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| From: | SBT Information Systems <sbt@sbt.net.au > |
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| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views and PRs 15-6-1998 |
OS/2 News, Views and PRs 15-6-1998
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Hi Voytek.
What's happening. No OS/2 news, views etc. recently?
Here it is, Ross. Actually, I am sorry, but I have 'lost' the last two or
three newsletters.... as I didn't obey my own rules: do not place real data
on the desktop, but shadows only.
Anyhow, now that I have a new notebook, with a bigger harddisk, expect
more, more often; or, more accurately, less, but more often. Well, that's
the intention. Hopefully in the next two weeks we'll shadow all newsletters
to our web server for easy reference.
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The Graham Utilities for OS/2, V2.1 has just been released.
Please see http://www.warpspeed.com.au/u-warp.htm for details.
05/06/98 --------
Due to a small oversite in the CSD installed (CSDInst.Exe), the InstWPS
program was not automatically run as part of the CSD Installation.
Therefor you will need to run it manually in your GU installation
directory.
-Chris
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Interact/2 For Pm_fax and Faxworks Pro and Ambra API Tool Kit INTERACT/2
Mono/Lan 2.0
INTRODUCTION: Interact/2 Mono/Lan is considered to be currently the most
powerful and complete business fax System. It is actually the only one
capable of integrating, in particular, Wordpro and Ami Pro, Lotus Notes,
PmFax and FaxWorks plus general application programs.
-INTERACT/2 MONO/LAN A facility for changing over from the Standalone
operation mode (mono) to Lan at any time without exiting the program.
Uses the Fax/Voice technology of the Keller group (PM Fax): Fax, Voice,
Routing via DTmf, ISDN, Lotus notes integration, Printing, Api
Toolkit…..ets).
Warp or Warp Server requirements for Lan: PM-Fax Lan 3.x or FaxWorks Pro
Lan for MOno Faxworks Pro or PmFax Lan PrnDrv
INTEGRATION WITH LOTUS WordPro, AMI PRO
A-Interact/2 can be inserted directly in the Bar of the WordPro and AMI Pro
menus.
B-The Interact/2 menu in AMi pro and WordPro enables you to: Insert Phone
book Fields in an opened document (Name, Surname, Company, Address.) Fusion
of items (names) selected in Interact/2, Sending prepared faxes, or
Printing from prepared documents. (This solution enables you to send the
same faxes to several people, while personalising them in-document with the
relevant receiver information, in addition to the cover Sheet.
Other Fax Sending methods -SpeedyFax enables you to write and Send faxes
with: Header Title (Bitmapo) and Footer Title (Bitmape) on all pages with a
facility for including a Signature (Bitmapo) on the Last page, All in
automatic Mode.
Sending faxes from other programs: just select the items (Names) and fill
in the title of the job in question – everything else is carried out by
Interact/2 and Pmfax both for sending and for notification in the Dbases.
Dbase Structures and Search Tables for sent faxes Interact/2 is equipped
with an internal DataBase (AMBRADB) structured in easy to consult Tables:
a- A Table with individual "name" items, containing all information on
faxes sent to a given person, including sending date, job title and Sending
status (Sent, Not sent, Exclamation).
b - A Table of job Titles: contains the titles of the jobs entailing faxes
sent to a person or group of persons itemised in this table containing the
Table described at point C.
c - A Table of jobs: contains the names of persons to whom the fax sending
job was addressed, including title, sending date and time, plus sending
status.
d - Advanced Log containing information on fax transmission and reception
status, with facility for viewing only Faxes sent successfully, only faxes
successfully received, and only faxes prepared with "Print and Edit", or
the entire activity of the complete Fax Log, thus enabling accurately
oriented, personalised user action.
Other activities: facility for re-sending different faxes selected through
the advanced log to names selected with Interact/2. Printing of selected
faxes Faxes arranged according to different criteria Advanced search and
selection according to different criteria Graphic indication of Fax
consumption in terms of transmission time, time period used, telephone
numbers, number of called party, enabling you to control fax consumption
and costs.
IMAGE FILE ARCHIVING Object Stores: consisting of two tables for archive of
easy to find faxes. Designed for Fax documents and widely used by those
needing rapid reference.
Scanner option: enables you to recover Files from the scanner in ready to
send Fax format.
Option for Backup of Faxes in CDRs.
LABEL PRINTING: A facility for printing selected names in the following
formats: A4 2x4 Labels, A4 3X6 Labels and A5 format as name for A5
organiser
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the Matrix-listBox for the DB/2.
I wish to remind you that this Matrix can be used with any kind of Dbase.
All you have to do is to insert a link reference to a memory (reading out
of stored data) like, for example, IBMDB2 via CLI, API, ODBC.
Ambra Informatica offers developers products aimed at developing
professional applications.
AmbraCtl 2.1: -------------
This is an active data representation matrix with a very high interaction
level externally, and exceptional flexibility. It was actually designed to
occupy minimum memory space with a view to network computing and to make it
really easy to use – you just have to compile an informative structure of
the data types, and supply them with a pointer.
All Types of data displayed and automatically processed: Text strings,
date, time, whole numbers with or without signs, domestic or international
monetary values according to country or code Page loaded on the PC, mobile
point normal or scientific numbers, symbolic icons.
Interaction: Ambra Ctl is supplied with two Pop Menus, one for the column
titles and the other for data, with a total of 120 interactions, in
addition to standard keys for scrolling and selection typical of box lists
in os/2 warp.
facility for shifting column positions by a simple Drag (Initial position)
and Drop (Final Position) routine, with re-arrangement of columns.
Re-sizing columns, by moving the mouse and pressing its left hand button,
after locating the mouse on the column border; this operation can be
carried out by continuous Painting
Drag and Drop of Data (data line selected before) to the outside matrix on
the elements of WPS according to the standard "Drag and Drop of os/2warp.
Automatic data re-arrangement according to group sorting in the selected
column, incorporated automatically in the matrix mechanism. For further
information please contact ambrinf@ibm.net
Ambra Db 2.0: Local data bases aimed at all accessing not requiring network
reporting data bases, but reporting only local data calling for extremely
rapid access:
Possible operations: AmbraDB is often used also to support network
reporting data bases; after data have been retrieved by the reporting DB
and input in AmbraDB, all research and interactive work is performed
locally at extremely high speed.
Existing functions: OpenDb, CheckDb, InsertDb, ReadDb, DelItemdb, UpdateDb,
CloseDb, DbMainuten, DelAllItemDb, ReadDbfromFlPos
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Phoenix Software e-News Flash #1 ---------------------------------
Table Of Contents ------------------
1. Introduction 2. Progress Report Update 3. RAQ: Answers To Recently Asked
Questions 4. Technology Insight: Importing xbase Data Into The Think Tool
Pro 5. Commentary: On Customer Service 6. Coming Next Issue 7. Conclusion
1. Introduction ----------------
Welcome to Phoenix Software e-News Flash #1. The Phoenix Software e-News
Flash provides news, updates and information about Phoenix Software and
its products. The Phoenix Software e-News Flash is sent out by email and
posted to the Phoenix Software website at http://www.phxsoft.com/news.html
on a regular basis.
2. Progress Report Update --------------------------
This is a section that will regularly keep you up to date on the latest
progress at Phoenix Software.
We continue to make good progress on completing the Think Tool Pro. We
appreciate all the interest and support we have received.
After extensive testing, we are currently correcting the last known
problem. As soon as that is complete, we will have a gold master CD version
created, and subsequently we will have CDs produced in quantity. While the
CDs are in production we will complete a trial version that will be
available for download from our web site.
We are hoping for late June availability of both the trial version and
complete version. However, we are not providing a one hundred percent
guarantee of release in that time frame.
We always try our best to provide accurate information on the availability
of the Think Tool Pro. The honest answer is we never know FOR CERTAIN when
it will be done. We can only provide our best estimate based on the
information we currently have.
We have had a great amount of interest in the Think Tool Pro. So it pains
no one more than us that it is not available yet. No one wants it to be
complete more than we do. We are doing our best to get it done as soon as
possible.
As always, we will notify you when the downloadable trial version and
shipping version become available.
Many of the people on this list are OS/2 users. However we have also
received quite a lot of interest from non-OS/2 users. For users of other
OS's who have inquired about support for other operating systems, we have
created a web page specifically to address this topic. It is at
http://www.phxsoft.com/oss.html
3. RAQ: Answers To Recently Asked Questions
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This is a section that will regularly answer questions that you have asked
in recent email messages, but that have not been asked frequently enough to
be included on our FAQ's page, or that are just too "different" to answer
elsewhere.
Q: Why haven't there been more news updates from Phoenix Software? A1:
Because there really hasn't been much news to update you on. We continue
to work diligently on completing the Think Tool Pro, and will have more
information when it is done. We didn't think most people would be
interested in the code changes we have made, so we don't include that
level of detail. Otherwise, nothing has changed; we are committed to OS/2
A2: Because we want to focus all of our time on actually getting the
product done, and not telling you that it is almost done. :-)
Q: Are you hard at work on getting the Think Tool Pro done? A: Yes. Our 2
main developers are working 15hrs per day, 7 days a week to complete the
Think Tool Pro.
Q: Have you stopped development on the Think Tool Pro for OS/2? A:
Absolutely not! [Where do these questions come from?]
Q: When will the Think Tool Pro be completed and available? A1: It will be
completed when it is complete. :-) A2: We (honestly) hope to release it in
late June. A3: For more info see the Progress Report Update above.
Q: Why is it taking so long? A: The Think Tool Pro is a very large,
powerful and comprehensive tool. The normal application development time
for the first version of a new software product is 2 years. That is
approximately how long we have been working on it (so that must mean it
should be done soon. :-) A2: Quality products take time.
Q: Will the versions for the other OS's you plan to support take this long?
A: No. The first release is always the longest. The changes we need to
make to get the Think Tool Pro running on other OS's are minor compared to
creating a product from scratch.
Q: Why don't you do a beta test? A: We did do a limited, closed beta test
several months ago.
Q: Why don't you do a second, open beta? A: We want to make the product
available as soon as possible without any further delay. Doing a second
beta would delay the product even further, and we consider that to be
unacceptable at this point. The feature set for the first version is fixed
at this point, so any improvements will included in update packages or
subsequent versions.
Q: Are you planning any changes to the information you have on your web
site about the Think Tool Pro. A: Yes. We will be making many improvements
to the information we have on our web site about the Think Tool Pro - as
soon as it is complete. Some of the improvements will be additional screen
shots, more concise and detailed information, and more real world
examples.
4. Technology Insight: Importing xbase Data Into The Think Tool Pro
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This is a section that will regularly provide insights and information
about features included in Phoenix Software products.
This newsletter covers how to import legacy xbase database tables into the
Think Tool Pro.
There are two methods that can be used to import xbase data into the Think
Tool Pro: The "manual" method, and the "automatic" method.
The manual method consists of graphically (not programmatically) mapping
the legacy xbase field to a Think Tool Pro object type. On one half of the
screen you would have the legacy xbase field, on the other you would have
the Think Tool Pro object space, and you would graphically link the two
together. For example:
xbase fields: Think Tool Pro objects: first name - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - first name last name- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - last name
address- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - address phone - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -phone etc... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - etc...
In this example the steps for importing a database would be: 1. Create a
new Think Tool Pro database 2. Select and open the legacy xbase file you
want to import. 3. Choose the type of xbase file (eg. dbase, clipper, fox
pro etc.) 4. Select one of the predefined object types for each of the
legacy xbase data types you want to import (in this case you would select
two name object types, an address object type, and a phone number object
type). 5. Graphically (not programmatically) map each of the xbase fields
to a Think Tool Pro defined object type. 6. Execute the import process.
This method is very straight forward and easy to do. It is slightly more
time consuming than the automatic method, but it provides you with more
precision and therefore with some additional features (see below).
If you choose to use the automatic method, the Think Tool Pro will import a
legacy xbase database into a Think Tool Database without the above
graphical mapping steps.
The steps involved in this method would be: 1. Create a new Think Tool Pro
database 2. Select a xbase file. 3. Choose the type of xbase file (eg.
dbase, clipper, fox pro etc.) 4. Execute the import process. 5. Optional
fifth step of defining data/object definition types _after_ importing (see
below).
This method is extremely easy and time efficient and requires almost no
work at all. The Think Tool is capable of doing this because it is capable
of reading almost all xbase file formats. Although this method is faster
and easier, it does not provide as much functionality as the first method
(see next paragraph). If you choose the optional fifth step in this method,
you would receive all the features and benefits of the "manual" method
above. The biggest difference between the "manual" method and the
"automatic" method is when (and if) you select the data/object definition
type - while you are importing the data (manual), or after you have
imported the data (automatic).
The Think Tool Pro is a very "intelligent" piece of software. It has many
built in predefined "object type definitions" which allow it to "know" what
to do with specific types of data. For example, if you specify that a piece
of data is a phone number, it "knows" based upon that object type
definition, that one option for phone number data is that it can be used to
dial a phone and can automatically do so. Another example is that if you
specify that a certain piece of data is an URL, then it "knows" that one
thing it can do with that data is pass it to a web browser to view a web
page.
The Think Tool Pro allows you to specify a wide variety of object type
definitions. This provides you with a lot more functionality because it
allows the Think Tool Pro to make additional use of your data.
This brings us back to why the manual method (and the optional fifth step
in the automatic method) provide you with more features and functionality.
In the manual method, you are telling the Think Tool Pro that a certain
piece of data has the object type definition of a phone number etc. If you
do not specify this, the Think Tool Pro can still import, store, search
for, etc, that piece of data, but it will not "know" that that piece of
data is a phone number, and therefore will not "know" what it can do with
that data.
This aspect of the Think Tool Pro is functionally similar to the file
extension of a piece of data (although technically it has no relation).
When you provide an OS with the file extension .exe it "tells" the OS that
file is an executable and the OS will "know" to execute it if selected.
Similarly if you provide the file extension .html to a file, it "tells"
the OS that file is an HTML file so the OS "knows" to open that file in a
web browser. (This is also similar to how XML provides a description of
what a certain element in a web page is.)
So when importing your data, you can provide the Think Tool Pro with an
object type definition that will allow it to "know" what to do with a
certain object or piece of data. If you don't provide or assign that
definition, the Think Tool Pro can still store it, search for it, etc, but
it won't know what the data is, or what additional things can be done with
it.
These object type definitions are attributes that are assigned to a
database object within the Think Tool Pro which allows the Think Tool Pro
to provide you with greater functionality. You do not have to take
advantage of these features if you do not want to. You can simply import
your data without them. But these object type definition attributes can
provide you with many additional, powerful, valuable features that make it
worth the small amount of additional time and effort.
5. Commentary: On Customer Service -----------------------------------
This is a section that will regularly provide commentary on our positions
and views on Phoenix Software related topics, as well as general computer
industry topics that we believe are important.
Customer service IS very important to us. We hope to prove this to all of
our customers on an ongoing basis; especially once our first product is
complete and shipping.
We strive to always provide accurate and timely responses to all email,
phone calls and faxes we receive. However, a few of you have justifiably
expressed your dissatisfaction that we have not provided more frequent
updates or progress reports. We are improving this process now.
From now on, we will provide an ongoing update list on our web site at
http://www.phxsoft.com/news.html. You can now simply go to that web page to
see the latest changes and new information.
Operating at our present level of organizational development means that we
have to constantly evaluate how we dedicate our time and resources. Up
until now our decision has always been to focus maximum attention on
product completion.
We now realize the importance of providing up-to-the-minute progress
reports, and will ensure that you will now be able to receive those. We
apologize for any inconvenience, and we hope to continue to build quality
relationships with all of our customers.
6. Coming Next Issue ---------------------
-The Latest Progress Report Update -RAQ: Answers To Recently Asked
Questions -Technology Insight: Creating Database Screens In The Think Tool
Pro -Commentary: Why OS/2 Will Continue To Flourish
7. Conclusion --------------
Thank you for taking the time to keep up to date on Phoenix Software and
our products.
We are making good progress in completing the Think Tool Pro. We are
hoping for a late June release of the Think Tool Pro.
ThinkTool Pro will be available from us as soon as becomes released in US.
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some follow up on a recent story "IBM clings to OS/2 Dominance"
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Les
> I agree, but we were talking about the public image and > marketability
of OS/2,... (no Notes Designer > for OS/2, no Notes 5.0 native client at
all, fewer and > > fewer add-ons, etc.).
No point in talking about IBM's inability to market software, it's beyond
you or I, and I believe it's beyond IBM.
Worse it also has nothing to do with OS/2 but applies to all of IBM's
software products. IBM has lost respect in the market, they are no longer
considered to be the default standard. By that I mean the standard which
does not require any justification to purchase, Microsoft now holds that
position - rightfully or wrongfully.
Look at any trade press/computer shop/conference to see this in operation.
Is SQL Server the world's standard database? No, but anybody looking for a
database will automatically evaluate SQL Server 6.5/7 simply because it's
MS's product regardless of it capabilities and may not even look at DB2.
(Some database consultants I know have not even HEARD of DB2!).
Think that Notes is going to be able to hold off Exchange? It's only a
matter of time before it loses the Groupware market to Exchange (Notes is
already losing the messaging battle), despite the hype from Lotus.
Why is this case (now we're really off topic)? Part of the answer is that
MS is prepared to be illogically, and irrationally persistent, plugging
their solutions in a commercially unprofitable manner until they own the
market. This of course, works in combination to the linkages (technical and
marketing) they build to their OS dominance.
IBM cannot afford to be that illogical - and unfortunately for them - the
consumers know it. Consumers feel they are safe with MS because of their
perceived persistence, with IBM oooooh there is always that possibility
they are taking a risk because IBM may walk away from their own technology.
The other day I received email'd document from IBM and it was in Word
format!
What message does that send to the market? Think that MS would EVER send a
document to anybody in WordPro format - I bet it would be a sackable
offence.
It's all perceptions for sure but that's what marketing is all about. It is
totally outside of your control or mine, so I have given up worrying about
it! Certainly no point in discussing it, all I can do is what gives me
competitive advantage.
Best Regards
Kevin Karp PPS Internet
>That's what I was referring to by 'decomposing'.
'Decomposing' or not, who cares?
If I can run an OS/2 box and achieve savings of 20-30% compared to a
similarly configured NT box (we have cost records going back two and a half
years now), why shouldn't I take advantage of that? Especially if my
competitors are unaware of the savings I am achieving - giving me
competitive advantage. I am certainly not going to try to persuade my
competitors to use OS/2 - after all that's IBM's job.
They want to think I am a OS religious zealot? Fine by me, I've got the
cost records to comfort me.
As for my clients, they are more interested in receiving function not a
particular OS. Most of them are unaware of what OS the boxes are running.
We always talk in terms of functional services - the non-techos appreciate
that.
Just my two bob's worth.
Best Regards
Kevin Karp PPS Internet
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Response to Smart Reseller OS/2 Story
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
A portion of today's OS/2 Update Call with Jeff Smith was devoted to a
discussion of the Smart Reseller article entitled "IBM Suffocates Warp".
Following is IBM's response to the editor.
Katy Ansardi
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
To the Editor:
The assertion that IBM has "officially signed OS/2 Warp's death
certificate" (Smart Reseller, 5/18/98) is simply not true. IBM has clearly
and repeatedly stated that if it makes sense from a business perspective
for us to support Intel's upcoming Merced chip, then we will do so.
While the article states that IBM has no plans for future updates for the
OS/2 Warp client we do, in fact, continue to deliver upgrades to both the
client and server products via CD and our Internet delivery site called
Software Choice at http://www.software.ibm.com/os2warp. This method
delivers more value for our target customers because it allows them to
download fixes and upgrades when they need them, instead of waiting for a
new product release or update. They can also select which features they
need for their particular businesses and thereby reduce testing of product
features that will not be used. Our recent delivery of a preview of Java
1.1.6 for OS/2 Warp at
http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo/porting/portos2.html is an example.
And contrary to the article, the next release of OS/2 Warp Server will have
many enhancements that address the areas that are important to our medium
to large enterprise customers. These enhancements include out-of-box
support for Year 2000 and euro currency, and a new high-performance
Journaling File System from IBM's Unix operating system, AIX, that will
offer faster performance, improved scalability and enhanced Web serving
capabilities.
We look forward to sharing with the reporters and readers of Smart Reseller
additional information on the features that will be included in our
upcoming releases of OS/2 Warp Server and WorkSpace On-Demand, as well as
added functionality for the OS/2 Warp client.
Regards, Richard Seibt General Manager OS/2 Business Unit
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Subject: OS/2 CONNECT - June 1998
Please be advised that today we have released the June 1998 issue of the
OS/2 CONNECT newsletter.
NOTE: If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, simply send
an e-mail reply of REMOVE.
OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information in the
universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.
The newsletter is implemented as a web page at:
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
It is also available as a set of HTML files suitable for use with standard
web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator or IBM's WebExplorer. The file
is named CON0698.ZIP which includes a 1README.TXT file describing the
newsletter and how to install it. The newsletter is being distributed
through the following channels:
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- Snow Storm Software News Bytes - More WIN/NT 3D OpenGL Modules for Escape
GL
<<< WIN/NT 3D OpenGL Screen Savers now for Escape GL >>>
Calgary, Canada, 26 May 1998 -- Newly added to the Snow Storm Software
Gallery are more Windows/NT 3D OpenGL screen savers which have been
converted to run under Escape GL V2 for OS/2. Modules include the Exploding
Sphere, Flower Box, Pipes, Ribbons, Water Drops, and the Twist. All Escape
GL V2.0+ users may download them free of charge at:
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/gallery.html
(Escape GL can be purchased from us at current $US/$A prices)
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Subject: Domain Reporter/2 Beta 1.0b released
Dr2 1.0b has just been released.
New features: Real-time interface. Just click on resources and it
dynamically generates report. Printed reports. As you would normally
generate a report and then view it, now you generate a report only for
printing. I also fixed a couple of functionality problems.
www.cmpsol.com/software.html
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Subject: My letter to Lou
Before Windows 95 was first released, IBM had a chance to gain significant
market share against it. Now that Microsoft is being targeted for
anti-trust violations revolving around Windows 95/98/NT, is it smart for
IBM to be throwing so many of its eggs into the basket with Windows NT at
the expense of its own operating systems, such as OS/2?
I think not. OS/2 has suffered from a lack of coherent vision and marketing
at IBM. OS/2 was and still is a more advanced platform than Windows
95/98/NT. It has had all of what is included in Windows 95/98/NT for
several years. Microsoft has had to spend Billions of Dollars to catch up.
Microsoft still sees OS/2 as its major threat to market Dominance. It has
major advantages such as object orientation, the System Object Model,
CORBA compliance, Java integration and now has an Office Suite from your
subsidiary, Lotus, that makes OS/2 a viable alternative to Windows. And I
haven't even mentioned that its capabilities of running as an embedded OS
(ATM's) or as a thin client to a Fat server (Workspace on Demand) Windows
of any flavor cannot offer anywhere near this flexibility.
Continued support of Windows NT by IBM is, in my opinion short sighted as
Windows NT gains market share, it will start eating at your other divisions
that produce AIX on RS-6000 and OS/400 on the AS/400 lines. IBM will start
losing market share on those high profit lines to Windows NT based server
because it is cheaper to throw 5 or 6 NT servers up against an AS/400 than
it is to deploy an AS/400. This is why your services business is
outshining all of the other divisions. I feel IBM should be pushing OS/2
Warp Server Advanced as a viable alternative to Windows NT Server. It
scales better, handles transactions better, and is an all around better
server platform than Windows NT.
IBM has a wonderful chance, right now, to offer OS/2 as a clear, mature and
viable alternative to Windows 95/98/NT. A little seed money to a few
Independent Software Developers (Like Corel or Adobe) or to license OS/2 to
a company like Stardock for continued marketing and distribution, could
only increase IBM's bottom line. In fact by licensing the client version
to an outside source for marketing and distribution should be a no
brainer. IBM gets royalties on all the copies sold and has none of the
expenses involved in distribution and support.
Unfortunately I see IBM doing what it has always done with OS/2: Squander a
superior product due to lack of attention and positive reinforcement from
other divisions of IBM in regard to its own product while favoring products
from the competition.
I'll get off my soapbox, now. Please don't send me a canned response as I
have seen them and I already know IBM's plans to kill OS/2 and to target it
at the large corporation. Remember that there are more SOHO seats available
as a market than the entire Global 2,000 combined. Its a shame, we really
could have an open market and true competition for Microsoft. IBM is only
company with enough clout to get the job done.
Curtis Maurand OS/2 user since 1992.
-- ----------------------------------------------------------- Curtis
Maurand System Administrator lamere.net Business Center We'll get you
Wired. curtis@lamere.net
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In a nutshell, I've released V2.1 of The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
How do you get it? Currently, you have to buy V2.0 and apply the V2.1
update (ie CSD 10).
The next batch build will include this disk in each box.
-Chris
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The tenth CSD for The Graham Utilities for OS/2, V2 has been made
available. These CSD's are cumulative, ie you only need to download
and keep the last one.
The tenth CSD takes The Graham Utilities for OS/2, V2.00 to V2.10.
To retrieve and install this CSD you have a number of options
at your disposal. There are two methods of installation: manual and
automatic.
The manual method involves downloading the CSD zip file,
extracting it and then running the CSDInst.Exe program. The zip file
also has a CMD file in it to do this for you (UPDINST.CMD).
To retrive the file, you have a number of options and methods available
to you. They are FTP, Gopher or Telnet.
To use FTP, log on using the following details:
Host ftp.warpspeed.com.au
User ID Updates
Password Updates
Make sure that your transfer mode is set to BINARY and then GET the
appropriate file.
To Use Gopher, you can connect using one of two ports (70 or 77).
For example:
Gopher -p 70 -h updates.warpspeed.com.au
or
Gopher -p 77 -h updates.warpspeed.com.au
The telnet methods allows you to log onto the BBS. Enter:
Telnet bbs.warpspeed.com.au
The automatic method is to use the retrieve software updates program
provided by IBM. There are two different versions of the retrieve
software updates program. The first which was supplied with Warp 3
(not Warp 4), used a gopher server on port 77. If you are using Warp 3
then enter:
Update -h updates.warpspeed.com.au -t C:\GU20
(assuming that C:\GU20 was where you installed the utilities).
If you are using Warp 4, IBM did not supply the Update.Exe program,
instead they have created another program RSUInst.Exe (Remote Software
Updates). Using this method, you open a web page and select a RSU file
by clicking on it. This downloads a small .RSU file to your browser,
and if your web browser is correctly configured to recognise the MIME
type "application/rsu", passes it onto RSUInst.Exe which then logs via
FTP onto a specified server, downloads the file(s) and then runs any
specified installation program.
Further instructions and information on RSU (and links to the IBM page
to get it all) can be found on the WarpSpeed Computers Updates page
that can be accessed via the following URL:
http://www.warpspeed.com.au/updates.htm
(These pages also have FTP links as well).
-Chris 12/11/97
WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice: +61-3-9307-0611 PO Box 212 FidoNet: 3:632/344
FAX: +61-3-9307-0633 Brunswick Internet: chrisg@warpspeed.com.au
BBS: +61-3-9307-0644 VIC 3056 CompuServe: 100250,1645
300-28,800 N,8,1 ANSI Australia Web Pages:
http://www.warpspeed.com.au
http://www.netins.net/showcase/spectre
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Letter to InnoVal Customers
The purpose of this letter is to bring you up to date on the all-Java J
Street Mailer, to inform you about an upcoming free enhancement for the
Post Road Mailer, and to make a personal request on the occasion of
InnoVal's fifth anniversary this month.
J Street Mailer Release Two is now available. This full-function email
client is excellent. It is being widely recognized for its feature set and
its compatibility with numerous Java-enabled platforms including OS/2,
Windows NT, Windows 95, Linux, Solaris, AIX and MacOS.
I want to take this opportunity to extend a public and heartfelt thanks to
the 600+ beta testers, and all of the J Street Mailer customers, who have
helped us with the J Street Mailer on all of the above platforms. Release
Two, which we are supporting for production use, could not have been
possible without the many bug reports and great ideas our customers provide
us with each and every day. The mailing list often runs to over 100
messages per day and we get many more emails from others who choose not to
be on the mailing list.
J Street Mailer customers should download Release Two from the Charter
Users Download Area (www.innoval.com) as soon as possible. In addition to
dramatic performance improvements, there are many new and exciting features
since Release One. These include support for IMAP4 in addition to POP3,
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), and improved Virtual Folders.
We are far from finished with this product. Java is an exciting platform
and it is evolving very quickly. We are working to leverage each new Java
improvement into J Street Mailer so that the program can get better and
better. Add to that they we are constantly improving the mailer with ideas
proposed by our customers. It is for this reason that we a guaranteeing a
full-year of upgrades at no additional cost.
An important priority is to re-communicate the small problems we encounter
with various Java Virtual Machines. This is particularly true for the Java
Preview of 1.1.6 from IBM, for MacOS, and for Linux. Most of the Java
runtime problems are minor annoyances. It is gratifying to see IBM, Sun,
Apple, and others work with us and to use the J Street Mailer to test and
fine tune Java.
This is an exciting time for those of us not wed to a Microsoft-centric
view of computing. Java technology has matured to a point where
sophisticated applications can be created. Most of you know that I am a big
supporter of OS/2. Well, I am also a big supporter of Java. I have seen
what can be done with Java. InnoVal's programming team has built a high
performance, feature-rich, cross-platform email client that rivals any on
the market.
BTW: A very useful independent review of the J Street Mailer may be found
at the Warped Site at:
http://users.pandora.be/luc.vanbogaert/jsm.htm
Post Road Mailer for OS/2: Within two weeks, we will be providing a
features-only enhancement to Post Road Mailer that will allow users to
customize the toolbar in a manner similar to J Street Mailer. You will be
able to move buttons around, hide buttons, set up buttons for switching
accounts, and change graphics and bubble help text. This feature
enhancement requires Post Road Mailer 3.0. It will be provided free of
charge to corporate and individual customers. Installation will be as
simple as unzipping a file into your Post Road Mailer directory.
Finally, this month, InnoVal is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a
company. Looking back we can reflect on mistakes we have made (oh, you let
us know) and some very worthwhile accomplishments that we are proud of. The
company is doing well. Thousands of people, like you, have made it
possible. I have made many friends among our customers and among our fellow
ISVs. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of you in person at user
group meetings and events. Others I have come to know through email or on
the phone. It has been a pleasure and a lot of fun. I want to stress that
we are completely committed to supporting you in the years ahead and
bringing new products to market using the most exciting technologies such
as Java and OS/2. The fun will continue.
Please, as we appraise ourselves on five years in business, let us know
what you think about InnoVal. How are we doing? What do we do best? How can
we do better?
Thanks for your ongoing support.
Dan Porter, President InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc.
http://www.innoval.com innoval@ibm.net 914-835-3838
J Street Mailer Release Two is Available
I want to, first, extend a public and heartfelt thanks to the 600+ beta
testers, and all of the J Street Mailer customers, who have helped us test
the J Street Mailer on OS/2, Linux, Windows 95, Windows NT, Solaris, and
MacOS. Release Two is now available. This is the second release that we are
supporting for production use. It could not have been possible without the
many bug reports and great ideas our customers provide us with each and
every day. The mailing list often runs to over 100 messages per day and we
get many more emails from others who choose not be on the mailing list.
Again thanks
Customers should download Release Two from the Charter Users Download Area
(www.innoval.com) as soon as possible. In addition to dramatic performance
improvements, there are many new and exciting features since Release One.
These include IMAP4 support in addition to POP3, LDAP (Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol), improved Virtual Folders, and an alternate
browser component (HotJava Browser component) for viewing HTML formatted
messages. See the Readme file for a complete list of enhancements.
One of our first priorities, now, is to seek the 100% Pure Java
certification from Key Labs and Sun Microsystems. This is an important
step. It involves a thorough code audit (completed) and testing by Key Labs
on three requisite platforms including OS/2.
Another important priority is to re-communicate the problems we encounter
with various Java Virtual Machines. This is particularly true for the Java
Preview of 1.1.6 from IBM, for MacOS, and for Linux. Most of the JVM
problems are minor annoyances. It is gratifying to see IBM, Sun, Apple, and
others work with us and to use the J Street Mailer to test and fine tune
Java.
High, also, on our priority list, are the many suggestions we have from
you, our customers. It won't be long before you see new builds that
incorporate many of "your" improvements. J Street Mailer is just going to
keep getting better and better, just as will Java.
This is an exciting time for those of us not wed to a Microsoft- centric
view of computing. Java technology has matured to a point where
sophisticated applications can be created. Most of you know that I am a big
supporter of OS/2. Well, I am also a big supporter of Java. I have seen
what can be done with Java. InnoVal's programming team has built a high
performance, feature-rich, cross-platform email client that rivals any on
the market.
For more information about J Street Mailer, please visit
http://www.innoval.com or send an email to innoval@ibm.net
Thanks for your ongoing support.
Dan Porter InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. www.innoval.com
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Pilot-link.0.8.13 and OS/2
Hi,
I just compiled pilot Link 0.8.13 for OS/2 and uploaded the binaries and
source to the incoming directory on ryeham.ee.ryerson.ca. When they are
moved to the pub/PalmOs directory they will be available for downloading.
Since I am not directly at my machine I am unable to test the programs,
please report if there are any problems.
As always, in the interm(sp), the zip file can be found at:
ftp://vision5.eng.mcmaster.ca/ftp/pub/Pilot-Link/
Mike Jarabek
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Graduate Student, Embedded systems designer. McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
http://vision2.eng.mcmaster.ca/~mike
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Well, we've managed to maintain our 4th place ranking
Look for new clients to be released soon. With DES II-2 coming up in July,
Also on the DES II-2 note, Andrew Meggs has written a distributed program
http://www.antennahead.com/~insect/sbox/
Of course, any CPU cycles you devote to this effort will take away from
Until next time... Keep Cracking!
From: "Colin L. Hildinger"
http://rc5stats.distributed.net/tm_top100.html
We are gaining a little ground in the daily stats at:
http://rc5stats.distributed.net/tm_yst100.html
We are in second place today, but we had a spike in keyrate caused (I'm
http://www.distributed.net/clients.html
Especially important news for those of us using Cyrix 6x86MX chips is that
And let's set our short term goal to take second place over permanently in
Q - How do you eat an elephant? A - One bite at a time.
(had to get an elephant reference in there for the serious OS/2 junkies out
And for the most up to the minute stats, use "proxy.os2ss.com" as your
http://warped.cswnet.com/rc5stats/
I'll try and update the team web page this week. If you have any questions,
http://mailer.falcon-net.net:8080/guest/RemoteListSummary/rc5os2
Now, back to your regularly scheduled key crunching.
------- Colin L. Hildinger
CRACK 64-bit RC5 WITH OS/2 NOW! http://www.ionet.net/~colin/rc5.html
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To try to ensure that any compatibility problems are eliminated before
If you have Object Desktop 1.5, you can join the EE program for $65 in
If you already have Object Desktop Professional, you can join the EE
When the early experience program is done, you'll be sent the final version
Object Desktop 2.0 basically combines OD and OD Pro into a single product.
The new version has some pretty huge changes to the underlying structure of
It also includes a lot of code meant to address problems we've seen. Just
From a feature perspective, it includes a lot of user interface
The Virtual Desktops have also received some major new features such as the
There are numerous other features that we hope to put into it which
We hope to have the EE version ready to go by the end of the month but we
Visit http://www.stardock.com to join the Early Experience Program.
Brad Wardell --- Stardock Systems, Inc.
I'm not related to this company, but I think some of you would like to have
http://www.sockem.com/products/sockmail/index.html
SockMail is a 100% Java client/server email list management system. Install
SockMail is the answer for all your mailing list management needs.
Manage all of your mailing lists from any platform in your office -- Mac,
Mail to and administrate lists from anywhere while others do the same in a
Utilize an administrative client applet only 85k in size.
Protect your lists with thorough security options including password
Build lists on your SockMail server through Web forms using applets and cgi
Search for email addresses on other Web sites and obtain domain
Simple and fast installation through a graphical interface or a text
Format messages with a built-in text editor.
The entire SockMail package includes a 100% Java server application, 100%
--
I have tested their online demo using JDK 1.1.4 IBM build o114-19980509
The only drawback is that I found it to be rather expensive (~US$ 300)
Cheers, Fernando
I have some encouraging news about LDAP support in OS/2:
A source of mine within IBM indicates that IBM this month will release the
No specifics or dates about a native LDAP server, though.
Please be advised that today we have released the June 1998 issue of the
OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information in the
The newsletter is implemented as a web page at:
It is also available as a set of HTML files suitable for use with standard
1. Commercial Networks:
A. America Online
In Computing; "OS/2 Forum" - under "OS/2 Newsletters"
NOTE: You can also access our Web site through AOL's "OS/2 on the 'Net"
2. On the Internet:
FTP Sites: hobbes.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect) or
World Wide Web Sites:
OS/2 CONNECT home page (HTML) http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
- the zipped HTML files for downloading can be found at:
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IN DENMARK: http://www.zitech.dk/userwebs/ericjohs/
3. Bulletin Boards:
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The OS/2 CONNECT HTML files can be distributed free of charge.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RE-DISTRIBUTE THIS NOTICE ACCORDINGLY.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards, Tim Bryce Editor, OS/2 CONNECT M. Bryce & Associates, Inc. (MBA)
============================================================================
Topic: Library vulnerabilities in Xlib, Xt, Xmu, and Xaw Announced: 25 May
Patches: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.2/fixes/3.3.2-patch2
============================================================================
I. Background
Xlib, Xt, Xmu, and Xaw are libraries included as a part of the core X
The XFree86 Project has developed a patch to XFree86 version 3.3.2 which
V. Solution
The XFree86 Project team has released fixes for these problems. A source
Updated binaries for most OSs are also available. The updated binaries can
Note that it is important to follow the instructions in those notes
The X3322upd.tgz file is a complete replacement for the previously released
The 3.3.2-patch2 source patch file must be applied to the XFree86 3.3.2
VI. Checksums
The following is a list of MD5 digital signatures for the source patch,
Filename MD5 Digital Signature
These checksums only apply for files obtained from ftp.xfree86.org and its
VII. Credits
Topi Miettinen found the Xt translation manager buffer overflows. Paulo
============================================================================
Web Site: http://www.xfree86.org/ PGP Key:
George Embrey is: Finally On-Line!
Please note Site Address is:- http://www.pacific-telefonix.com.au
The FTP Server from Newcastle is Fantastic!!!
Great Security and works well.
____________________________________
According to our web search, portions of your site link to The MSBC
===== Paul Rickard, President of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign. =======
so, we asked Paul:
> how can you boycott MS when *you* are using it ???????
and Paul replied:
I bought this before I knew any better, and I can't use Linux as I'd
--
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SAOLC is the current tool for decoding MPEG4 files, from The Machine
For more info on MPEG-4 files see: http://sound.media.mit.edu/mpeg4/
For more info on SAOLC see: http://sound.media.mit.edu/mpeg4-old/
Available from : http://oliven.lhg.hib.no/~db96jhb/Give/
Add.Req: EMX runtime
|- Jan.H.Bergesen@_REMOVE_THIS_IF_YOURE_NOT_A_SPAMMER_.lhg.hib.no
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At the present time I have not yet tried to get on any search engines
Jim Dalton
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If you prefer not to kill time while big graphics to load, this is your
Jim L
Note: To email me delete "xx" from address.
Running MR2Ice/News 1.47a (Registered) under OS/2.
http://bobsfridge.com/win98.html
Enjoy!
-Chris WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_display/0,3440,2110597,00.html
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http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/Newsroom/98-05-19/QandA.html
Symantec will pretend to develop OS/2 support for as long as gullible users
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Voytek Eymont
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Colin L.Hildinger
and while we may not be gaining much ground, I think we are slowly closing
the gap on third place in the daily rate. We have to continue growing for
us to continue to gain, so make sure and keep recruiting.
the d.net folks are trying to make doubly sure that the clients handle the
contest transitions as smoothly as possible. I'll announce here when the
new clients are ready for general consumption and ask that you try and
update every machine you can to the latest client before the July 13 start
date. This will help Team Warped get the best jump on the competition and
increase the chance that we will find "the key" for DES II-2.
to optimize his DES routines. While this optimization won't apply to many
x86 cpus (notably the Pentium and Pentium MMX if I recall correctly), it
could vastly improve performance on many of the RISC boxes. If you have a
machine with a fast processor that doesn't particularly excel at RC5
cracking (like a Sparc or an Alpha) and it has a 24-7 connection to the
internet, you might consider running this client for the next week or two
instead of the standard RC5DES client. Info on this effort can be found
at:
your RC5-64 contribution, but in the long run it could help give d.net a
much faster DES core. Remember, to collect the full $10,000 in DES II-2, we
need to crack the code in under 10 days. We have the horsepower to make
this possible, but if the clients can go even faster, we will stand that
much better of a chance. Finally, note that this client is not pretty like
the RC5DES client, so if you're afraid of a command line, I wouldn't mess
with it.
Warped] State of the Team -- 5/27/98
===================================================================
As for team news, there is little. We continue to hold onto fourth place
at:
sure) by the return from Memorial Day weekend. In other words, we are not
really growing as much as we could. I'd like to encourage everyone to grab
the latest clients at:
the 403 build CLI client provides a generous (10%+ on some systems) speed
boost over some previous clients. Hopefully we'll have a 403 GUI version
soon.
the daily stats. Everyone try and recruit another machine. Eventually we
can take first place if we get serious about it. This is going out to over
1000 people. If 1 in 10 of us recruit a new machine this week we'd probably
be there. Talk it up on IRC and in the OS/2 newsgroups. Put your work
machine to work on this thing if you can. Remember:
there)
proxy and check the stats at:
please feel free to sign up for the team discussion list at:
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Games Editor - OS/2 e-Zine! | The Ultimate OS/2 Gaming Page | |
http://www.os2ezine.com/ | http://www.ionet.net/~colin/games.html |
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The Official Unofficial AWE32 and OS/2 Warp Page | |
http://www.ionet.net/~colin/awe32.html |
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Object Desktop 2.0 is in the works and is due sometime later this summer.
release as well as getting input from our customers, we are launching an
Early Experience program for Object Desktop 2.0.
which you'll get Object Desktop Professional 1.5 shipped with your 2.0 EE
CD (you need OD Pro because OD 2.0 comes with most of the features of the
Professional version). So technically you're buying OD Pro and the EE
version.
program for $35 in which you get the 2.0 EE CD.
of Object Desktop 2.0.
It will have all the features of OD Pro minus the Back Up program (we're
going to try to arrange an upgrade path to the new version of Back Again/2
from CDS).
Object Desktop (there are a lot more DLL's to represent the new underlying
OO structure). This is also another reason why a Fixkit #3 for OD was not
feasible.
one example, on OS/2 Warp 4, IBM's JAVA implementation doesn't respond well
to message queries. Technically we feel this is an IBM issue but
realistically we have to deal with it. The result was that the system would
hang a lot more often if you have OS/2 Warp 4 with JAVA going and Object
Desktop running so we have put in a new way of querying objects which gets
around this issue. The only bad side is that we may not be able to support
OS/2 2.11 with OD 2.0 (i.e. you'll need OS/2 Warp 3 or later).
enhancements, we hope to add a Start bar for those people who have Win95
users using their machines. You don't have to use any of these features of
course. The Control Center can monitor your internet performance now if you
have a modem (this is pretty cool). We've also added features to the base
OS/2 folder so that you can optionally put it beyond where IE 4 is on NT.
This is one of our key goals. OS/2's strength, from our view is its
stability and user interface. IBM continues to release Fixpacks for OS/2
which overall improve stability. Object Desktop 2.0 will put OS/2 again a
generation ahead of NT 5 in the UI department before it's released.
ability to record and retrieve "lay outs" giving users the ability to have
programs be launched in a particular virtual desktop. For instance, I have
an Internet layout saved and when I use it, I have PMINews in one desktop,
PM Mail in another, Netscape in another and a command prompt in the 4th.
Now I'm ready for full web browsing power. I consider this feature to be
pretty major from a productivity stand point.
included updated viewers. The filters which are the underlying part of
Object Viewers are done by a third party. They have thus far been unwilling
to update them for the usual reasons we, as OS/2 users, hear. But we will
keep on them. If we do manage to get them to update them before the
release, they'll be part of OD 2.0. If it happens after the fact, they'll
be released free (it's just a matter of copying the files into the OD
directory). But I can't make any promises about the viewers, they may not
be updated at all. They are still extremely powerful of course and handle
virtually every major program's files (from Word 95 to Autocad) but I'd
like to see Word Pro and Office 97 support which is what I'm drumming on
them for.
want to make sure it's pretty solid before we send it out.
_____________________________________________________________________
100% Pure Java mailing list management software
a look at this.
the SockMail server on any platform with a fully functional Java Virtual
Machine 1.02 or later and administrate your email addresses in a
multi-user, multi-platform environment with any Java enabled Web browser.
Windows NT/95, Unix.
multi-user client/server environment.
protection and TCP/IP filtering.
scripts.
information.
interface for unix/NT shell installations.
Java client applets and client cgi scripts for optional use.
and it works ok.
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LDAP News
IBM LDAP Toolkit for OS/2 Warp to the Software Choice web site
(www.software.ibm.com/swchoice). This toolkit should allow developers to
access LDAP services from OS/2 Warp, Warp Server, or even WorkSpace
On-Demand. Apparently these services can be accessed from 100% Pure Java
applications running on these platforms as well.
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OS/2 CONNECT - June 1998
OS/2 CONNECT newsletter.
universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/
web browsers, such as the Netscape Navigator or IBM's WebExplorer. The file
is named CON0698.ZIP which includes a 1README.TXT file describing the
newsletter and how to install it. The newsletter is being distributed
through the following channels:
section in the OS/2 Forum; select "OS/2 Publications Websites."
(/pub/incoming) ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/incoming) or (/pub/os2/newsltr)
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/purpose.htm
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.shtml (in English).
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Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia) +386-61-1253464 Interactive BBS (India)
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Information Factory(R) and Batch Manager Since 1971: "Software for the
finest computer - the Mind"
= XFree86-SA-1998:02 Security Advisory The XFree86 Project, Inc.
1998 Last Updated: 26 May 1998 Affects: All XFree86 versions up to and
including 3.3.2 Corrected: XFree86 3.3.2 patch 2 XFree86 only: no
=
Window System and are also included in every XFree86 release.
fixes problems found by our team members. The patch also includes an XPT
public patch which was recently provided by The Open Group for problems
found in the Xt library.
patch is available now at
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.2/fixes/3.3.2-patch2.
be found in the X3322upd.tgz files in the appropriate subdirectories of the
XFree86 3.3.2 binaries directory
(ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.2/binaries/). Information about
installing the updated binaries can be found in an updated version of the
XFree86 3.3.2 Release Notes. A text copy of this can be found at
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.2/RELNOTES. An on-line copy can be
viewed at http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.2/RELNOTES.html.
carefully. Also, the platform dependent files in the XFree86 3.3.2 binaries
subdirectories still contain the original buggy versions. When doing a new
XFree86 3.3.2 installation it is important to extract the X3322upd.tgz
after extracting the others.
patch1 binary update file X3321upd.tgz. It is not necessary to install
X3321upd.tgz file prior to installing X332upd.tgz.
base release after applying the previously released source patch file
3.3.2-patch1.
release notes file and updated binaries.
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3.3.2-patch2 ba4752cdab2f73e34020285043d51e14 RELNOTES
914af5bee5003b973909403eccf7f180 FreeBSD-2.2.x/X3322upd.tgz
03e88a106ba0eaeabc3f8fd9f0c209e3 FreeBSD-3.0/X3322upd.tgz
82bdbaaf872914e0cd6e69c9e5e4e684 Interactive/X3322upd.tgz
a39839a4bc0d72a8fa181634fd253fa7 Linux-axp/X3322upd.tgz
d6604b63427758ccb690827d304215d4 Linux-ix86-glibc/X3322upd.tgz
e94a88e2b4bcd70d7330b3c034232e6c Linux-ix86/X3322upd.tgz
d3f0bbad2eba045e8ccd28e8d4bcb95e LynxOS/X3322upd.tgz
0e094ddc01ec09df8c18944a4bf4ca33 NetBSD-1.2/X3322upd.tgz
e97059d4af700d2cfab642ba966a7071 NetBSD-1.3/X3322upd.tgz
5000176b71d5cc4b246547a8bf7defca OpenBSD/X3322upd.tgz
7c677a53aa11fa3ba72e6319f8febabb SVR4.0/X3322upd.tgz
8ef26f718baf47451d7b91194f50407d Solaris/X3322upd.tgz
8c0098154c755c7cef29e3cd5fcfaf03 UnixWare/X3322upd.tgz
a0e5d4faa5fb4a3a658c5601929e0475
mirrors.
Cesar Pereira de Andrade found and fixed the Xmu and related Xaw buffer
overflows. David Dawes found and fixed various library buffer overflow
problems. Theo de Raadt pointed out some buffer overflows. Tom Dickey
reviewed and updated TOG's Xaw fix.
= The XFree86 Project, Inc
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/Security/key.asc Advisories:
ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/Security/ Security notifications:
security@xfree86.org General support contact: xfree86@xfree86.org
============================================================================
Paul Rickard sent me this note:
Superlist of Anti-Microsoft Web Sites. The Superlist has now moved to
http://msbc.simplenet.com/super and our old URL is no longer active, so you
may want to update your links. Thanks.
---------------------------- <http://msbc.simplenet.com> ---------------
=========== Returning REAL Choice to The Computer Industry. ============
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like to because of a Winmodem. I have Linux, but I can't get onto the
internet with it. I'm hoping to have a real modem soon so I can use
Linux full time.
===== Paul Rickard, President of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign. =======
---------------------------- <http://msbc.simplenet.com> ---------------
=========== Returning REAL Choice to The Computer Industry. ============
Reply-to: db96jhb@mozell.hib.no (Jan H. Bergesen)
The SAOLC package has been compiled for OS/2.
Listening Group at MIT (with which I am *not* associated).
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
_____________________________________________________________________
As a long time user of OS/2 and a fairly new practitioner of building web
pages I have dedicated my first major web site to OS/2. I have tried to
list the reason for using OS/2 and dismiss the most widely perceived
problems, (i.e., no apps ,no drivers).
however. I would like before unveiling to the world comments and
suggestions from present OS/2 users on content and usability. Any links
would be appreciated. If you have any favorite screen shots you would like
to see please e-mail me without the screen shot and I will give out my ftp
site. The website is at http://www.scruznet.com/~dalton . Thanks for all
inputs.
_____________________________________________________________________
http://earth.vol.com/~lifedata//os2site1.htm has had all its links updated
- and closed sites removed.
site.
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Nader asks Gerstner to make os/2 freeware
Here is the URL http://www.jmast.se/warpx/21warp.htm
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IBM have surrendered it's AnitVirus market & clients to Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/faq/ibmav.html
will be willing to buy Norton AV product, said Gordon Eubanks, CEO of
Symantec. (Well, at least we suspect that's what he really said)
SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd
http://www.sbt.net.au/links/
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