THE OS/2 WARP WEEKLY - A production of PSP Worldwide Marketing Support
          Covering information relevant to OS/2 Warp and LAN Server
               The 11/3/95 issue (A real collector's item)

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The OS/2 Warp Weekly and OS/2 Warp Monthly Newsletters are available
on the Internet at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/newsletters.html

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                             CONTENTS

1.  SIEMENS NIXDORF TO LICENSE OS/2 WARP
2.  OS/2 WARP ACHIEVES MIND-BLOWING RESULTS ON PENTIUM PRO PROCESSOR
3.  FOR MORE PRODUCTIVE COMPUTING, JUST ADD OS/2 WARP
4.  OS/2 WARP HALLOWEEN PRESS PROMOTION
5.  DFI PRESENTS AN OS/2 WARP SMP TECHNOLOGY DEMO AT COMDEX
6.  LEADING UNIVERSITIES LICENSE IBM MICROKERNEL
7.  OS/2 TEAM WINS FIRST-EVER INTERNET BOWL
8.  IBM ASSUMES OPENDOC FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPMENT
9.  OS/2 APPS IN THE WORKS
10. WARP'D HUMOR

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1.               SIEMENS NIXDORF TO LICENSE OS/2 WARP

For decades, Germany's big banks have relied on Big Blue to provide the
computer technology for their operations.  This strong relationship
continues today, prompting Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG to
license IBM's OS/2 technology for use in its personal computers targeted
to European banks and insurance companies.  The company found the move
necessary to meet the growing demand for OS/2 from the financial sector.
Siemens Nixdorf is one of the top PC manufacturers / distributors in
Germany.

Klaus Hommer, head of Siemens Nixdorf's Personal Computer Strategy,
characterized OS/2 as the "preferred platform" for many in the banking
industry.  The majority of his company's banking customers use OS/2 to
run their banking terminals, desktops and department servers.

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2.  OS/2 WARP ACHIEVES MIND-BLOWING RESULTS ON PENTIUM PRO PROCESSOR

The results are in -- OS/2 Warp performance improves up to 121 percent
on Intel's Pentium Pro (P6) chip.  Performance testing indicates that
32-bit applications for OS/2 will gain significant benefits running on
Pentium Pro processor-based computers, positioning OS/2 Warp as a
premier operating system foundation for the computer chip.

OS/2 Warp and Pentium Pro processor performance tests were conducted in
IBM's performance test labs using a 150 MHz Pentium Pro processor
compared to a 133 MHz Pentium processor-based system.  The tests
involved a variety of popular software products, including SPG
ColorWorks, SAS and MicroStation.  The scores were compared against the
capability of the same software on the current Pentium processor-based
computers.  Performance improvements were significant, ranging from 30
percent up to 121 percent over the Pentium processor-based computer.

"Our customers will be pleased with Warp's performance results on the
Pentium Pro chip," said Wally Casey, director of marketing for IBM
Personal Software Products.  "Combined with Intel's focus on
32-bit applications and the fact that there are more native 32-bit
applications for OS/2 than any other platform, we believe OS/2 Warp
is extremely well positioned for the upcoming Pentium Pro market."

"OS/2 Warp and ColorWorks have proven to be a hot combination for
Pentium Pro processor-based computers -- they're increasing
performance by 121 percent over current Pentium processor-driven
systems," said Joel Krautheim, president of SPG, Inc., maker of
ColorWorks software for graphics design. "OS/2 Warp's high performance
will complement Pentium Pro's appeal to Intel's targeted high-end
business desktops and visual computing systems that run 32-bit
applications."

The test results are as follows:

  Software Product Tested         Performance Gain
  ColorWorks                      121%
  DIVE Direct Video Enhancement   113%
  Argonaut Robot                   88%
  SAS                              70%
  Open GL - DX                     53%
  Micro Station                    49%
  Open GL - CDRS                   47%
  Movie Player                     45%

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3.         FOR MORE PRODUCTIVE COMPUTING, JUST ADD OS/2 WARP

Just Add OS/2 Warp is now available from IBM.  Just Add OS/2 Warp is a
free package of software utilities to help users deinstall Windows 95
and then load OS/2 Warp, or install OS/2 Warp alongside Windows 95.
Just Add OS/2 Warp introduces computer users to the options they have
for upgrading to a 32-bit operating system, shows them how OS/2 Warp and
Windows 95 can coexist, and analyzes their hardware to ensure that it's
ready to upgrade to OS/2 Warp.  The utility's Upgrade Advisor highlights
some of the many advantages of OS/2 Warp over Windows 95, and allows
users to determine if their system is ready to upgrade.

Recent buyers of personal computers who thought they had to accept their
machines preloaded with Windows 95 now have a choice.  With Just Add
OS/2 Warp, users can quickly review the easy migration scenarios, such
as installation of OS/2 Warp over Windows 95 or Windows 3.1, even
Windows 95 over OS/2 Warp.  The OS/2 Warp and Windows systems can
coexist and users do not need to delete OS/2 to try Windows 95 (although
that is what Windows 95 documentation instructs users to do).

Just Add OS/2 Warp also explains how to dual boot OS/2 Warp and
Windows 95.  The utility teaches users a dual boot shortcut and
introduces them to a new feature of OS/2 Warp that shows Windows 95
long file names from OS/2 Warp.  Both the Dual Boot and Long File Name
Utility can be installed directly from Just Add OS/2 Warp onto the
user's PC.  The utility comes with a set of instructions for how to
uninstall Windows 95.  The instructions help users remove Windows 95
from their systems while preserving their work.

Other features offered in Just Add OS/2 Warp include answers to
frequently asked questions about OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect.  An index
to the Internet web sites and Bulletin Board systems that feature OS/2
Warp discussion, programs and information is included.  Both home and
enterprise users can see what OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp Connect offer by
cruising through the quick demo found in Just Add OS/2 Warp.

Just Add OS/2 Warp is offered through IBM Info at 1-800-IBM-3333,
extension EA010, and will be available at IBM's booth at COMDEX/Fall
1995, in Las Vegas, Nov.  13-17.  Just Add OS/2 Warp also can be
downloaded from the Just Add OS/2 Warp home page on the World Wide Web
at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/drk95.html.  IBM is also planning
an on-line advertising campaign, debuting in late November at selected
home pages on the World Wide Web.

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4.               OS/2 WARP HALLOWEEN PRESS PROMOTION

Taking advantage of the trick or treat season, OS/2 Warp Media Relations
sent out a Halloween press package to introduce Just Add OS/2 Warp.  The
Just Add OS/2 Warp package came in an orange trick or treat bag with
black tissue along with a couple of lollipops and some lifesavers.  The
accompanying press release was titled "IBM ANNOUNCES JUST ADD OS/2 WARP"
and subtitled, "IBM offers treat for those who feel tricked by Windows
95."

A quote from Dan Lautenbach in the press release:  "Few things are as
frustrating as finding that a product's promised plug-and-play features
don't really work on your PC and then watching your long distance calls
to tech support run up while your new software won't run at all.  The
bottom line is that millions of people may have been duped into trying
to use something that doesn't deliver its advertised features.  Scary,
but true.  Just Add OS/2 Warp provides a means to rescue those unhappy
Windows 95 customers."

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5.     DFI PRESENTS AN OS/2 WARP SMP TECHNOLOGY DEMO AT COMDEX

DFI, a PC OEM, will present a technology demo of OS/2 Warp SMP using its
top-of-the-line VMP motherboard featuring dual 133 MHz Pentiums.  Note,
this is OS/2 Warp SMP and *not* OS/2 2.1 SMP.

DFI will be in Booth H404 at Comdex. You are invited to stop by and
play with the system.

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6.             LEADING UNIVERSITIES LICENSE IBM MICROKERNEL

Five leading universities have licensed the IBM Microkernel, joining
several other universities around the world currently using it for
research.  Cornell University, Helsinki University of Technology,
Korea's Posthang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), the
University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Tokyo have each
entered into research licensing agreements with IBM to exploit the IBM
Microkernel for a variety of unique research projects.

The IBM Microkernel is designed to manage and interpret instructions
between hardware and operating system services and applications.  It
allows corporations to leverage their software investments through its
scalability, portability and modularity.  The microkernel can be used in
a wide range of products including electronic games, industry
controllers, automobiles, and personal computers.  IBM broadly licenses
the microkernel technology and will use it in future versions
of OS/2 Warp and other IBM products.

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7.              OS/2 TEAM WINS FIRST-EVER INTERNET BOWL

IBM's OS/2 netheads ran away with a convincing win in Internet World's
first-ever Internet Bowl earlier this week, matching wits, net savvy and
surf skills against teams representing Mac and Windows.

In the quiz show-style game, one participant from each team searched the
'Net to answer general trivia questions on topics like "The Brady
Bunch."  Meanwhile, the other two participants answered a series of
Internet-related questions, which ranged from "What is President
Clinton's e-mail address?"  to "What does TCP/IP stand for?"

From the onset, the IBM team complemented its top-notch technology with
superior knowledge of Internet trivia and unconventional Web sites.
IBM, the only team to use a full line of its own products and services,
won with an IBM PC Server 320, OS/2 Warp and OS/2 WebExplorer.

  The final score:
  Mac:      110
  Windows:  110
  OS/2:     210

The victorious IBM team received trophies, Internet World polo shirts
and a case of Jolt Cola.

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8.             IBM ASSUMES OPENDOC FOR WINDOWS DEVELOPMENT

IBM has assumed responsibility for the development and marketing of
OpenDoc for Windows 95 and Windows NT.  OpenDoc is a robust, cross-
platform component architecture that delivers significant benefits to
application developers by evolving applications to a component-based,
integrated structure.  Future versions of OS/2 Warp will incorporate
OpenDoc.

"OpenDoc is a powerful tool for developers creating cross-platform,
integrated software applications," said John Slitz, vice president,
object technologies marketing, IBM.  "The CI Labs sponsors have
discussed the most effective use of our resources to bring OpenDoc for
Windows to market quickly and feel IBM's current work with OpenDoc for
OS/2 and AIX lays the groundwork to develop the Windows platform for
OpenDoc.  When you include Apple's work with OpenDoc for Mac OS,
developers will truly have a powerful cross-platform offering."

IBM will centralize all of its OpenDoc development -- for Windows, OS/2
and AIX -- in Austin, Texas.

The early release code of the OpenDoc for OS/2 tool kit has been
distributed to over 20,000 OS/2 developers with more than 50 independent
software vendors (ISVs) developing components with OpenDoc.

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10.                     OS/2 APPS IN THE WORKS

Several German ISVs are preparing new releases of existing OS/2
applications, as well as brand new OS/2 apps:

     -  Xact 4.0 (Full and Business versions) has been available for the
        past 6 weeks in Germany.  Their English version is scheduled to
        be released later this year.  Xact has been adopted by the
        Federal Office for Statistics ("Statistisches Bundesamt") in
        Germany.  A demo version (XACT40.ZIP) of this product is
        available on Library 5 of the Canopus forum on Compuserve.  Xact
        will also be displayed at Comdex later this month.

     -  Impos2 2.0 will be released November 24th in Germany, and an
        English version is scheduled to be released soon thereafter.
        This version has many enhancements over the previous version.

     -  Recognita 3.0 for OS/2 is slated for release January 96.

     -  NEON Grafix 3D (in English) will be released December 1 in
        Germany.  You can see a demo of this product at Comdex.

     -  XBase/2 is a fully Clipper-compatible xbase compiler from Alaska
        Software in Frankfurt.  The English version is set to be
        released within the next few weeks.

     -  Opus 1.0 Project Planner from Alpha GmbH has been available for
        several weeks in Germany.

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13.                          WARP'D HUMOR

     "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
        --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

     "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and
     talked with the  best people, and I can assure you that data
     processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
        --The editor in charge of business books, Prentice Hall, 1957

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