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| Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:07:23 EST |
| From: | Voytek Eymont <voytek@sbt.net.au > |
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| To: | 32bits@sbt.net.au |
| Subject: | OS/2 News, Views and PRs 5-12-1997 |
OS/2 News, Views and PRs 5-12-1997
Birthday Bash or a Warped Party for OS/2 to be held at next Sydney SIG,
Mon. 15th December!
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Hi.. thanks for the note. I have contacted Ian regarding the arrangements
for your party. I see no conflicts, so we'll work with him. Have a great
day.
Richard P Woolsey/Austin/Contr/IBM @ IBMUS
Party Date:Mon 15th December
Meeting Location and time:
10th fl, Presentation Room 4 IBM Building Sussex Street Sydney
cake attributes: FLAVOR of cake Chocolate or Banana
FILLING Lemon or Raspberry ICING White
Thank you for reserving an IBM OS/2 Warp 10th Anniversary Party!
//hey, Phil, remember we asked Nick Aronson if he'll organize an OS/2
birthday party, and he wouldn't ? Nick won't be able to attend this
one, as rumour has it, he was offered a redundancy package and is leaving
IBM. Even more sad, so is Ian Morphet, who truly was one of few real OS/2
suporters within IBM Oz. Ian even uses OS/2. //
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She's obviously very new to this industry.
Whilst almost everyone was xxxxxxxxxxxx over Gates's Comdex speech, (et tu
Paul Zucker ?), Australian run a story by Sylvia Pennington:
"No thrill from boring Bill": ..had a full hour to position himself as a
visionary. He blew it. ..instead of vision, (they) got Microsoft product
demos. ... many left half-way through... instead of bold predictions, they
got product endorsements...
well, I have never been to a Gates speech, but have heard/seen a video and
an audio tape of a Comdex Gates speech several years ago. Guess what,
Sylvia: back then it was different:
.instead of vision, I watched Microsoft product demos, instead of bold
predictions, I listened to product endorsements...
Sorry, Sylvia, nothing personal, but if you wish to succeed in this
industry, please be more objective to Microsoft !
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Whilst our web site is far from being finished, we decided it is more
finished than not finished, thus, we unveil it at:
all the OS/2 News, Views & PRs are (will be) there, as well, we shared
all of our URLs with you (http://www.sbt.net.au/links/Info.html)
Check out also the discussions forum
http://www.sbt.net.au/ceilidh/ceilidh
Check our SearchMaestro search engine:
http://www.sbt.net.au/searchmaestro
The software information will be updated very shortly......
But the plumbing works.
(?)
If you're Sydney based, we can now provide dial up Internet access, as well
as we can host your Internet web pages. If you're not Sydney based, check
out our "OS/2 based sites" (links page) for OS/2 based servers elsewhere.
Oh, and we can provide registrations for most OS/2 shareware directly.
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using ISDN with RSM:
whilst you can use either an external ISDN modem ot an internal board, the
board is a preffered choice, as it will give you a higher and more reliable
trougput than modem.
The following ISDN CAPI boards have been validated with R.S.M.:
Manufacturer Board NCP ISDN/P8 ISDN/P16 ISDN/A DIEHL DIVA SCOM AVM A1 B1
ITK ixEins basic ELSA PCF PCF pro PCC-16 TELES .S0/16 BINTEC BIANCA
we recommend and supply the Diehl Diva range, these start at A$300 and are
OnRamp (ETSI) compatible. Some models include an analogue port, as well as
an analogue modem for use with PSTN. Call us for more details if
interested.
PMFax/FaxWorks corner:
You CAN send a voice message over Internet using PMfax and your
emailer: just record a voice message, and provide an email address to send
to. Just try it. It works.
You can use the Fax/New message command and use your OS/2 multimedia system
to record with your microphone.
By the way, you can also do a send of "text" and "data" items via email,
including binary files.
Yup, that's right, you can do that. PRM will still think it's an "EMAIL
FAX" when it sends it, but when it is passed back to PMfax we will
correctly show it as a fax, voice message, text item or data item. Works
cool. Try it!
we are getting some CDs with: Lotus SS beta, StarOffice beta (expires
31/12/1997) as well as various fix packs and demos, approx. cost ???, let
us know if interested in this CD.
excerpts from: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/1124/245306.html
Death knell for desktop OS/2?
By Mary Jo Foley,
IBM's decision to move a number of former OS/2 managers and developers into
a newly created network computing division is the final death knell for
OS/2 on the desktop, according to developers and partners close to IBM.
"The OS/2 group from PSP (the Personal Software Products division) will
remain and will continue to promote and enhance Workspace On Demand [WOD]
and OS/2 LAN Server as well as to support Warp," said an official with a
partner close to IBM, who requested anonymity. "It does pretty much signal
the end of feature development for the Warp desktop OS."
Another developer characterized the reorganization, which went into effect
Nov. 14, as "PSP closing its doors." PSP was the Austin, Texas-based group
charged with developing, marketing, and maintaining OS/2 in all its forms.
"PSP no longer exists," acknowledged an IBM spokesman. "But neither does
Networking Software. The people who were part of PSP are now part of
something bigger. We're now a piece of IBM's software strategy in the Java
space."
The IBM spokesman added that IBM had already stated that it did not plan to
continue to enhance OS/2 as a consumer desktop. Instead, Workspace on
Demand will be the preferred client and Warp Server will be IBM's server
operating system, he said. A new version of Warp Server is on target for
delivery at the end of 1998, he said.
suprisingly (amazingly?) IBM choose to reply, calling this a "misleading
article"
IBM Australia is running a huge mail drop promotion "It's the Unbelievable
Sale!" This IBM hardware offer includes an IBM/Lotus Domino Notes server.
The version supplied with that offer ONLY runs on NT (unlike the normal
Domino pack, which runs on pretty well everything).
IBM TP770 is now shipping, only available with Win95, this $A12,500
notebook is plastered with colorful stickers: "Designed for Win95"
"Windows95 preinstalled" and more. There is no OS/2 stickers, nor
information on OS/2. In the spirit of fair play, IBM even provided
"Connect to Internet with MSN" icon on the desktop.
The 14+ screen is truly magnificent. But, less than 24 hours after Larry
collected his, the Win95 "operating system" crashed with a blue screen,
making his TP770 inoperable.
if you're using GSM (digital) phone that is SMS-capable (most all), check
"OnLine SMS messaging" link in our links folder.
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Please be advised that today we have released the December 1997 issue of
the OS/2 CONNECT newsletter.
>>INCLUDES IBM SHAREHOLDERS PETITION FOR WIN32 SUPPORT<<
//yeah, what for ? OS/2 already supports Win32 via BootManager.... I, for
one, see absolutely no need nor reason to provide Win32 support. If I want
to run Win32, I'll install a Win32 os//
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 CON1297.ZIP which includes a 1README.TXT file describing the
newsletter and how to install it. The newsletter is being distributed
through the following channels:
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"
section in the OS/2 Forum; select "OS/2 Publications Websites."
B. CompuServe
In the "IBM OS/2 Users+" Forum (GO OS2USER), go to the Library & Browse
the "Documentation" section.
2. On the Internet:
FTP Sites: hobbes.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2/info/newsltr/connect) or
(/pub/incoming) ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/incoming) or (/pub/os2/newsltr)
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:
http://www.os2ss.com/connect/purpose.htm
IN BRAZIL http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2.shtml
http://www.ele.puc-rio.br/~donnici/os2_eng.shtml (in English).
3. Bulletin Boards:
The 42nd Street BBS (Northern Ireland, UK) +44-(0)1247-270883 ABSOLUT(e)LY
TEMPORARY (Las Vegas, NV) 702/254-8601 Clarion BBS (Tampa, FL) 813/832-3851
IBM OS/2 BBS Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia) +386-61-1253464 Interactive BBS
(India) +91-11-7104973 The Lighthouse OS/2 Support BBS/HUGO (Netherlands)
+31-183-402427 MBA's The "PRIDE" Network (Palm Harbor, FL) 813/786-4864
NightCall (Odense, Denmark) +45-6312-1074 OS/2 Home BBS (Zlin, Czech
Rebulic) +420-67-523247 OS/2 Shareware;Pete Norloff's BBS (Fairfax, VA)
703/242-4482 Status Indiagate (New Delhi, India) +91-11-6985111, 6993111
Status Kalptaru Net (Nagpur,M.S,India)+91-712-744323,745946,745715 Viper
OS/2 (Enschede, The Netherlands) +31-53-4780086 Virtual Dream BBS (Palermo,
Italy) +39-91-489642 Xanadu OS/2 BBS (Stockholm, Sweden) +46-8-918390
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)
The Department of Justice has unearthed an internal Microsoft document to
help bolster its complaint that the software giant is unlawfully using
Windows to push its Internet browser and violating a 1995 consent decree.
An E-mail from Microsoft Senior Vice President Jim Allchin to Group Vice
President Paul Maritz read, in part, "My conclusion is that we must
leverage Windows more. Treating IE as just an add-on to Windows, which is
cross-platform [is] losing our biggest advantage -- Windows market share."
http://www2.computerworld.com/home/online9697.nsf/CWFlash/971121doj1A80A
more on Win32 support: check out Timnur's pages at:
http://www.io.com/~timur/win32os2.html The Win32-OS/2 Project<
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From: lestec@acslink net.au REXX based GUI solution for 95/NT and OS/2
Modular & Integrated Design is an authoring tool that lets you design
complex dialogs from simple script files.
Enhance your desktop with extentions to REXX to manipulate graphic
controls, data & events, plus functions to integrate batch processes and
external C to dialogs.
Dialogs are simple script based text files and integrate with each other
and external events.
Electronic download for $49.95 Free port of Regina REXX also available
Details at http://www.lestec.com.au
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As you may know, the latest issue of 32 Bits Online Magazine is out! We've
added quite a bit since our last (premier) issue and we'll be adding even
more in the near future.
In the current issue of 32 Bits Online you will find...
* A look at FTP Browser 1.71 for OS/2
* A look at BeOS, an emerging 32 bit operating system
* A review of Post Road Mailer 3.0 for OS/2 from InnoVal
* A look Apples new MacOS 8
* The complete Lotus SmartSuite 97 for OS/2 preview ready for download
* Our regular News Watch, updated daily!
This is in addition to all of our normal departments, including
commentaries, networking with Timothy Sipples, programming in C++ and Java,
humor from Harry Martin and Beginners' Luck, for those of you who are new
to OS/2.
In the days and weeks to come expect more product reviews and continuous,
daily news updates from the world of 32 bit operating systems.
We have also added some staffers with expertise in Linux so expect Linux
to be appearing very soon as another regular part of the magazine.
But the only way to keep up with all of this new stuff is to visit us!
32 Bits Online magazine is dedicated to taking a look at the latest
applications and developments appearing for today's popular 32 bit
platforms.
Lastly, we would like to thank everyone who has been with us in our
transition from OS/2 Computing! Magazine. We still have a few wrinkles to
iron out to make the transition complete but your continued support is
definitely appreciated.
Thanks for your support and be sure to visit us regularly!
Ty Shrake
Marketing Manager/ Contributing Editor
32 Bits Online Magazine ... http://www.32bitsonline.com
Creator of The Unofficial Warped Thinkpad Page
http://www.warpedthinkpad.simplenet.com
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The LifeData Resources OS/2 support site has just been updated for the
first time in months. I finally got the software to do it easily.
The site is set up especially for simple, fast use - particularly for
beginners. The only graphics are small background tiles. There is a
tremendous amount material here - sites of all kinds - but it's easy to
navigate. Sub-sections for different categories load quickly, making short
work of finding things.
Stop by: http://earth.vol.com/~lifedata/os2site1.htm
Jim L
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Take a look at Internet Gate by Marco Maccaferri Software
Development at
It can act as a news server proxy, as well as a proxy for smtp,
pop3, dns, http and other services. Your dialup users point
their news readers at the machine running the proxy. The proxy
is configured (takes about 30 seconds) to connect to the real
news server. From what I can tell from running the single user
demo, the redirection appears to be invisible to both ends - the
user thinks he's connecting to your machine for news, and the
server only sees connections coming from the proxy.
The demo only let's a single IP address access the services it's
proxying at a time. I think it had some ability to only accept
connections from approved IP's as well. The licenced version
price is based on the number of simultaneous users you want to
support, and seemed quite reasonable.
Disk space certainly won't be a concern since the whole thing
including the INF documentation takes up about 270 k.
WEBMIRROR 1.10
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Marco Maccaferri Software Development is pleased to announce the
availability of WebMirror 1.10 for OS/2 and 32 bit Windows platforms.
NEW FEATURES
WebMirror 1.10 includes wizards, a new interactive interface, and
scheduling.
This version lets you use WebMirror as a proxy service to your browser,
which makes viewing local and online Web pages transparent. Once your
browser is configured to use WebMirror as a proxy, WebMirror will handle
the loading of your Web pages, automatically determining whether to load
the requested information from the pages saved on your hard drive or to
retrieve new pages from the Web. You can even make sure your database
remains up to date by scheduling WebMirror to perform automatic,
unattended updates using your Windows 95 Dial-Up Connection or OS/2 Dial
Other Internet Provider.
WebMirror 1.10 keeps all of your captured Web pages in a single database.
Although the database is a proprietary format, you can export a site's
HTML and related files for use in other programs.
WHAT IS WEBMIRROR ?
WebMirror is an advanced off-line browsing tool that allows you to
re-create sections of the World Wide Web directly on your hard drive or
local network. You can save particular pages, complete with text, links
and graphics. Once the Web pages are saved to your hard drive (that is,
once you have "captured" them), you can refer back to the information at
any time, without an online connection and additional connection charges.
WHO CAN USE WEBMIRROR ?
WebMirror can be used by network administrators to provide access to
frequently-used web site to their corporate intranets or to provide
secure web browsing to selected web sites without the needs of expensive
firewalls, routers and internet connections.
WebMirror can also be used by CDROM makers to dump entire web sites on
CDROM without worrying about editing web pages to reflect the local
storage organization and limitations, the pages are retrieved directly
from the original web site and stored in a standard 8+3 database file.
WebMirror is also useful to privates who don't want to spend money
reading the page's contents on-line, they can retrieve an entire site or
even a portion of it then disconnect and enjoy reading without worrying
about the phone bill going to the stars.
WHAT IS NEEDED TO RUN WEBMIRROR ?
WebMirror runs under OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 with the Internet Access Kit
installed and running, Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation or Server.
It's small memory footprint makes it very low on resource requests, so
the system you are currently using to run these operating systems is well
suitable to run WebMirror too.
In addition, if your computers are connected to a LAN you can browse the
stored web pages from other workstations running OS/2, Windows, MacOS and
all flavors of Unix, provided you are running a TCP/IP stack and a web
browser on these workstations too.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT ?
WebMirror can be downloaded from the author's web site located at
http://www.maccasoft.com
WebMirror and InternetGate can be registered with us.
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Reply-to: mikulik@dirac.hlphys.uni-linz.ac.at (Petr Mikulik)
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This is announcement of pmCSTeX for EPM, version 11.11.1997
pmCSTeX is a macro package for the OS/2 editor EPM (Enhanced Programmers
Editor, version 6.03b or higher required).
It installs the CSTeX menu, hotkeys and optionally a toolbar into EPM, which
access comfortably many useful actions for {em}(La)TeXing from within the
EPM:
-- (La)TeXing the document, LaTeXing a paragraph,
-- locate next error,
-- previewing (dviPM version, full-screen, and printer previewing),
-- printing (several printers configurable or print to a file),
-- producing PostScript output (dvips-ing, GhostView or psview preview),
-- access to other TeX tools like BibTeX, MakeIndex, vlnka, cstocs,
-- new editor actions added (the list of the LaTeX/AMS-math environments
and fonts;
-- keyboard of the names of Greek letters,
-- generalized version of the "Include file under cursor" (Alt-1) action,
-- as well as some other optional hotkeys,
-- easy manipulation with dictionaries of several languages,
-- syntax highlighting,
-- hypertext help for the LaTeX2e commands.
pmCSTeX for EPM tries to implement the best features of these packages:
CSTeX MNU for DOS, TeXshell, EPMTeX, pmgraf, emacs.
Home page: http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/os2.html#pmCSTeX
Download sites: the address above, and archives CTAN, leo and hobbes.
Author:
Petr Mikulik
Laboratory of Thin Films and Nanostructures
(Department of Solid State Physics)
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Brno
Czech Republic
mikulik@physics.muni.cz
http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/
*** Petr Mikulik (mikulik@dirac.hlphys.uni-linz.ac.at)
*** Inst. fur Halbleiterphysik, J. Kepler Universitat, Linz
*** Lab. Thin Films&Nanostructures, Masaryk University, Brno
*** http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/ (X-rays,freeware,OS/2,C++,TeX)
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Reply-to: psoft@tech-center.com
Submitted by: wswan@nospam.fm-net.com (Wayne Swanson)
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Special software promotion:
End Date: December 31, 1997
PillarSoft is happy to announce that all purchasers of the Enhanced E
Editor from now, until December 31, will receive ShowTime/2 for free! The
Enhanced E normally sells for $25 and ShowTime/2 is usually $10 but now you
can have them both for only $25. We had considered offering a discount type
promo once the editor had finished it's beta cycle but opted for a value
added promotion to give ShowTime/2 a boost at the same time. We hope you
are able to take advantage of this offer.
The Enhanced E Editor is a 32 bit, multithreaded OS/2 PM text editor whose
ultimate goal is to provide the most productive editing environment
possible. Everything is at your fingertips or just a mouse click away with
a few little bonuses included that are not found in most text editors.
Check our website and see what we mean.
ShowTime/2 is a background changer and slide show viewer. It automatically
cycles background wallpaper or slide shows according to your
specifications. Because it uses the WorkPlace Shell, it will deal with any
bitmaps that are known to your version of OS/2.
More information available at the PillarSoft website:
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Warp X Updated :::: Warp X Atualizado Status: U
Hi, this is a English/Portuguese message - read the one you like. Oi, esta
‚ uma mensagem bil¡ngue - leia a que vocˆ quiser.
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English..................................
The Warp Xperience site was updated today to include a Portuguese version
and follow my experience with StarOffice 4. I've tried it as a capable
WYSIWYG homepage editor and it works! Except for a few glitches. Read
about it in the What's New session at my site.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2999
Warp Xperience is a site about a personal experience with OS/2 Warp 4.
Waht works, what doesn't. Program reviews, tricks, tips.
Portuguˆs.............................
O site Warp Xperience foi atualizado hoje para incluir uma versÆo em
Portuguˆs de todas as p ginas e continuar minhas experiˆncias com o
StarOffice 4. Tenho testado ele como um excelente editor visual de p ginas
web e funciona bem! Exceto por uma ou duas coisinhas. Leia sobre isso na
sessÆo Novidades do site.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2999
O Warp Xperience ‚ um site sobre a experiˆncia de um usu rio com o sistema
operacional OS/2 Warp 4 no trabalho e em casa. Traz resumo dos programas
que funcionam bem e os que nÆo funcionam, dicas, truques e an lise de
novos programas.
Marcel Leal - http://nuxnet.com.br/marcel
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---- Jornal Grapiuna Online - http://nuxnet.com.br/jg-online Radio Morena
FM - http://nuxnet.com.br/morena-fm Marketing & Negocios -
http://nuxnet.com.br/market
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In a major announcement, BMI Inc (affectionately known as Bloody Minded
Incompetents) today announced "Just Add Holes". This was stated to be the
long awaited fix to the known stability problems inherent in the company
OS/? product line. A BMI spokesperson stated that many users had complained
about the stability of the company's product. "We just can't get it to
crash," said one source who was unwilling to be named. This left users with
anxiety problems which affected their performance. "They didn't feel a part
of the worldwide `Holes' community," said Professor Jung (deceased). "This
led to reduced stress levels and a positive effect on mental health which
lowered my retainer fees as a consultant."
BMI announced the setting up of specialist teams willing to ensure the
transfer to another non-company product that would provide the entire
solution to the problem. The Practical Solutions to Problems (PSP) division
will ensure no further enhancements are made to the company OS and will
have a two-part approach to the solution:
1. All out development effort for Holes.
2. All out development for Krakatoa.
3. Buy Apple.
A spoksperson for PSP said, "We are banking on Holes being THE successful
solution, but have the insurance that we also have Krakatoa. If Holes
becomes too stable, we will offer Krakatoa. If it looks like being too
stable, we'll cancel it at the stage before it goes GA, thus providing
immense amounts of stress and instability to our ISVs and customers - just
what they've been looking for but couldn't get with OS/?."
In cross-company support moves for PSP, the advertising section said no
further OS/? promotions would be funded, the entire budget being devoted to
Holes. The Personal Can (PC) division chipped in to state that not only
would they not pre-load OS/?, but they would implement hardware
incompatabilities to ensure end-users could not load it themselves and
thereby defeat company policy.
CEO Where R U proclaimed: "BMI sees a dynamic future being mapped out here
and are fully committed to getting ourselves deep into Holes."
Deputy CEO announced the new logo "Add Holes". [A member of the audience at
the press conference appeared to mishear this and shouted at the platform,
"You certainly are!"]
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M$ true intentions revealed Status: RO
The Department of Justice has unearthed an internal Microsoft document to
help bolster its complaint that the software giant is unlawfully using
Windows to push its Internet browser and violating a 1995 consent decree.
An E-mail from Microsoft Senior Vice President Jim Allchin to Group Vice
President Paul Maritz read, in part, "My conclusion is that we must
leverage Windows more. Treating IE as just an add-on to Windows, which is
cross-platform [is] losing our biggest advantage -- Windows market share."
http://www2.computerworld.com/home/online9697.nsf/CWFlash/971121doj1A80A
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we wuz rwong:
|for those who came in late: WillZ once resigned as the editor of PC
|Magazine accusing ZD of exerting influence over his editorial policy.
Wrong on both points.
Will wrote for PC Week and PC Magazine as a columnist. He was never editor.
He resigned from PC Week (I think it was back in 1992, perhaps 1993) and
because of the contractual issues also wound up giving up his column at PC
Magazine, though he had no quarrel with its management.
-- Esther Schindler
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Hi!
My name is Helmar Rudolph from Opera's Marketing Team. It was I who
conceived the idea of Project Magic - and it's also my butt that's on the
line if it goes wrong. ;-) This explains why I am especially grateful for
your contribution and support.
The next step would be to help us spread the word. We need 3000 folks (or
at least that's where I set the limit), but if we can get more, not only is
it beneficial to the project, but also to the spread of the Opera name.
This higher awareness might well result in higher sales for the Windows
version, which directly benefits other platforms, too.
After 30 November 1997, we will let you know about 'Phase II'. Then we get
down to the crunch, because it means you may have to make your pledge come
true. For us it means fulfiling the promise of developing Opera for your
favourite OS. And although we cannot promise all the features that the
Windows version has, I am sure we won't disappoint you.
Please don't forget to come back often to our page to read about progress
on Project Magic. Also, please visit our user feedback page at
http://www.operasoftware.com/pm_feed.html.
If you have written more in your mail to this email address, I will try to
respond to it personally, although it may not always be possible.
Again, thanks a lot for your vote. We at Opera Software really appreciate
your input, particularly as we deal with a pretty touchy subject, a subject
that is as challenging as it is unique in the software industry.
Kind regards,
Helmar Opera Software Marketing
P.S. If you are in support of Project Magic, make sure you have a button on
your page or tell your friends about it.
P.P.S. The OS/2 stats are topping off; please help us spread the word, so
that we get enough numbers in. There are millions of users, so 3000
shouldn't be too difficult...
P.P.S. If you want to try it, here are instructions how to set up Opera
under WinOS/2, courtesy of Matt Ion.
When you install OS/2's TCP/IP, it drops all in the appropriate files for
DOS/Windows to use it, and makes the proper additions to CONFIG.SYS (ie.
loading VDOSTCP.SYS), but for some odd reason neglects to update the
AUTOEXEC.BAT as necessary.
In most cases, it's only very minor modifications that need to be made.
One, OS/2's WINSOCK.DLL has to be in the DOS PATH, preferably *before* any
other WINSOCK.DLLs. So you edit OS/2's AUTOEXEC.BAT and add
x:\TCPIP\DOS\BIN ('x:' being, of course, the drive where TCP/IP is
installed on your system) to the *beginning* of the PATH= statement, or add
a PATH=x:\TCPIP\DOS\BIN;%PATH% somewhere further down the file. (Don't
close the editor yet, though; we'll be adding something else later!)
Second, the DOS/Windows apps need to find the DNS, so they need to find the
RESOLV file (for dialup users, or RESOLV2 for those going through a network
card). This file is normally kept in the %ETC% path, which by default is
x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC for DOS sessions in OS/2 (the OS/2 %ETC% is x:\TCPIP\ETC
for Warp 3, x:\MPTN\ETC for Warp 4).
So there are two steps here: 1. Copy the appropriate RESOLV or RESOLV2
file from OS/2's %ETC% path to x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC\RESOLV Warp 3: COPY
x:\TCPIP\ETC\RESOLV x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC Warp 4: COPY x:\MPTN\ETC\RESOLV
x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC 2. Add SET ETC=x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC to AUTOEXEC.BAT.
NOW you can save and close AUTOEXEC.BAT. The changes take effect for the
next DOS/Windows session you open, no rebooting necessary.
If that doesn't do the trick, then the problem is more deep-rooted, but
that should work in 95% of the cases.
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-> Support 'Project Magic' - See Opera for OS/2, Mac and X11 <-
- Opera Software A/S - our browser is too fast for you! - South African
branch - Address: 8 Airlie Place, Constantia 7800, South Africa - Tel./Fax:
+27.21.794.3414 - Email: support@operasoftware.com - WWW:
http://www.operasoftware.com - Deutsch: http://www.operasoftware.com/de
>From the virtual desk of...
Helmar Rudolph
Opera Software AS helmar@operasoftware.com +27-21-794-3414
http://www.operasoftware.com
Wednesday, 12 November, 1997
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UPDATE: 'PROJECT MAGIC' FEEDBACK FROM OPERA SOFTWARE
====================================================
Dear friends and supporters,
it was exactly one month ago that Opera Software AS started 'Project
Magic', a fresh and rather daring approach to market research, and to
establishing the feasibility of developing Opera, our marvellous web
browser, for operating systems other than MS Windows. The response to date
has been absolutely fantastic.
Never did I, who conceived the project, realise that my sentiment was so
spot-on, that the timing was right, and that there are so many like-minded
souls out there. The often elaborate responses from you people, longing for
decent software, and willing to pay for it - even in advance! -, plus
pledging more than we originally asked for, overwhelmed even me. And all
this at a time when an unnamed competitor is dead set to destroy the market
by giving their product away for free -- something that costs them millions
in advertising and development $$$. Your response to Project Magic is
nothing but a slap in the face of that 'strategy' and 'conduct', and I
salute you for showing your dissent by supporting PM.
You've read the feedback page on our website (
http://www.operasoftware.com/pm_feed.html ), haven't you? If not, you
better do! This is feedback I gathered in the first days - and I have
hundreds more now - all saying the same thing:
* Thanks for listening to us * Thanks for considering our platform * This
is a refreshing approach * We really like what we've seen so far of Opera *
We are willing to help you finance the development * We will support you by
spreading the name!
The figures speak for themselves: Mac mails are on 1000, OS/2 is on 910,
and Linux is on 343. BeOS, which came onboard only later, is on 181. These
are emails, not orders. Some emails ask for two or three orders, some for
six, others for 50 to 60, even 500 (when the product is out).
I mentioned 3000 orders per platform. This figure is not cast in concrete;
it was just that I said to the guys in Norway: "if we get 3000 people
paying $30 each, we will have about $100.000, enough to start and finish
development." Norway then said to me hours before I got started, they
wanted 1000 orders each until the end of November, so you see we're already
there with Mac and OS/2 - only Linux and BeOS lagging behind. BeOS is a
special case, because it's not really 'official', but personally I think it
holds great promise, and there's a lot a cooperation between Be, Inc. and
Opera Software AS can do to the market and you, the user.
But is it a reason to be happy and 'cozy'? No, far from it! I would like
you to join me in the last three weeks to push up the figures by telling
you friends about this initiative. I would like them to come to our site
and see what it's all about -- and support us with their pledge.
The biggest problem we are having is not the product, but that not enough
people know about it. A lot has changed in the past month, and I know that
via PM I have brought it to the attention of many Windows users who didn't
know about it. Still, the better we work together, the better our chances
of success, so please assist me in spreading the name and the news as much
as you can.
What you should do in concrete terms:
* Tell online and printed magazine editors/writers about it * Tell your
friends * Encourage users on newsgroups to visit the site * Spread the word
in user groups * Add a button to your home page if you have one * Tell the
decision makers in your company about it (moral support also helps!) *
..and don't forget to download the latest eval. version for Windows if you
can run it to see what it's all about.
I firmly believe that user-company interaction such as seen via PM should
become the norm for future software development --not necessarily to ask
for upfront payment, though. ;-) But you have given us so much information
about features and platforms, about what you'd like to see and what you'd
rather not have, that I am convinced the final product will suit your
needs, and make you an (85% perfectly) happy surfer using Opera.
Please keep up the support for Project Magic for the remaining three weeks.
It is most likely that we will be carrying it on by accepting pre-release
orders while we are actually 'at it' on the main projects, so that late
supporters also have a chance to add their vote and funds.
Once again, thank you very much for all you did for Opera Software - and
you know it's more than sending an email and pledging money. I think it's
the beginning of a growing trend of user resistance against the big
developers who defy your needs and try to be everything to everybody.
But nobody said it better than Nathan Anderson:
"Please note that things like this have also been a concern to us OS/2
users for a very long time. Even in its older days, the idea of OS/2 was
always that of the component-based methodology...in other words, we don't
like programs which try to stuff the kitchen sink into one big monolithic
executable, but rather we like to use programs with one purpose and one
ultimate goal, and we use those which accomplish that goal well (like
separate e-mail and web-browser programs). We also don't appreciate "direct
ports" any more than the Mac fans do."
On that note, I'd like to close. Until later!
Helmar
-> Support 'Project Magic' - See Opera for OS/2, Mac, BeOS and X11 <-
- Opera Software A/S - our browser is too fast for you! - South African
branch - Address: 8 Airlie Place, Constantia 7800, South Africa - Tel./Fax:
+27.21.794.3414 - Email: support@operasoftware.com - WWW:
http://www.operasoftware.com - Deutsch: http://www.operasoftware.com/de
====================================================================
Ministry of Electronic Industry, IBM and Great Wall Computer Software &
Systems Inc. Launch Office Automation System
BEIJING, China, 6th November, 1997 -- The Ministry of Electronic Industry
(MEI) and IBM have announced that, together with Great Wall Software &
Systems Inc., they have successfully developed and implemented an IBM OS/2
and Lotus Notes based office automation (OA) system for the Ministry. To
facilitate software developers and users in China to use IBM's advanced
technology, MEI has formed two committees to develop the national Chinese
Application Program Interface (API) standards for the Notes and OS/2
software platforms.
At the same time, MEI has set up a Lotus Notes Working Group and an OS/2
Working Group under its Chinese Platform Commission to standardize the
Chinese API for the two software platforms, so as to ensure efficient
Chinese language application development and compatibility. Members of the
Working Groups include those from MEI's Standardization Research Institute,
Great Wall Computer Group Corp, Stone Richsight Co Ltd, Software Institute
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Information Engineering Institute
and State Cereals and Oils Administration. Upon acceptance of the
standards, China's software developers will be able to develop their
applications more effectively allowing them to bring products to market
faster.
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From: "Keith Medcalf"
Fixpack 5 is now available. It is also available (ZIP format only) on my
I installed and and so far so good (that is, the machine *did* reboot
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Keith
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The following is a public response from IBM's General Manager, Donn Atkins,
*** We believe it is necessary to respond to the misleading article that
During 1997, IBM enhanced both the OS/2 client and server products and also
Also, as was stated to the reporter, the vast majority of the employees
IBM now has two focused organizations within its Software Group: the new
This is what was announced when forming the new division and this is how
Donn Atkins General Manager for OS/2 IBM Corporation ***
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OS/2 WARP FM Transmitting 100% Pure Java Energy
What's Queued Up --------------- OS/2 Family - Now the Best Performing
OS/2 Family - Now the Best Performing Intel Platforms for Java
With the November delivery of its fifth Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in just
For more information on this exciting new Java release for OS/2, see
Press Points
SmartReseller Online, IBM Speeds Java on Intel by Ed Sperling, November
Information Week, IBM To Ship Tools for Managing NCs, PCs, November 18,
C/Net, Close the door to Windows, pre-Comdex A short piece on "the
ComputerWorld, IBM aims JavaOS beyond the PC by Joanne Taaffe and Elinor
ComputerWorld, Sun becomes Java's gatekeeper in quest for ISO standard by
For more information, see
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HP has licenced, and is shipping servers based on True Spectra's Photo>
This technology is a SERVER (in the case of HP, a plug-in to their server).
Client is determined by the webmaster building the server. Primarily JAVA
P>G for OS/2 is the Virtual Image creation tool.
Server application will be available as 100% Pure JAVA and as Native
ESP for Netgraphica was announced as $1999.00 US$.
>what is the difference between TS P>G for OS/2 and the Win version ?
Photo>Graphics PRO Photo>Graphics for WIN95/NT
TWAIN for OS/2 (limited hardware) TWAIN standard scanning REXX Scripting
Overall the Windows version has only a few User Interface changes to
Photo>Graphics PRO for OS/2 is now in stock, A$249
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server (ftp://ftp.dessus.com/fixpack/warp4_m05/).
afterwards).
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TCP/IP, DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT Finger or email kmedcalf-pgp@dessus.com
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This is the Official IBM reply to to the ZDNet story.
Source: Loren Bandiera, http://catbert.istar.ca/os2/
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to a recent article on ZDNet
(http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/1124/245306.html) which portray's
OS/2's current state in a bad light.
was published on various Ziff-Davis web sites regarding OS/2. The story
takes an internal announcement at IBM about a new division, in which OS/2
plays a significant role and paints a negative story toward OS/2. This is
far from correct. As we've stated for well over one year, OS/2 will
continue to be positioned as a network computing operating system within
IBM's overall network computing and e-business strategy.
created an entirely new offering, WorkSpace On-Demand. As was stated to the
reporter, IBM will continue to enhance the OS/2 product line during 1998.
This involves additions to both the client and server product, an entirely
new version of OS/2 Warp Server and also an update of WorkSpace On-Demand.
will continue work on the same projects that they were doing prior to the
announcement of the new division. Stating that IBM is moving a number of
OS/2 managers and developers into new positions is completely inaccurate.
During the announcement of the new division, IBM named Donn Atkins, former
VP of Marketing for OS/2 as the new General Manager of the OS/2 business
unit. The former General Manager for OS/2, Michael Lawrie, is the General
Manager for the newly created division. Again, the day-to-day actvities of
most employees will be unchanged.
Network Computing Software Division and the Software Solutions Division
headed by Steve Mills. The two organizations within IBM Software will bring
competitive, functional and integrated solutions to the market. The
Software Solutions team will focus on the higher-level transaction
processing, database, middleware and packaged servers. This team will place
a greater emphasis on packaging server software into easy-to-use products,
and focus on distributed systems and tools where there is a huge
opportunity. The Network Computing Software division will focus on our Java
initiatives, network infrastructure technologies and OS/2 products that
support e-business. This brings together our Java team, and the Networking
Software (NS) and Personal Software Products (PSP) organizations.
the news should be seen.
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_______________________________________________________________ VOLUME 2 -
OS/2 WARP FM InfoFlash - FLASH 40
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/warpfm
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Intel Platforms for Java Press Points Network Computing Software Division
Announced
over a year, IBM further establishes OS/2 as a foundation for e-business
while making it the best performing Intel platform for Java applications.
This fully compliant version of Sun Microsystems 1.1.4 release of the Java
Development Kit (JDK) is a downloadable feature from the IBM Software
Choice catalog of products available for OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 Warp Server,
OS/2 Warp Server SMP and WorkSpace On-Demand.
Software Choice at http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/swchoice/
19, 1997 This article foretells the latest Java 1.1 for OS/2 release. A
quote by John Soyring, director of technical projects explains that the
new code is tighter and that IBM will license the code changes to Sun
Microsystems. Mr. Soyring also said that the goal of IBM's Java releases
is to reach the performance level of C++.
1997 This brief report summarizes the major characteristics of WorkSpace
On-Demand.
cost-effective alternatives to the Windows lifestyle" being shown at
Comdex highlights IBM's WorkSpace On-Demand as a network operating system
capable of "pushing information to Windows, OS/2 and DOS applications.
Mills, November 18, 1997 This on-line article alluded to a wide range of
plans for a Java operating system -- going beyond PCs and network
computers to telephones, smart cards and office equipment. The piece
mentions IBM's new Network Computing Software Division, a combination of
the Personal Software, Networking Software and E-Business groups. One of
the goals of the new team is to transform OS/2 into a network computing
operating system, which will offer Java support and connectivity.
Torsten Busse, November 17, 1997 The International Standards Organization
(ISO) agreed to allow Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division submit the Java
language, the Java Virtual Machine and the Java Class library
specification to be approved as an internationally recognized standard.
Although JavaSoft will guide Java through the approval program, president
Alan Baratz said it will remain an "open process" focused on maintaining
Java's strength as a "write-once, run-anywhere" technology. Of the 24
voting countries 20 voted for, two abstained and two, one of which was the
United States, voted against approval.
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/9711/sunflash.971117.4.html.
Graphics rendering engine:
http://www.image.hp.com/htdocs_sys/press970916.htm
The HP OpenPix Server extension has already shipped. Our own Interactive
Image Server, Netgraphica, is expected before Christmas.
but also native code, Netscape Plugin or ActiveX is possible.
code. The inital native code will be NT and probably Linux (which is what
TS's developers use).
Support for FLASHPIX files Added LAYERS Dialog Added simplified UI
"Graphical Toolbar" Small UI changes for Windows users A basic "FRAMES
WIZARD"
simplify things for that market but otherwise it is similar to P>G PRO.
SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd
fax 61-2 9310-1118 ph 61-2 9310-1214
http://www.sbt.net.au
voytek@sbt.net.au
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