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| Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:19:15 EST |
| From: | voytek@sbt.net.au |
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| To: | 32bits@sbt.net.au |
| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views & PRs 1/3 |
Recently, we were unable to use an IBM Etherjet LAN PC card with an IBM
TP770. With Win95, it just wouldn't see the card, with OS/2, the PC would
lock up. Following a call to IBM tech support (eventually) we ended talking
to a quite knowledgeable Win95 support techie. He quickly identified the
problem with CardSoft support, and by changing to Plug'n'Pray, the card
finally became visible to Win95 (and usable), When asked about OS/2, he
said "Sorry, you'll need to talk to OS/2 support about that " He then
suggested 'the quicker OS/2 dies, the better' When I queried him further,
he explained:
"I use OS/2 at work for the call centre software, but everywhere else, I
use Win; there is no software for OS/2, all the new stuff is for Windows."
we had a brief discussion
I said to him, the reason I use OS/2, is the OS/2 software, for example,
last night, I was downloading the Netscape 4 beta code, as well as
uploading some other stuff to the office server, whilst burning an audio
CD, but I couldn't get ThinkPad to burn CD at 4X, as
"s**t, you were burning a CD and downloading at the same time ?" he
interrupted
yeah, but I had to slow it down to 2X, the CD drive in the ThinkPad was to
slow.
"I wouldn't even try to do anything when burning a CD, it just GPFs as soon
as I try" he said
[as for the EtherJet card, actually, after the card worked once in Win95,
it thereafter worked in OS/2]
as for the CD software, I was actually testing the RSJ CDWriter, it
certainly seems quite a good app (once you figure out how to use it).
Basically, the CD-R becomes a 'removable media' and you write to it as you
would to a normal drive letter, with copy, xcopy, etc.
You can d/l a 30 day trial copy from RSJ web site. The software sells for
US$250 - however, if you're interested in a copy, please email us with
subject "RSJ CDWriter" ; if we can find enough interest, we can get it
substantially cheaper. And it does support the latest CD-RW drives like the
new Yamaha SCSI CD-RW (no, not-SCSI CD-Rs or CD-RW are NOT supported)
FixPack 6 & 7 CDs, as well as other 'goodies' on a CD: we have had a number
of enquiries, if you're interested in purchasing such CD, please email us
with subject "FixPack CD"
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Hi OS/2 afficionados.
As most of you know it, I have been very interested and involved in the
OS/2 market these last 10 years via my previous company ISS and my product
RSM-PolyPM/2.
So, even if I was a little bit "sleeping" these last 18 months, I still
have projects for that environment.
However, before to really spend a small fortune on it, I need some help to
make a survey and to decide if it's still worth to invest in product
development for Warp, or not!
One of my new opportunities is with regard to a pure software solution that
optimizes IP networks performances and gives a gain with a ratio of 5 to 15
times faster to any client-server applications running on an IP network,
including the "Net" and any Web based applications.
This solution is almost ready for Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, Windows NT and
different flavors of Unix, but we have to decide if we provide it also for
Warp or not (both for the client and/or the server parts).
So, to do so, I am looking for a way to contact the maximun of OS/2 users,
and I wonder if any of you have any clues to who I should contact to obtain
this kind of lists since my goal is to realize a huge mailing to obtain
responses from a maximum of these users.
Any help will be realy appreciated.
Best regards. Philippe-Charles Krug-Basse. Advanced Software Solutions.
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Snow Storm Software Registered User Update
*** now playing at www.SnowStormSoftware.com ***
*** Escape GL V2.2 for OS/2 Update *** Escape GL has been updated to V2.2
and is available free of charge for registered Escape GL V2 users at:
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/updates.html
This update includes ongoing performance and stability improvements, new
default settings, and expanded custom module support.
*** Escape GL V2.1 for Windows *** Escape GL is now available for Windows
95/98/NT. Now enjoy Escape GL at work as well as at home, included in
Escape GL for Windows are all of the modules contained in the popular OS/2
version including the powerful VRML module.
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/escapegl.html
Special! Limited time offer: Until August 31, 1998, Escape GL V2.1 for
Windows is available to all Escape GL for OS/2 users for only $15US. The
full copy price is identical to the OS/2 product, $25US.
*** New Escape GL for OS/2 Clock Module *** New in the gallery is an Escape
GL for OS/2 Clock module developed by Eugen Kuleshov. Both a digital
version and a full text version are available. Coming soon from Eugen is a
floating text module similar to that available under Windows. Find them at:
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/gallery.html
*** Escape GL V2 Developers Toolkits *** Developers Toolkits are now
available for both the OS/2 and Windows versions of Escape GL. Both are
free of charge for Escape GL users. These toolkits allow you to easily
develop 3D OpenGL modules and run them under Escape GL. Download them now
at:
http://www.snowstormsoftware.com/updates.html
*** Thank You *** Snow Storm Software thanks you for your support.
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RSM support offer:
Once a customer has purchased R.S.M, he will have a 60-day warranty
period in which : - He will have unlimited access to our Technical Support
Department (telephone, E-mail, Web, Fax) - We will make available to him,
upon request, any corrective updates produced (example : 4.1A2 to 4.1A3)
Once these 60 days elapsed, such technical support and updates will no
longer be available. Your customer will have to subscribe to one of the
following services :
SUPPORT SERVICE This service offers the following advantages : - Unlimited
access to the Technical Services - Availability of corrective updates upon
request Duration : 1 year Price : 10 % of public price
UPGRADE SERVICE To benefit from this service, your customer must own the
version currently being sold commercially. If he owns previous versions,
we offer special upgrade prices.
1- Special Upgrade prices From 2.0 to 4.2 : 35% of public price From 3.0 to
4.2 : 30% From 3.1 to 4.2 : 25% From 4.0 to 4.2 : 20% From 4.1 to 4.2 : 15%
2 - Presentation of the Service - Availability of new versions (major and
intermediary : automatically) and corrective (upon request) - 30-day
Upgrade assistance - Customization migration procedure Duration : 1 year
Price : 15% of public price
PREMIUM SERVICE To benefit from this service, your customer must own the
version currently being sold commercially. If he owns previous versions,
we offer special upgrade prices.
1- Special Upgrade prices From 2.0 to 4.2 : 35% of public price From 3.0 to
4.2 : 30% From 3.1 to 4.2 : 25% From 4.0 to 4.2 : 20% From 4.1 to 4.2 : 15%
2 - Presentation of the Service - Availability of new versions (major and
intermediary : automatically) and corrective (upon request) - Unlimited
hotline access (telephone, e-mail, fax, web) - Upgrade assistance -
Customization migration procedure - Access to Beta test program upon
request Duration : 1 year Price : 20% of public price
During the 60-day warranty period if your customer purchases one of these
services, he will benefit from this service for a period of 2 + 12 months.
If he subscribes to one of these services contract after the 60-day
warranty period, he will only benefit from this service for 12 months.
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Phoenix Software e-News Flash #2
Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Progress Report Update 3. RAQ:
Answers To Recently Asked Questions 4. Technology Insight: Creating
Database Scenes In The Think Tool Pro 5. Commentary: Why OS/2 Will
Continue To Flourish 6. Coming Next Issue 7. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Welcome to Phoenix Software e-News Flash #2. 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 web site 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. We are still in
the process of completing bug fixing and testing. We will make an
announcement when it is nearly complete.
However, we have had a change of plans: we ARE NOW PLANNING TO DO A SECOND,
OPEN BETA. We had previously announced that we would not be doing a second
beta. However we have changed our plans to ensure the highest level of
product quality and compatibility. You will be required to register to
participate, but anyone can register. If you would like to participate,
please go to the beta 2 registration form found at
http://www.phxsoft.com/beta2.html.
Please note that this will primarily NOT be a "bug fix" beta. We have been
extensively testing for, and correcting bugs, so this should not be a
highly buggy beta. This also is not primarily a "feature" beta test. The
feature set for this version of the Think Tool Pro is primarily closed.
This beta is primarily a "usability" beta and a compatibility beta. There
are simply to many possible software combinations out there for us to test
them all. So we are primarily looking for your feedback on how we can make
the Think Tool Pro more pleasurable and easier to use, and for
compatibility issues. Of course, as always, we are open to any bug reports
and/or feature suggestions you might have.
We are not yet ready to begin this second beta, but we will be ready within
the next few weeks. If you want to participate, you need to register soon.
We will provide all the details to those who have registered when we are
ready to begin the program. For the latest information on this topic, stay
tuned to the Phoenix Software news page at
http://www.phxsoft.com/news.html and the beta 2 registration page at
http://www.phxsoft.com/beta2.html.
3. RAQ: Answers To Recently Asked Questions
This is a section that will regularly answer questions that you have asked
in recent email messages, and that have not been answered elsewhere.
Q: Why haven't there been more news updates from Phoenix Software? A:
Because there really hasn't been much news to update you on. We continue to
work diligently on completing the beta and shipping versions of the Think
Tool Pro, and will have more information when they are ready. 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
Q: When will the Think Tool Pro be complete and available? A: As we
mentioned above, we hope to start an open beta 2 program within the next
few weeks. The length of time it will take for the final version to be
released will depend on the feedback we get from that beta.
Q: Why is it taking so long? A: The Think Tool Pro is a very large,
powerful and comprehensive product. The normal application development time
for the first version of a new software product is at least 2 years. That
is approximately how long we have been working on it (so that must mean it
should be done soon. :-)
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.
Q: Do you use a CASE tool or a "modeling tool" for developing the "front
end" of the Think Tool Pro? A: No. The dynamic reconfigurability should
not be thought of as a CASE tool. CASE tools create diagrams of
programming development work. CASE tools are much more geared to
programmers/developers. The Think Tool Pro's dynamic reconfigurability does
not rely on diagramming, but instead has that "intelligence" built in. The
Think Tool Pro is geared much more to end users than developers, unlike
CASE tools.
4. Technology Insight: Creating Database Scenes In The Think Tool Pro
This is a section that will regularly provide insights and information
about features included in Phoenix Software products.
This newsletter covers how to create database scenes in the Think Tool Pro.
This issue's Technology Insight section will be posted on the Phoenix
Software web site at http://www.phxsoft.com/howto2.html on 98-08-04.
5. Commentary: Why OS/2 Will Continue To Flourish
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.
Many people, mostly those with incomplete knowledge/information, insist
that OS/2's days are numbered - usually citing a variety of reasons.
However we see a future where OS/2 continues to flourish. Why? OS/2 will
continue to flourish for many reasons.
First, the new incarnation of OS/2, WorkSpace On Demand (WSoD), has been
selling extremely well. Few people are aware that IBM sold significantly
more copies of WSoD in the first six months of 1998 then they did of OS/2
in ALL of 1997 (cited from several IBM representatives responsible for
sales of various products within IBM). For example, the July 1998 issue of
LAN Times had an article about OS/2 which quotes the vice president of an
outsourcing and service provider company as saying "WorkSpace On-Demand has
taken us completely by surprise because customers who have historically
said no to OS/2 are now asking how fast [they] can deploy this [WSoD]."
This is but one example.
The success of WSoD came as somewhat of a surprise to some people in IBM,
and as a result they are now investing more resources into the product.
Initially WSoD was positioned to be a transition platform for enterprises
to move to Java thin clients with large servers on the server side.
However, interestingly, many of the enterprises that have deployed WSoD
have been so satisfied with WSoD and so dissatisfied with Java clients that
they have decided that they want to stay with WSoD clients indefinitely
(to IBM's consternation). (Stay tuned to the Phoenix Software web site for
a white paper comparing various managed client options such as WSoD,
Windows terminals, Java thin clients and X Windows.) However WSoD still
lacks applications that take advantage of this excellent architecture. At
Phoenix Software part of our mission is to provide enterprise users with
managed client/server applications and solutions that truly take advantage
of the WSoD architecture.
Second, OS/2 has a loyal user base - both in the enterprise market and in
the end user market. Many CIOs of companies have said to me they would
rather change jobs than have to switch from OS/2.
There are also many loyal end users of OS/2 and developers of applications
for OS/2. There are probably more applications available now for OS/2 than
there ever have been. OS/2 now has three quality office sweets (Lotus
Smart Suite, Star Office Suite, and Sundial Systems office applications).
Netscape Communicator 4 is about to be released for OS/2. Not to mention
the world's greatest database and PIM, Think Tool Pro (shameless plug).
Many, many shareware and freeware programs continue to be written for OS/2.
Most every user need can be met with an application for OS/2 today.
Suffice it to say there are still many OS/2 programs and many loyal users
who depend on OS/2.
Additionally, IBM continues development of OS/2. Inaccurate press articles
aside, IBM continues development of both OS/2 server AND client. OS/2 Warp
Server 5 (code named Aurora) will go into beta late this year and will be
released early in 1999. The information that IBM provides at
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/aurora/aurowp.html about the next
version of OS/2 Warp Server indicates that not only are they continuing to
invest in OS/2, but they are investing MORE in OS/2 now than they have
previously! IBM is also planning on releasing a new version of the WSoD
client in late 1998, and continues to release many new improvements on the
OS/2 Warp 4 "fat" client. These improvements will ultimately be the
equivalent of a new "fat" client, it will simply not be called "OS/2 fat
client version 5."
Finally, IBM can not afford to discontinue OS/2 development. OS/2 itself is
not a large revenue generator for IBM. However almost all of the large
customers that IBM relies on for revenue use OS/2. They like OS/2. They
spend lots of money on non-OS/2 products. But IBM would lose many of these
customers if IBM dropped OS/2 support. Therefore IBM CAN NOT and WILL NOT
stop development and support of OS/2.
This "new" (not really new) role of OS/2 may not please many of the small
business and end users of OS/2. But IBM continues to support these users
as well through continued development of the Warp 4 client as well as
through IBM's Software Choice program.
At Phoenix Software we believe that OS/2 will continue to be a viable
platform choice and we also intend to provide products and solutions for
both IBM's enterprise customers, as well as for smaller scale users of
OS/2 and WSoD.
6. Coming Next Issue
The Latest Progress Report Update
RAQ: Answers To Recently Asked Questions
Technology Insight: Data Object Type Validity Checking And Universal File
Format Intelligence
Commentary: Why We Are Developing For OS/2 First, And Why We Are Also
Developing For Other OSs
7. Conclusion
Thank you for taking the time to keep up to date on Phoenix Software and
our products.
We will send out subsequent Phoenix Software e-News Flash messages as new
events and information become available.
Please send us your feedback! Send any comments, questions or feedback you
have on this newsletter or Phoenix Software to: feedback@phxsoft.com or
fill out our online survey at http://www.phxsoft.com/survey.html.
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F/X Communications Releases Tunnel/2 Version 1.20
If you are not yet up to speed on Virtual Private Networks (and how
one can save your business big money in communications costs), drop
by our Web site for a quick look:
Tunnel/2 v1.20 IMPROVEMENTS:
- TCP/IP - Improved v4.1 support
- Security - Military grade encryption plugin
- Compression - Time proven algorithm plugin
- Packet Filtering - Full filtering capable plugin
- Optional separate routing for Tunnel and Web traffic
- A few minor bug and performance fixes
- Documentation and Web-site refreshed
- Mail list introduced
Tunnel/2 FEATURES:
- Static IP number for every Tunnel Slave
- Two-Way Dial-On-Demand
- Socket connections live through PPP served address changes
- Extensive packet buffering ensures TCP/IP connections
- Built-in trace aids setup
- RSA1024/DES56 Encryption secures business on the Internet
- Wide range of packet filtering options
- Compression available to reduce pre-encryption data size
- Custom plugin development kit available for special needs
- Famous F/X Communication's quality support
- Y2K compliant
- Low resource using Telnet controllable tools
-- Bjarne Jensen
President, F/X Communications.
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IBM clings to OS/2 Dominance (or, why Kevin runs on OS/2)
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.
>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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= Greatly appreciating News, etc. So I'm in Chicago wishing I was still
going to be here for Warpstock!
Rob
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only to RRAVEN@IBM.NET Spider Web Page Http://www.uq.edu.au/~qmrraven
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= |from Warp FM |Smart Reseller: " Nader to Gerstner: Free OS/2", Mary Jo
Foley, 6/8/98 [snip] |NOTE: IBM will not give away the OS/2 source code
because it has |invested a lot of money into OS/2 and it is still a
product sold to |customers -- medium to large enterprises. IBM continues
to develop OS/2 |and plans to release a new version of WorkSpace On-Demand
later this |year and a new version of OS/2 Warp Server early next year. IBM
also |continues to update the client version of OS/2 Warp via the Software
|Choice Internet delivery site. |#####
|but IBM forgot to reply to the main question: |IBM will not be offering
OS/2 on the IBM hardware because......
---------------------------- Subject: IBM's reply to Nader
Hmm, I wonder how many people here read Mary Jo's actual article? IBM very
much took her comments out of context.
In fact, Mary Jo and I did a "tag team" interview of Stephanie Rasmussen,
IBM's PR person for OS/2, right after the Nader story came out. Mary Jo and
I talked about writing an article about the subject, if we could get enough
information to make it worthwhile to do so.
IBM was completely unprepared for Nader's letter, and had no pre-written
statement. Stephanie (who I hasten to mention is a very nice person) said
that if she couldn't answer a question, she'd talk to the appropriate
person to *get* an answer. The only item she was able to start with was a
sentence very much like "IBM won't give away the OS/2 kernal" (that's from
memory, mind you, not necessarily an exact quote) which obviously came from
someone upstairs.
I thought that particular wording was fascinating. The key word was that
they said "kernal." Okay, I said, IBM won't give away the OS/2 kernal, but
how do you define "kernal"? Where does it begin, and where does it end? At
one extreme, IBM Works isn't part of the kernal... does that mean that it
could be up for grabs?
More importantly, is SOM considered part of the kernal? It could be argued
that the kernal doesn't go past what we'd call "text mode" -- and lots of
vertical/corporate apps don't use the WPS at all. The WPS is based on SOM
and couldn't work without it. Plus, SOM has already been discontinued by
IBM and is no longer formally supported... and it's in use in other
operating systems, not just OS/2. That would imply that IBM could release
the source code for SOM without hurting OS/2... since IBM clearly doesn't
care enough about SOM to support the functionality any more. But it could
*really* help the OS/2 development community a great deal to have their
hands on the code.
(I wasn't so interested in where *I* would draw the line on "what's the
kernal?" but where *they* would do so.)
Plus, I pointed out, IBM has a history of quietly making source code
available. You can find the source code for OpenDoc on one of the developer
CD-ROMs, Bill tells me. (I thought that I was handing an opportunity to IBM
to sound good, "See, we already do that where it seems appropriate to us!")
Of course, this was completely over the head of Stephanie, who's a
marketing/PR person and not a techie. (How many ordinary users have a clue
what "os kernal" means, after all?) She said she'd ask the appropriate
people for an answer. I'll post her reply in its entirety -- which I found
to be too much of a non-answer to build an article around.
>> In answer to your question yesterday about what we do give away and what
we would give away in the future. We never give away any of the OS/2 kernel
and we will not do that in the future. There are examples of us giving away
pieces of the source code in the past. We have given away source code that
would allow companies to maximise OS/2's capabilities. Examples include
OS/2 DASD, which was given to the developer community to help them access
the harddrive, and sample device drivers that show IHVs the best way to
write device drivers for OS/2. We have also given away technologies that we
want to see distributed throughout the industry. One example is the OS/2
Warp Developer's Kit for Java 1.1.6. We posted a free preview of this code
just three days after Sun released it. We have also posted for free the
OS/2 Warp Developer's Kit for Java 1.1.4 and for Java 1.1. We will follow
this same pattern for giving away source code in the future. <<
Not a mention of my SOM example, much less answering the *real* question.
Like so many of IBM's answers, it's a wonderful answer to a question that I
didn't ask. (Who cares about sample code for developers, in this context?!)
Of course, the response most telling is in the excerpt Voytek posted from
WarpFM:
|invested a lot of money into OS/2 and it is still a product sold to
|customers -- medium to large enterprises.
Ah. I see. Unless I'm a medium to large enterprise, I'm not a customer --
even if I gave IBM a significant part of my IS budget.
OTOH, the tiny bit of good news hidden in there is the "medium"... when did
that sneak back in?
In any case, this is a supremely good example of how poorly IBM works with
the press. Mary Jo and I went out of our way to cover this, and we didn't
get an answer clear enough that we could write about it. She and I just
(digitally) exchanged a sigh, and went back to whatever we were working on.
-- Esther Schindler Technology Editor Sm@rt Reseller
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book -- I'll waste no time reading
it. -- Moses Hadas, reviewer (1900-1966)
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A ten year old child can access every variety of explicit pornography on
the web, without trying. In fact, during every minute of every day,
children are doing so. Even by accident, or by innocently following a link
on a web page, a child can stumble across sexually explicit photographs
with the click of a mouse. Pornographic content on the Internet is more
sensational, more obscene, more plentiful, and more accessible than
anything found on newsstands.
My wife and I have become increasingly concerned about the accessibility
and growth of pornography on the Internet. Tens of thousands of web sites
are available. Every day, new web sites appear. Many are free and supported
by advertising. Others offer unrestricted previews as enticements to spend
money or provide information. The people and companies who provide and
promote pornography sites work to stay ahead of the many good filtering
programs on the market. More effective blocking tools that can be more
widely distributed are needed.
I work for InnoVal Systems Solutions, a company in Harrison, New York that
specializes in software for the Internet. I asked the employees of InnoVal
to create a more effective filtering tool with a price model and
distribution method that would enable us to get the software into as many
homes as possible through schools, churches, synagogues, and businesses.
InnoVal's employees responded to the challenge. I am pleased to announce
Web Willy Watch 3.0 and our new Every Family and Single Family licensing
options. We have released a Windows 95/98/NT version and we will soon
release a native OS/2 version.
Web Willy Watch provides:
several different methods for detecting and blocking pornographic material.
We have found that a single-method tool is generally less satisfactory than
one that combines different methods.
secured records of web sites that have been visited so that parents can
monitor what their children are looking at and how much time they are
spending on the web.
filters for preventing our children from revealing certain information such
as their name, email address, or where they live. Chat rooms can be a
dangerous area where unwary children might disclose such information. So,
too, are some very creative Java applets, often disguised as innocent
games.
an easy and quick way for parents to switch the software between secure and
non-secure mode with a simple password.
additional features, above and beyond safety features, such as offline
browsing and advanced bookmarks.
The Every Family and Single Family Options are designed to make Web Willy
Watch accessible to everyone.
A Single family licenses costs only $20.00.
For schools, churches, and synagogues the Every Family license enables a
qualifying institution to distribute Web Willy Watch to the families it
serves. A school, PTA, or student group may purchase an every-family
license for $159.00 and distribute copies of the software to the parents of
all students who attend the school. Similarly, a church or synagogue may
purchase an every-family license for $159.00 and provide copies to every
family in a congregation or parish. Web Willy Watch may be placed on a
church, synagogue, school, or personal web site as a method of distribution
to families.
I am not recommending that parents turn over responsibility for supervising
children to software. Particularly with younger children, parents should be
involved. Web Willy Watch is a safeguard because inappropriate adult-only
sites are there and can be accidentally and innocently accessed.
For more information please visit www.webwilly.com, visit our home page at
www.innoval.com or write to us at innoval@ibm.net.
Thank you!
Dan Porter, President InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc.
------------------------------------------- >I have some undeletable
folders/files/objects (actually, a very old DESKTOP >backup with it's
objects. > >Once upon a time, BlackHole would nuke it, but I no longer have
Black >Hole... > >what can I use it to nuke it ?
Try:
NULLFILE C:\Desktop\XXX /SND
The/S means subdirectories, the /N means no wipe (just a delete) and /D
means take the direcoties out as well.
-Chris
WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
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While OS/2 like the Beta video format has not attracted the large games
publishers it is not devoid of games. The following is some information
I've compiled for your interest.
The OS/2 community is getting in there and doing it. The following are some
URLs and articles about games under OS/2.
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---- Classic Space Invaders and Pacman included here:
http://www.chez.com/ccaissotti/jeuxos2a.htm
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---- OS/2 Developer Armin Schwarz to Exhibit at Warpstock '98
Armin Schwarz, developer of a number of OS/2 applications, including the
popular House/2 home automation application, announced today that he will
be exhibiting his OS/2 applications at Warpstock '98.
According to Schwarz. "Last year I attended Warpstock as an ordinary
attendee, but it's clear to me that the magic of Warpstock makes it a
must-go for an OS/2 developer like me."
Schwarz not only will exhibit House/2, which allows operation of the X10
home automation devices, , but also the popular children's Memory
Game,Warpradio, a PM program to control the RadioActive FM Radio card, and
Leave One, an addictive puzzle game similar to Pegged. Schwarz also
develops industrial control applications, and they will also be exhibited
at Warpstock.
All of Schwarz's applications are housed at the Warped Code Cellar at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/aschw/ .
Further information may be obtained from Aschw@compuserve.com, and the
Warpstock home page can be found at http://www.warpstock.org ..
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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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------- | There's a review and interview of Stardock's Entrepreneur AI
developer Brad Wardell at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/4330/index.html
Entrepreneur is a real time strategy game that runs on OS/2, Windows 95,
and NT. Version 1.1 will be generally available on Wednesday March 11 at
most stores with a free upgrade at http://www.stardock.com.
Entrepreneur's AI has been praised by the game magazines and players alike.
Wardell gives some of his AI development strategies in the interview.
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Stardock News: July 1998
Topics ---------- * Stellar Frontier 0.86 Available! * Troops Star Wars
video hilarious * New WindowFX available for Object Desktop Network (for
Windows) * Object Desktop Network now available on commerce server *
PlusPak: Themes now available on commerce server for $19.95 * Process
Commander on sale for $39.95 * Object Desktop 2.0 for OS/2 news...
* Stellar Frontier 0.86 Available! *
The on-line game, Stellar Frontier is cranking along with the new release
of 0.86. In Stellar Frontier, you command a star ship and must help your
side take over a star system against other players on the Internet.
If you have the beta, go to http://www.stardock.com and click on the update
link. If you don't have Stellar Frontier, you can order/download it at
http://www.outreach.com/cgi-bin/stardock
* Troops Star Wars video hilarious * If you have a pretty good Internet
connection, go to http://www.theforce.net where you can see a Stars Wars
take off on the popular TV show "Cops". Probably the funniest thing I've
seen on the Internet since the Southpark video.
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------- | http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/index.html From here you can
access the download point for the new Netscape for OS/2 with improved
plugin support - read the guff.
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm
http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/os2/os2info.html
http://www.dessus.com http://www.warpstock.org/index.html
http://www.iaehv.nl/users/armand/swoverview.html
http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~jin/os2gear.htm
Stardock has published some OS/2 games http://www.stardock.com/
** Probably the best pages follows*** This is run by the Cinnicinatti OS/2
User Group. http://www.os2ss.com/masterupdate/masterupdate.html
There are some OS/2 games on a BMT micro CD-ROM which you can have for $12.
You can have a look first. Check out BMT's site: http://www.bmtmicro.com
Last but not least, remember that OS/2 will mostly play DOS and Windows
3.1x games OK. For example we play Nascar2 and Flight Simulator 5.1 OK.
Regards Victor
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FORBES: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF LOTUS
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0810/6209106a.htm
Latest issue of Forbes magazine discusses how IBM's purchase of Lotus has
turned sour. Forbes points out the departure of key Notes developers and
business partners, and the number of Lotus flagship accounts that are now
deploying Microsoft Exchange.
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FREE PRODUCTS! FREE UNIX! FREE ACCESSORIES! SCO provides a free license to
use its popular UNIX systems, including SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare, to
anyone in the world who wants to use it for personal and non-commercial
purposes. Download or order, at: http://www.sco.com/offers/
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Caldera have two different configurations of the operating system
(OpenLinux): Base and Standard.
Base is the "basic" entry level system. It includes all the normal Linux
stuff. "Standard" adds all sorts of luxury extras that are useful for ....
say an Netscape FastTrack Intranet server on a Netware network & includes
more "commercial licenses". See my summary below.
For a basic new PC - all you need is "base". "Standard" is necessary only
if you need the extra features.
"Base" comes bundled 3 ways:
* Caldera OpenLinux Base 1.2 (Jewel Case Edition) (all docs on disk, make
boot disks from CD - includes StarOffice non-commercial)
* StarOffice 4.0 (Commercial) with OpenLinux Base 1.2 (all docs on disk,
make boot disks from CD - includes StarOffice commercial)
* Caldera OpenLinux Base 1.2 (comes with real books and boot disks -
includes StarOffice non-commercial)
OpenLinux Base 1.2 operating system ----------------------------------- A
secure 32-bit Linux based workstation/server solution that integrates with
existing systems such as Novell NetWare, Windows NT, UNIX and others, runs
on Intel compatible PCs - including laptops - with 16 MB or greater of RAM.
This is an entry-level system and includes the easy to use Looking Glass
graphical desktop with file typing and drag and drop, NDS aware Novell
NetWare Client, Java Development Toolkit (JDK), Netscape Communicator, BRU
2000 (Personal Edition), StarOffice 4.0 Internet Productivity Suite
(non-commercial license), DR-DOS 7.02 (non-commercial license) and the
Linux 2.0.33 kernel.
OpenLinux Standard 1.2 ---------------------- This is Caldera's commercial
server product. It includes all the features of "Base" and adds: Commercial
license for StarOffice and DR-DOS, NDS and Bindery administration tools for
Novell NetWare. Netscape FastTrack Server and Adabase-D SQL database
(personal edition).
we can offer StarOffice 4.0 Office Suite for Linux¸ (commercial
license). The promotional RRP is $89.95 (regularly $179), and will be
effective through August 31, 1998. StarOffice 4.0 features:
> > --Word processor
> > --Spreadsheet
> > --Graphic and presentation package
> > --Web browser with HTML editor
> > --Graphical desktop
can you cross-grade to OS/2 Star Office: ? we don't know, sorry
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If you go to http://www.support.tivoli.com/ and click on System View Agent
and download a full SNMP/DMI enabler for OS/2. It includes SNMPWALK and
many other tools.
In addition you may enjoy the following link re NT5:
http://www2.idg.com.au/nwwdb.NSF/mailout/NT00004742
NT WINS, UNIX IS DEAD, SAY KIWI USERS (Source: Australian Reseller Network)
"Non-Microsoft PC operating systems ... are finished in the corporate
world." With statements like this one, the latest Dataquest survey of
usage patterns in the New Zealand IT environment is sure to stir up a
hornet's nest. http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=21217
-------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Apache
1.3.1 released
Apache 1.3.1 webserver has been released and there's an OS/2 port available
now at
http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/os2/apache_1.3.1-os2.zip
Xavi
--- Judge a tree from its fruit; not from the leaves.
Euripides (B.C. 480-406)
The update for Java 1.1.6 is finally available at
ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/116/ and
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/software/java/fixes/os2/11/116/
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C. E. Falany"
One of the techs was out checking on an OS2 based server at a customer
The customer uses a mixed bag of vendors for different platforms.
Says the NT tech: 'Why do you guys use OS2 so much?'
Says our tech: '..because we like to build a server and not worry about it.
NT tech: 'We're out here on service calls every week. How do you guys make
Our tech: (silence)
C. E. Falany ComputerMAX, Inc. 802 E. Baker St., Ste. 3 Plant City, FL
------------------------------------------------------ making a bootable
> > http://www.onlineinc.com/cdrompro/CP1995/AugCP95/starrett.html
Here is a better one that has SOFTWARE which can grab a disk image (floppy,
http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~gigo/bootcd/index_e.html
//pls let us know if you make an OS/2 bootable CD //
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whilst some users reported problems installing N/2 ver 4, most found it as
Download was quite fast; Instructions helpful; Install was uneventfull;
I'll try it out for a while and let you know how it goes.
Cheers, KathyW.
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OS/2: The Operating System Windows Keeps Trying to Be
Beginner/Intermediate
OS/2 is a true multi-tasking 32-bit operating system. Both the operating
Thurday, August 20th
at California Computer Expo at San Diego
http://webserver.computoredge.com/semlist.htm#14
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I have started receiving email circulars from SBT recently. I don't know
Possibly this follows from a contact I may have had with you (I can't
-------------------------- Geoff Harrod Technical Editor, Multi-CAD
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voytek eymont
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site.
We lock it in a closet somewhere and check on it every six months or so.'
any money?'
33566 813-752-9243 URL= http://www.cmax2.com
CD:
hard drive, etc) and automate the process of setting up the bootable CD
settings in the ISO image:
Kathy did:
Documentation excessive (as per usual for IBM - but better than none at all
;-) Initial impressions: Well, it works (until Sept 30); looks like NN4.05
does on my Mac; graphic images display with banding (known bug with fixpack
6 and over) until the browser window is resized; problem Java sites that
won't load properly on NN2.02 crash and burn 4.04
platforms I REALLY miss that "Open" icon ... it was handy.
system and programs written specifically for OS/2 are very stable, with
system shutdowns a rarity. This seminar will demonstrate OS/2 and some of
its uses, and outline advantages, disadvantages and obstacles faced when
using this powerful operating system.
how I got on the mailing list, but it appears your repertoire is mainly
OS/2 oriented, and since I have no interest whatever in OS/2, and do not
know anyone who can run OS/2-specific software, it is probably a waste
keeping me on the list.
remember the firm's name) concerning an OS/2 CAD system from Italy, called
BlueCAD. I am tech editor of a CAD magazine, and do reviews of CAD
products. But that review never eventuated as couldn't find anyone who had
any CAD knowledge who ran OS/2, except for two who 'dabble' with OS/2 a bit
out of technical interest. But they never came up with anything, as they
had difficulties with it. Really, OS/2 is a total non-issue in the CAD and
engineering field, regardless of its theoretical potential. If you have
firm info to the contrary I'm open to be enlightened.
Magazine CAD consultant, Technical writer
sbt information systems
44 chippen street
chippendale nsw 2008
www.sbt.net.au/links/
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