  THE OS/2 WARP WEEKLY - A production of PSP Worldwide Marketing Support
         Covering information relevant to OS/2 Warp and LAN Server
               The 7/21/95 Issue (A real collector's item)
 
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        The OS/2 Warp Weekly is now available on the Internet at
        gopher://os2info.austin.ibm.com/11/nl/os2news/os2news.70
 
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                        CONTENTS
 
1.  IBM AND LOTUS OUTLINE STRATEGIC PRODUCT DECISIONS
2.  WHY LAWYERS CHOOSE OS/2
3.  OS/2 WARP AT WORK - PART 1
4.  OS/2 WARP AT WORK -- PART 2
5.  EMEA DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB
6.  COLORADOS/2 CONFERENCE FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
7.  HANDY OS/2 WARP RESOURCES
8.  SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPEEDSOFT'S SPEED-PASCAL/2 COMPILER
9. WARP'D HUMOR
 
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1.          IBM AND LOTUS OUTLINE STRATEGIC PRODUCT DECISIONS
 
In just two short weeks, IBM and Lotus have created a strategy "designed
to leverage the complementary strengths" of both companies.  The
decisions include:
  -  adopting Lotus Notes as IBM's workgroup client and mail, messaging
     and groupware server platform;
  -  adopting Lotus SmartSuite as IBM's desktop suite; and
  -  adopting Lotus as IBM's brand name for PC application and workgroup
     software.
 
  "IBM's commitment to the Lotus brand, and Lotus' desktop and
  communications products sends an important signal to the marketplace
  about how focused we are on combining our strengths to meet the needs
  of current and future customers," said Jim Manzi, senior vice
  president, IBM and Lotus CEO.  "Our unique combination of end-user
  software expertise and scalable enterprise systems experience has
  enabled us to very quickly address complex brand, product and
  technology-integration issues.  We are confident that together we can
  enhance the way individuals, teams and entire organizations get work
  done."
 
The response to the announcements were very positive.  The following
comments by said Gerry Higgins, managing director of Data Center,
Network and Distributed Technologies, NYNEX seem to reflect the
general feeling from both IBM and Lotus customers.
 
"Notes is a great product and we are a big Notes user.  We are
delighted that IBM recognizes its potential and encouraged by the
speed at which IBM and Lotus have moved."
 
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2.                    WHY LAWYERS CHOOSE OS/2
 
On the Canopus forum on CompuServe, a consultant who helps lawyers
with their computing needs recently explained why some lawyers choose
OS/2:
 
1).  Lawyers are getting much more information from a variety of
     different sources -- on line databases, e-mail, the Internet and
     CD-Rom.  This variety of information puts greater emphasis on
     moving data between programs and places.  Lawyers see the
     importance of the Internet.  The OS/2 Warp Internet Access Kit
     (IAK), because it works today, is an important selling point.
 
 2)  They see Windows 3.11 as obsolete, with a poor reputation in the
     legal market.  Windows 95 has two major disadvantages -- it is
     unproven, and likely to require movement to Windows NT to in a
     few years.  Lawyers dislike rapid change.  Therefore the choice
     boils down to Windows NT or OS/2.  Windows NT, right now, doesn't
     have all the bugs shaken out.  OS/2 by and large does.
 
 3)  Most lawyers have been let down in the past by proprietary
     systems, those old dedicated word processors, time and billing
     systems, and so on.  Philosophically they want open systems.
     They see OS/2 as more open.  Most think that Microsoft is
     eliminating their choices, and they don't like that.
 
 
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3.                  OS/2 WARP AT WORK - PART I
 
OS/2 Warp produces immediate results even for computer novices, as
this user explained on the Canopus forum:
 
My PBX tech support manager was a longtime Windows user at work.  He
had a 9600 baud connection and whenever our Canadian office
transferred files to him, his machine was useless.  Then we installed
OS/ Warp on his 386-33 with 12 megabytes.  With OS/2 Warp installed he
could leave the connection up in the background to accept files and
forget about it.
 
Since then he has upgraded to a 486 with 20 meg where he keeps 3 (2
OS/2 and 1 DOS) communication sessions up for various sites to use.
He works without worry on his WordPerfect and Microsoft Word documents
while 2 to 3 file transfers are going on.  The system just works -- no
reboots, no tinkering constantly with the system.  Now that we've
added TCP/IP, he can get to our MIS system in Corinth, Miss.  Plus he
is connected to a VAX with Pathworks as well as an OS/2 server with
peer services.
 
The other PCs that still have Windows are constantly fighting out-of-
memory errors, printer disconnects, reboots, etc. The OS/2 machine
just works.  The manager shut OS/2 down the other day because a
Windows application had messed up the palette a few days earlier.  He
didn't have to shut down but he was sick of the messed up colors.
That was the first shutdown in over three weeks and that shutdown was
to install TCP/IP.  Before that, the only shutdowns in several months
were due to a couple of power outages from storms.
 
This PBX tech support manager was a fairly basic computer user.  He
now installs everything himself except OS/2 Warp and the networking
software.  His machine is faster by several orders of magnitude than
any of the 20+ Windows PCs used by everyone else in the company.
 
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5.                    OS/2 WARP AT WORK -- PART 2
 
OS/2 users continue to put their operating sytstem to use in creative
and productive ways.  This testimonial came from the OS2USER1 forum on
COMPUSERVE:
 
I have OS/2, Describe, Lotus Smartsuite, Carlook, COBOL, VAC++, DB2/2,
Impose/2, and GCP (all native OS/2 apps) installed on my computers.
 
A typical Friday afternoon for me, as I rush to leave the office for
the weekend, includes compiling a COBOL program and printing the
source listing on the matrix printer while updating COBOL
documentation in word processor and printing it on the laster printer
while backing up my database while updating my spreadsheet.  Then I go
lock up the office, powerdown the AS/400 and get out as soon as the
printers can catch up.  Multi-tasking, YES.  Thirty-two bit, YES.
Graphical, YES.Powerful, YES.  Productive, YES.  Everything Microsoft
someday hopes to deliver -- but I've been doing it for two years.
 
Chuck Davis, CPA Seattle, Washington
 
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6.  EMEA DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB
 
The IBM OS/2 Developer Assistance Program (DAP) in Europe, Middle East
and Africa (EMEA) now offers a full developer support service through
the Worldwide Web.  The move to the Internet comes after four years of
support provided through a bulletin board system (BBS) network, and
brings a comprehensive, seamlessly integrated service to over 5,400
OS/2 DAP members in EMEA.
 
On the DAP's Worldwide Web pages, registered DAP members get
privileged access to protected pages which provide a broad range of
news, fixes, demos, beta and sample code, tools, shareware, device
drivers, development and marketing information, as well as invaluable
technical support.
 
For more information on the OS/2 DAP, visit the IBM EMEA OS/2 DAP Home
Page:
         http://www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/progserv/dap/
         or the IBM Software EMEA Home Page:
         http://www.europe.ibm.com/psmemea/
         or the IBM Solution Developer Operations (SDO) Home Page:
         http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer/
 
         or e-mail: emeadap@vnet.ibm.com
 
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7.       COLORADOS/2 CONFERENCE FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
 
The fourth international ColoradOS/2 software developers conference
will be held the week of October 15-20, 1995, at the Keystone Resort
in Keystone, Colorado.
 
The ColoradOS/2 conference focuses exclusively on OS/2 and is targeted
to software developers.  It usually draws more than 25 percent of its
attendees from outside the U.S. Each day will begin with a featured
speaker, then continue until late into the evening with concurrent
technical tutorials.  There will be many opportunities to mingle with
the speakers and establish important contacts in the OS/2 software
development community.  It has been characterized as "like getting an
advanced degree in OS/2 programming in a week."
 
Approximately half the speakers are from IBM, and are the principal
developers of OS/2 and its ancillary tools.  The remaining speakers
are advanced programmers, authors and consultants who are strongly
committed to OS/2.
 
Complete details about this conference can be found on the Internet,
at the ColoradOS/2 Web page (http://www.colos2.com).  For those
without
Internet access, call:
 
    (800) 481-3389  (from the U.S.A. and Canada)
    (719) 481-3389  (from any location)
 
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8.                    HANDY OS/2 WARP RESOURCES
 
 The following OS/2 Warp resources are available to provide information
 on supported hardware, drivers and general information:
 
    IBM Fax Back:  800-IBM-4FAX
 
    IBM Help Desk WWW: http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/www/usa/ps/services/
    IBM FAQ Location: http://web.mit.edu/os2/www/user.html
    IBM OS/2 Warp Page: http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2.html
    IBM Corporate Page: http://www.ibm.com
    IBM Internet Page:  http://www.ibm.net
    IBM Lan Server Page: http://www.austin.ibm.com.pspinfo/lansrvr.html
    IBM Internet Applications: FTP-  ftp.ibm.net
    IBM Software Updates (some drivers): FTP- software.watson.ibm.com
 
 Non-IBM:
    Warp Pharmacy: link can be found via Team OS/2 page-
    http://www.teamos2.org/
 
 Non-Internet Sources:
    CompuServe: GO OS2USER (private users offering advice and files)
                GO OS2SUPP (IBM sponsored support)
                GO PSPAPROD (Software Products Forum)
 
    AOL: check under "computing"
 
    Prodigy: Jump OS/2 Club (official IBM Prodigy site)
 
 
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9.      SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPEEDSOFT'S SPEED-PASCAL/2 COMPILER
 
Speed-Pascal/2 is a Borland Pascal 7.0 compatible compiler and an
integrated development environment with a host of features designed to
ease the task of writing OS/2 Presentation Manager programs.
 
It includes the following tools:
A PM-based MDI editor
An integrated debugger
A 32-bit OS/2 compiler
An OS/2 Assembler
A Resource Editor and Compiler
An Inline Assembler
 
The regular price for Speed-Pascal/2 is $179.  Through July 31, 1995, you
can purchase it for $129.  Contact:
 
SpeedSoft USA 19528 Ventura Blvd. #133 Tarzana, CA 91356
Telephone: (818) 887-3034
 
For European pricing information, contact: SpeedSoft
GbR Nuernberger & Partner Arthur-Strobel-Str. 12 09127 Chemnitz
 
E-mail:   speedsoft@special.infox.com
 
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10.                       WARP'D HUMOR
 
         I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.
 
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