THE OS/2 WARPFLASH  -  Issue #12 (April 24, 1995)
A Weekly Update On The World Of OS/2 and LAN Server
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                         CONTENTS

 1.      PARTITIONMAGIC TAKES OFF!
 2.      MULTIQUEST ANNOUNCES S-CASE 2.0 FOR OS/2
 3.      KID PROOF/2--EASY DESKTOP PROTECTION FOR OS/2
 4.      SOFTWARE DEVELOPER HOME PAGE - OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
 5.      IBM LAUNCHES CHINESE OS/2 WARP
 6.      WOOLWORTH GOES OS/2!
 7.      IBM WWW SITES 
 8.      J.M. THOMPSON'S REPLY TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


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 FLASH!!!              NEW OS/2 WARP SALES FIGURES

 At the IBM Consultant's Conference in Orlando, John M. Thompson
 said in his speech that IBM has sold over 1.7 million copies of Warp
 since introduction.

 This number does *NOT* include NFS (not-for-sale) code or employee code.


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 1.      PARTITIONMAGIC TAKES OFF!

PowerQuest, the File System Experts, began shiiping PartitionMagic for
OS/2 just last month, and already it is one of the best selling
OS/2 applications in the market!

PartitionMagic for OS/2, the one and only software utility that
permits users to visually shrink, expand, move and convert their hard
disk partitions, is now shipping.  OS/2* Warp users who used the easy
install option were forced to accept the FAT file system.
PartitionMagic** is the only product available that allows these
OS/2 users to automatically convert their FAT partitions to
OS/2's High Performance File System.

"PowerQuest's early customers are advanced users that recognize
the immediate benefits of dynamic partition management."  said
John Christensen, V.P.  of Marketing.  "This market includes
software developers, system administrators, technical support
staff, VAR's and system integrators.  There is tremendous pent up
demand in this market for the functionality provided by
PartitionMagic.  Eventually PartitionMagic will be a mandatory
utility for anyone who wants total control of their hard disk."

Founded in March 1993 by Eric Ruff, author of QDOS, Backit and
Optune, PowerQuest is a privately held corporation located
in Orem, Utah.  PartitionMagic for OS/2 retails for $129.95.

PowerQuest Corporation is a member of IBM's Developer Assistance
Program.  For more information about their products contact them
directly at:

PowerQuest Corporation
1380 West Center
Orem, Utah 84057
Tel: (801) 226-8977
Fax:  (801) 226-8941
CIS:  74601,354


  * OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
    Corporation.
**  PartitionMagic is a trademark of PowerQuest Corporation


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 2.      MULTIQUEST AANNOUNCES S-CASE 2.0 FOR OS/2

Schaumburg, IL (April 18, 1994) - MultiQuest Corporation has
announced the release of S-CASE 2.0 for OS/2, an object-oriented
analysis and design tool that uses the Booch notation to
graphically illustrate and model software systems. S-CASE
satisfies the demand for visualizing complex software
architectures prevalent in today's demanding applications. High
quality C++ code can be generated directly from the models.
S-CASE allows iteration through the design, code and test cycle
while keeping the models and code in sync. This iterative
approach allows developers to enhance their design through
successive refinement without worrying about outdating their
models.

S-CASE 2.0 Features:

 - Booch's latest notation (1994)
 - Iterative C++ code generation
 - Class specification reports
 - Real time rule checking
 - Hierarchical project manager
 - Heterogeneous multi-user support

Available immediately, S-CASE 2.0 for OS/2 lists at $495.
Evaluation versions can be downloaded via anonymous ftp to
ftp.netcom.com, directory /pub/sh/showcase/demo_os2.

MultiQuest Corporation, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, was
founded in 1989 to provide innovative and affordable software
engineering tools to software developers worldwide.

For further information, please contact:

 MultiQuest Corporation
 1931 N Mecham Road, Suite 318
 Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA
 Tel: (708) 240-5555
 Fax: (708) 240-5556
 Email: 72531.2510@compuserve.com


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 3.      KID PROOF/2--EASY DESKTOP PROTECTION FOR OS/2


Pinnacle Technology announces a new level of protection and
administration for OS/2* computers.  Kid Proof/2 allows OS/2 users
to create an ideal desktop, take a picture of it, "hide" certain
applications (or simply restrict capabilities such as "copy" and
"delete") and associate the desktops created with certain users.
When you sign-on to an OS/2 machine with Pinnacle Technology's
products, you get your desktop.  Other people, of course, get
theirs.  It's up to you, the administrator.

Parents can set up their machines so they have access to Personal
Finance and other private applications.  Kids, however, may have
access on the same machine to their multimedia games and word
processor for school without any capability to delete, shred, or
simply access the C Prompt.  Set it up the way you want.
Kid Proof/2 protects your vital applications at home or at work.

At the suggested price of $ 59, Kid Proof/2 is the perfect solution
for home, small office, or school  environments using OS/2.
Companies using networks should consider Pinnacle's products for
delivering similar centralized desktop control and security
capabilities over a LAN.  Volume discounts are available and
qualified educational institutions receive additional discounts on
upgrades.

Pinnacle Technology makes a line of upgradable products that are
used by cost and security-conscious customers using OS/2.  Products
include The Desktop Commander (centrally controlled networked
desktops) and The Desktop Observatory (centrally controlled
networked desktops with a powerful security daemon).  Customers
include many large banks, insurance companies and governments
worldwide.

Further information can be obtained from your software retailer,
by calling Pinnacle Technology at (317) 581-6262, or by writing to
Pinnacle via the internet at info@pinnacletech.com.

Customer Relations Department
Pinnacle Technology maker of The Desktop Observatory line of products
Phone: 317-279-5157  Fax: 317 279-8039


  * OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
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 4.      SOFTWARE DEVELOPER HOME PAGE - OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

The Solution Developer Support home page on World Wide Web is OPEN
FOR BUSINESS!  The SDS home page is a central place for information
from IBM designed especially for solution developers.  It's world-wide,
fast, and up-to-date.

The SDS homepage, owned and implemented by SDO, first went "live"
on the Internet in February of this year.  Since then it has
expanded rapidly, with the addition of more items each week.

Some of the key items AVAILABLE TODAY include:
   -  Hot News Items of interest to solution developers.
   -  Events and Workshops.
   -  Developer Assistance Programs.
   -  A Main Library containing items such as the SDO Support Newsletter,
      AIXpert, the Client/Server Newsletter and technical papers.
   -  Pages with topics such as Object Technologies, OS/2, AIX,
      AS/400 and S/390.  Each of these pages points to extensive
      information for developers related to each of these product
      areas.
   -  Catalogs of Solution Developer programs for OS/2 and AIX.
   -  "Tell Us What You Think" feedback process.

Although the SDS home page is already packed with information for
developers, it will continue to be expanded and improved.

PLANS FOR THE NEXT 90 DAYS include:
   -  Enhanced and expanded OS/2 section...expanded library, more
      details about developer programs, and links to relevent
      information outside the SD web.
   -  Improved Solution Developer Catalogs...combined AIX and OS/2
      Catalogs and user search/display facilities.
   -  Registration/entitlement process...developers can request
      participation in Developer Assistant Programs and access Q&A
      data bases 24 hours a day over the Internet.
   -  General design and usability improvements...including more
      content designed specifically for WWW, graphics/animation,
      and pointers to other related articles.

To access the Solution Developer homepage directly the URL is:
   http://www.austin.ibm.com/developer

The Solution Developer Support home page can can also be accessed from
the IBM home page via the "Products, services and support" icon.  Then
page down to the bottom of the Products, service and support page,
and click on "Support for solution developers".

To contact us, please use our "Tell Us What You Think" facility on
the SDS homepage; or send an email to sdo@austin.ibm.com; 


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 5.      IBM LAUNCHES CHINESE OS/2 WARP


 BEIJING, 19 April 1995 . IBM today announced the immediate availability
 of the Chinese version of its award-winning operating system, OS/2 Warp
 Version 3.0, the first simplified Chinese 32-bit operating system.

 At a major launch event in Beijing today, six major Chinese and
 international computer manufacturers (OEMs) announced their plans to
 support Chinese OS/2 Warp, and 16 Chinese and international software
 developers (ISVs) announced commitments to develop native OS/2 Warp
 applications.

 IBM also announced comprehensive support and channel programs to help
 advance the Chinese software market, including a new software
 distribution structure, certification and training programs in
 partnership with 12 Chinese universities, and a software service and
 support infrastructure.

 The announcement in Beijing was celebrated throughout the city, with OS/2
 Warp hot air balloons in the university and computer districts,
 hundreds of OS/2 Warp kites flying near Tiananmen Square and thousands of
 OS/2 Warp balloons given away in Beijing's business district.

 The launch event in Beijing is the fifth in a series of major
 international OS/2 Warp launch events, following the February launch in
 Japan, and last October's events in New York, London and Sydney. IBM has
 shipped more than 2 million copies of OS/2 Warp worldwide in less than
 six months on the market, bringing OS/2's installed base to well over
 8 million. The Beijing event today was attended by more than 1000 people,
 including representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Electronics
 Industry (MEI), university faculty and staff, customers and business
 partners. It will be followed by events in Shanghai and Guangzhou in
 the next two weeks.

 "IBM has made a long-term commitment to the Chinese software market,"
 said Mr. Bob Timpson, general manager of IBM Greater China. "We are
 working with partners in all aspects of the software business, from
 development to distribution, as well as government ministries and
 customers, to ensure we build a world-class software infrastructure
 appropriate to China's needs."

 The Chinese version of OS/2 Warp was localized and manufactured in
 mainland China, in partnership with Great Wall, a Beijing-based software
 development company, and tested by Tsing Hua University, one of China's
 most prestigious universities.

 Sixteen ISVs were present at the launch event,to announce and demonstrate
 applications developed for the Chinese version of OS/2 Warp.  Simplified
 Chinese applications announced include desktop productivity software,
 mission-critical applications and application development tools.

 Several major PC manufacturers announced their support for Chinese Warp
 today. The IBM PC Company announced that OS/2 Warp will be available in
 either English or Chinese versions on all 8MB systems shipped in China
 by the summer of 1995.  Legend, the largest PC manufacturer in China,
 announced that OS/2 Warp and IBM PC-DOS will be preloaded on all of
 its midrange and high-end PC systems. STI Certified Products also
 announced plans to preload OS/2 Warp on its multimedia systems. In
 addition, AST, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq made statements announcing
 that their PCs shipped in China are ready to run the Chinese version
 of OS/2 Warp.

 At the event today, IBM China announced a comprehensive certification and
 training program partnership with an initial group of 12 Chinese
 universities, by which it will provide Certified OS/2 Warp Instructor
 training to hundreds of university professors over the next two years.
 IBM will establish Authorized Training Centers at 20 key universities
 to train software professionals in servicing and supporting IBM OS/2 Warp
 and LAN Server products by the end of 1995.

 To ensure that Chinese software customers get access to IBM's
 industry-leading service and support, IBM China also announced the
 establishment of three regional support centers in Beijing, Shanghai and
 Guangzhou. IBM's support infrastructure in China is designed to provide
 customers with easy access to technical help and product information,
 while minimizing their costs.  The support system features phone-in and
 fax-back services, with plans to offer electronic access consistent with
 that used by IBM customers worldwide.

 IBM will ensure customers have ready access to OS/2 Warp and other IBM
 software products with a newly-established software distribution
 structure. IBM has named Crownhand Development Ltd. and Beijing HOPE
 High-Tech Group as software distributors, and Nantian Software
 Engineering Ltd. and Beijing Read Technic & Trade Development Co., as
 authorized dealers. The distributors will work with IBM to provide
 product education, service and support, marketing and other activities
 to dealers.

 OS/2 Warp is the third version of IBM's award-winning 32-bit OS/2
 operating system. OS/2 Warp can run in as little as 4MB of memory, and
 allows users to run DOS, Windows and OS/2 applications on the same
 desktop when installed on top of Windows.   Each copy ships with a
 BonusPak of native 32-bit OS/2 applications, including a word processor,
 database, spreadsheet, fax program and Internet access. OS/2 Warp P3.0
 for Windows is now available from IBM dealers and distributors throughout
 China at a list price of RMB 1350.  OS/2 Warp P3.0 with WIN-OS2, or
 "fullpack" version, will be available in China in June.


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 6.      WOOLWORTH GOES OS/2!

 Woolworth Corporation signed a contract for 10,000 OS/2 licenses.
 OS/2 will the operating system for their Point-of-Sale systems. They
 will be running IBM's StorePlace application. The rollout to
 Woolworth stores worldwide will continue through 1996.


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 7.      IBM WWW SITES 
 
 
 NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all destinations begin with 'http://'. 

  IBM's main home page 
            www.ibm.com/ 

  IBM OS/2 Warp Homepage 
            www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/os2.html 

  IBM's LAN Server Homepage 
            www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/lansrvr.html 

  IBM's PC DOS Homepage 
            www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/pcdos.html 

  OS/2 Warp Migration Assistant 
            pscc.dfw.ibm.com/warpmi/ 

  OS/2 WarpTv Drivers 
            www.europe.ibm.com/getdoc/psmemea/prodcat/opsys/wtv 

  IBM Personal Computers 
            www.pcco.ibm.com/files.html/ 

  IBM's User Group Relations 
            www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/ibmpcug.html 

  IBM European Services 
            www.europe.ibm.com/ Also home to the largest OS/2 Device Driver repository.

  EMEA Developers Assistance Program Homepage 
            www.europe.ibm.com/psmemea/progserv/dap/ 

  IBM RISC System/6000 Products and Services 
            www.austin.ibm.com/ 

  IBM's Internet Connection 
            www01.ny.us.ibm.net/ 

  IBM Personal Software Marketing - Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) 
            www.europe.ibm.com/psmemea/ 

  Software Quarterly (an IBM magazine) 
            pscc.dfw.ibm.com/sq/ 

  AS/400 Products 
            www.ibm.com/products/as400/ 

  Large Scale Computing 
            lscftp.kgn.ibm.com/ 

  IBM Hursley Park, UK 
            www.hursley.ibm.com/ 

  Almaden Research Center 
            www-i/almaden.ibm.com/ 

  Optical Storage 
            eagle.almaden.ibm.com/optical/ 

  IBM's Global Network 
            www.ibm.com/adv/ 

  Thomas J. Watson Research Center 
            www.watson.ibm.com/watson/ 

  Taligent 
            www.taligent.com/ 

  IBM Zurich Research Lab 
            www.zurich.ibm.com/ 

  IBM Service InfoNetz Deutschland 
            www.mainz.ibm.de/ 

  IBM UK AIX Business Unit 
            www.europe.ibm.com/aix.uk/ 

  IBM Norway 
            www.ibm.no/ 

  IBM POWERparallel Systems 
            lscftp.ign.ibm.com/pps/ 

  IBM International Technical Support (Redbooks) 
            www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/ 

  IBM Networking 
            www.raleigh/ibm.com/nethome.html/ 

  IBM PC Software Direct 
            www.ibmlink.ibm.com/pcdirect/ 

  Mwave Technology & Information on IBM Microelectronics 
            watson.mbb.sfu.ca/ 

  IBM New Mexico Federal Web Server 
            ibmwww.lanl.gov/ 

  Person to Person 
            www.hursley.ibm.com/p2p 

  REXX Language 
            rexx.hursley.ibm.com/rexx/ 


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 8.      THOMPSON'S REPLY TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


 The following was sent to the Editor, The Wall Street Journal,
 by John M. Thompson, IBM senior vice president and group executive,
 in reply to an article about a Dataquest report questioning
 IBM's commitment to OS/2.
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      April 11, 1995

      Mr. Robert L. Bartley
      Editor, The Wall Street Journal
      200 Liberty Street
      New York, NY 10281

      Dear Mr. Bartley:

      As your reporter Jim Carlton notes in the April 6 article, "Will
      IBM and Apple Operating Systems Fall to Microsoft?", IBM
      certainly does disagree with the conclusions attributed to
      Dataquest analyst Robert Enderle concerning IBM's future plans
      for the OS/2 operating system.

      Contrary to Mr. Enderle's views, IBM is firmly committed to OS/2
      -- we have no plans to "pull the plug" on OS/2 in 1996 or to
      adopt Apple's Mac OS.  We are encouraged by growing customer and
      software developer interest in OS/2, especially the enthusiastic
      response we've had to the latest version, OS/2 Warp.

      We would question how Mr. Enderle can express so much certainty
      about the future of Windows 95 -- Microsoft's ambitious attempt
      to transform its outdated technology into a robust, multi-tasking,
      32-bit operating environment.  In essence, to match what IBM
      already provides in OS/2.  While we, too, fully expect Microsoft
      to deliver a marketing blitz if it manages to ship its product as
      expected in August, it remains to be seen whether the stability,
      reliability and performance that users require -- and can get
      today from OS/2 --- will be there.  Until Windows 95 ships, and
      until there are 32-bit applications to exploit it, any
      conclusions about its future are premature.


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