(0.2) Recent Developments

OS/2 Warp Version 3 is here! Please see (0.4) Special Report on OS/2 Warp for the latest on this exciting new release.

To coincide with the release of OS/2 Warp Version 3, over 40 software developers have announced new software products. Here is a sampling:

Product

Description

Stacker Version 4 for OS/2

On-the-fly disk compression

Artisoft LANtastic for OS/2

Peer-to-peer networking

DeScribe Version 5 for OS/2

Word processing/publishing

Athena Mesa for OS/2

Object-oriented spreadsheet

AIM/SDS Galactic Civilizations for OS/2

Action-strategy game

Hockware VisPro C/C++ for OS/2

Rapid building of compiled C/C++ applications

IBM Antivirus for OS/2

DOS/Windows virus detection and elimination

IBM OS/2 LAN Server 4

State-of-the-art network operating system

Wolfram Mathematica for OS/2

Equation solving, mathematical computation

Borland C++ Version 2 for OS/2

C/C++ compiler, including OWL

Lotus Smartsuite ValuePak

Enhancements to application suite

Dux SimCity for OS/2

Urban planning game

Other vendors expect to ship major new OS/2 Warp applications later this year, including Corel Office (including Corel Draw 6) from Corel Systems, Macromedia's Director (for multimedia presentations), games such as Doom and SimCity 2000, and even the first home "edutainment" CD-ROM title from CBS and IBM.

Independent estimates now put the OS/2 installed base at over eight million users. At the time of this writing, OS/2 Warp ranks as the top selling PC software in the marketplace.

The IBM Independent Vendor League offices have moved. For general information on the IVL, contact Lucy Darbisi at 203-452-7704 or by FAX at 203-268-1075. For product accreditation and support please call Gail Ostrow at 203-384-9996 or FAX 203-368-6379. The Independent Vendor League supports OS/2 Warp consultants, book authors, trainers, and other professionals.

Related information:

(0.3)  Questions in this Release
(0.4)  Special Report on OS/2 Warp
(3.15) Dealers Specializing in OS/2 Warp

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