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| Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:15:52 EST |
| From: | SBT Information Systems <sbtaus@ibm.net > |
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| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views and PRs 9-5-97 |
OS/2 News, Views and PRs 29-4-97
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this week in the press:
ComputerWorld had two stories, one titled:
"IBM to ride on OS/2 failure"
actually, it might have been
"IBM to ride on NT success"
/last para said:/
This is why we are in a good position to win with NT," Attal said. Despite
its energetic support for NT however, the company still has no plans to
abandon OS/2 (see story below). "We will continue to invest in OS/2. The
banking industry is still very committed to the product, Attal said.
follow up story was:
"OS/2 upgrade to manage PCs "
ARMONK, New York - Next week, IBM will introduce a new version of OS/2 Warp
with features that will allow corporate users to better man- age remote
full-blown desktop and portable systems as we t as network computers. The
new version, code- named Blue Bird will help users lower their overall( PC
and software cost of owner- ship. It will not replace the existing desktop
version of OS/2 W IBM wilt continue to sell bož Blue Bird is centered on
many, but not all, of the core capabilities of OS/2 Warp. It will offer
users the option of having a browser based inter- face, but it will not
contain the long-standing Workplace Shell interface. Although the pro- uct
can be used with IBM's NetStation thin client it may be better suited for
traditional full-blown PCs, sources said. "Its all about helping users
better manage all sorts of desktop systems and to help protect the huge
investments they have made," said one IBM official. IBM is making the
browser interface optional because it expects that many of its cor- porate
accounts do not need browsers for the Internet to do their work - Ed
Scannell
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Subject: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
To: OS2-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL
Deep Blue is playing Kasparov a regular Chess Match in a rematch.
This match now stands at 2-2. Game 4 was a draw. Things are looking good
for Deep Blue as it is not getting blown out of the water this time.
David
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swordedg@ntrnet.net
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-- Daddy, I know why Apollo 13 failed, Forrest Gump flew it! --
-- David Eckard --
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Domino.Merchant and Domino.Action for OS/2
May 7, 1997 6:15 PM ET
Domino.Merchant and Domino.Action for OS/2
By Christy Walker
*; IBM and Lotus Development Corp. today made available two Domino business
applications for OS/2 Warp users.
Lotus' Domino.Action and Domino.Merchant, both based on the Lotus Domino
server, help companies Web-enable their business-critical applications.
Domino.Action enables organizations to set up an intranet or Internet presence
and includes the templates for creating a home page, a press release library,
job postings, policy manuals and a discussion area.
"Our business partners are using Domino.Action to quickly prototype Web sites
to their customers. They use a skeleton version, go to the customer and flesh
it out with additional options," said Keith McCall, director of Lotus' Domino
Applications Division, in Cambridge, Mass.
Lotus' commerce tool, Domino.Merchant, lets companies create business
applications such as a Web-based store and conduct electronic commerce
transactions.
Priced at $US1,295 per server, Domino.Merchant for OS/2 will be available
for trial at www.net.lotus.com by month's end. Domino.Action for OS/2, a
free product, is accessible for download today at the same address.
Versions of Domino.Merchant and Domino.Action for AIX, HP-UX and Solaris will
ship this quarter, officials said, and for OS/400 and MVS by year's end.
IBM is at www.ibm.com. Lotus is at www.lotus.com.
we are at www.ozemail.com.au/~sbt
Copyright(c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0505/07edom.html
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Look what I found. Could we finally have MS Office on OS/2!?!?!??
ComputerWorld via Individual Inc. : Has Microsoft given up on ActiveX? It
sure looks like it from the way Microsoft's top people have
clammed up about it. Microsoft's masters may be many things stubborn,
hardheaded, single-minded but even they can smell the coffee.
And right now, the Information Highway to riches is awash in Java.
A year ago, things were different.
Microsoft's tried-and-true, industrial-strength component system had been
rechristened as an Internet technology called ActiveX. The
mighty Microsoft marketing machine had cranked up, and the A-word was
everywhere. And that cute, immature little Java language that
Sun was giving away free wouldn't stand a chance no way, nohow, never.
ATTENTION SHIFTS
But last month, when Bill Gates gave a keynote address at the Software
Development West conference in San Francisco, he barely
mentioned ActiveX.
Meanwhile, a Java show across the street was logging more attendees than
any other development conference. A week later, at
Microsoft's own Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Java was on
everyone's lips and ActiveX again got scarcely a mention.
The trouble isn't just that ActiveX runs only on Windows, or that ActiveX
components are huge compared with Java applets, or that
ActiveX has security holes you could empty a Dumpster through. That sort
of technical difficulty has never stopped Microsoft from making
a successful product.
The real problem is that nobody really cares. ActiveX has become the
Microsoft Bob of the Internet development world.
Now understand, ActiveX is ActiveBob only when it comes to Internet
development. Corporate developers are stillusing ActiveX
components for regular desktop applications, with tools such as
Microsoft's Visual Basic and Sybase's PowerBuilder and Borland's
Delphi.Using them? Heck, developers can't get enough of them.
But on the Internet, there's no contest it's Java.
And for Microsoft, that's a strategic catastrophe. The company's whole
business model is built on owning markets. If a huge new market
called the Internet opens up, Microsoft can't afford to trail for very
long. And with ActiveX Microsoft's No. 1 Internet market-grabber on
the skids, that spells trouble.
HOW TO REMEDY?
So what will Microsoft do to regain some Internet momentum? The answer
seems pretty obvious: Office for Java.
Look, forget the denials from Redmond. If Microsoft can't dominate
inInternet development technology, theonly choice left is to grab
market share in office applications.
Microsoft gets half its revenue from applications. Java probably will be
on more desktops than the Apple Macintosh in a year. Do the
math.
Sure, there's a technical challenge. It won't be easy to translate all
that Microsoft Office C++ code to Java. But Microsoft has already
converted its class libraries to Java and is working on Java-tizing its
component infrastructure.
And Microsoft already owns all the compiler technology it needs for the
conversion. Unlike its competitors in the office suite market, Corel
and Lotus, Microsoft doesn't have to clone its Windows product from
scratch.
Yes, a Java Office might encourage some users to jump from PCs to network
computers. But with careful architecting, Microsoft can
make sure the Java version of Office runs fine on every version ofJava but
runs even better on Microsoft platforms.
Of course, Microsoft still insists it isn't going to port Office to Java.
Absolutely not. No way, nohow, never.
But then, we've heard that before.
--
Timur Tabi, timur@io.com, http://www.io.com/~timur/index.html
THE OS/2 Programming Page: http://www.edm2.com/common/links.html
... In Windows 95, no one can hear you scream
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Stardock, Access Team up on Links for OS/2
World's leading Golf game now available on IBM OS/2 Warp Operating
System
For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 07, 1997 Canton MI.
Stardock Systems, a leading OS/2 software vendor announced Links for
OS/2 today. Links for OS/2 is the result of a partnership between
Access Software, Inc. and Stardock Systems, Inc.
"Stardock's great reputation in the OS/2 market made them an obvious
choice to work with when we wanted to bring our award-winning golf
game to OS/2" said Bill Biggs, Access Software.
Links for OS/2 has the same standards of excellence that PC gamers have
come to expect from both Access and Stardock. With state of the art
graphics and sound along with taking advantage of OS/2's strong
graphics user interface features, Links promises to be a hit with OS/2
game enthusiasts.
"The mixture of high quality graphics in a GUI environment such as
OS/2's presentation manager makes it perfectly suited for OS/2 users."
said Brad Wardell, Stardock Systems, Inc.
Because of its user interface, players can display the information they
want to see any way they want, whether that be multiple course views,
score cards, wind conditions, and more all at the same time. Moreover,
Links for OS/2 is also with compatible existing Links .CRH golf
courses that are widely available.
Links for OS/2 will be generally available on Monday, June 9, 1997 from
any reseller that carries OS/2 software or from Stardock directly at
(313)453-0328, (313)453-1480 fax.
Stardock's website is http://www.stardock.com. Links for OS/2's list
price is $US49.95 though numerous introductory prices are available.
Contact Information: Alexander Antoniades (313)453-0328 x228.
sander@stardock.com
Screen shots and other information can be found at
http://www.stardock.com.
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