how we can improve it -- send your feedback to
dsnews@vnet.ibm.com. Thank you!
 
