You'll hear noted industry columnist Peter Coffee deliver the Keynote Address when you attend Warpstock '99!

Peter brings a valuable perspective to the Keynote both as a full time OS/2 user for many years and as a well known media personality. His highly respected opinion column appears regularly in Ziff-Davis' PC Week Magazine, and you'll appreciate his insight and foresight in the computing industry.

After the Keynote, Peter will moderate a forum on the future of personal computing - and you're invited to attend. Hear his thoughts on how the computing industry and the media see the current trends in desktop computing. Find out for yourself what he and others think of IBM's strategies and products as OS/2 moves into the next century.

Peter Coffee was the first recipient of OS/2 Professional magazine's annual Media Excellence award. He is also the author of the books How To Program Java and Peter Coffee Teaches PCs plus numerous technical critiques of competing operating systems, technical analyses and product reviews. He was PC Week's first Director of Corporate Labs and formed PC Week's Corporate Partner advisory panel. He continues to serve at PC Week as technical liaison and also appears frequently on ZDTV.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear and meet Peter Coffee as he kicks off the premier OS/2 event of the century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!

OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta.

Developers at every skill level will learn new techniques, concepts and real world solutions in the programming sessions at Warpstock. An all-star cast of programming gurus will present a dozen sessions on software development.

First, master programmer Timur Tabi (developer of OS/2's TIMER0, RTMIDI and MPU401 while at IBM) will offer six presentations at both the beginner and advanced levels. Start with Timur's "Introduction to Programming", then stay in your chair for his presentations on Rexx, Assembly language, and programming the Presentation Manager. And don't miss his two-part session on writing Device Drivers, a highlight of Warpstock '99.

Next, join John Urbaniak and Gwen Veneskey, the authors of "Object REXX by Example", for a two part session on programming with Object REXX. In Basic Concepts you'll hear an overview of the many ideas behind object orientation and how to use them. Then you'll want to be there for Advanced Concepts, where you'll learn how to build user-friendly multithreaded GUI applications containing music, sound and animation. John and Gwen work for custom software ISV Aviar, developers of V-Trex and Oz.

Finally, Paul Hethmon of Hethmon Brothers and Inet.Mail fame will present the basics of TCP/IP programming. You'll hear Paul emphasize what's different on OS/2 as opposed to standard BSD style sockets, and you'll hear him cover both client and server side sockets, hostname resolution, TCP/IP 4.1 and 4.2 differences, and a simple C++ socket class to encapsulate it all. Don't miss this presentation on coding for the information superhighway!

For more information on the programming and other presentations at Warpstock '99, visit http://www.warpstock.org/99/list_programmingsessions.html

Software developers of all levels will find exciting new techniques they can use right now when they attend the premier OS/2 event of this century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!

OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17
in Atlanta.

A wide array of OS/2-based technologies for home, business, Corporate and SOHO users are on the schedule for this year's Warpstock '99 Atlanta. Attendees will find solutions for their own computing needs among products that come from OS/2 programmers working around the world.

Corporate users at Warpstock '99 will find unique money-saving OS/2 solutions for the ever-increasing costs of ownership they face with other operating systems. You'll see IBM's showcase of new OS/2-based servers, new pre-execution services and hear advanced lectures on how to set up networks for these OS/2-based products. And for truly inexpensive corporate computing, Serenity Systems will present WiseManager which allows OS/2 to boot and run user-customized applications from a server with no hard drive in the workstation, saving setup time and allowing instant replacement or upgrade of failed workstations since no software installation is necessary. Dozens of corporate solutions like these are scheduled at this year's Warpstock.

Likewise, the Small Office/Home Office user will see firsthand why OS/2 is the smartest choice for those with more modest computing budgets. From communications to productivity, OS/2 technologies can enhance everyone's small office. Learn about the new OS/2-based web servers, so you can run your online business from your living room. Achieve office productivity gains with newly-enhanced spreadsheet, word processing and database development software. Solve your junk email woes with online library-based email solutions so you'll never have to set up another filter.

At Warpstock '99, attendees will find new OS/2 and related technologies discussed on the exhibit floor, in the lecture halls, and throughout the convention center. Every OS/2 user, whether home or office, will see OS/2 used in ways never before considered.

You'll learn these new technologies fast when you attend the premier OS/2 event of this century, Warpstock '99 Atlanta!

OS/2 users from around the world will meet October 16-17 in Atlanta. Visit http://www.warpstock.org for the complete information about this very special OS/2 event.

"Hello all,

We constantly read the discussions in this mailing-list and have some interesting news for you. There will be a detailed announcement next week, just the core points:

• SpeedSoft will continue to extent the SPCC library and the Sibyl IDE
• SpeedSoft will continue to finish the work on the Win32 IDE
• There will be a FP4 for OS/2 and Win32 very soon
• There will be a Sibyl 3.0 for OS/2 and Win32 this year
• There will be a Sibyl 3.0 for Linux, public betas will follow very soon, the current state is:
  • Compiler is running on Linux
  • base libraries are ported to 90%
  • SPCC is ported to 70%
  • IDE will be ported soon

We also will move to a new domain and a new, faster webserver.

More next week..."

1. o.mark@teamos2.de
2. Oliver Mark, Lindenstrasse 37, 67065 Ludwigshafen

1. Scheck an die obige Adresse
2. Überweisung auf 3235505 bei der VR Bank

Warp Expo West, the international "Warpfest Of OS/2 Excitement" in sunny California, held court to throngs of happy OS/2 revelers on Saturday as it filled lecture halls, exhibit areas and hallways with an enthusiasm unseen in recent memory. The four lecture halls were often at capacity, the exhibitor area often mobbed.

"We had 20% more guests than anticipated," said Rollin White, Chairman of Warp Expo West. "We obviously underestimated the industry's interest in OS/2 and the number of people who would travel long distances to attend a major OS/2 function."

International guests mingled with local attendees as lecture after lecture poured forth from the auditoriums and seminar rooms.

The roundtable with Peter Coffee of PC Week, Esther Schindler of Sm@rt Reseller and Alan Zeichick of Camden Associates had people talking for the rest of the day, discussing the panelist's comments and sharing their own personal insights.

Jerry Rash began the first of his four OS/2 multimedia lecture periods faced with an overflow crowd. Extra chairs were brought in and the audience spilled out through the doors and into the hallway, listening to his every word and vying for an occasional glimpse of the screen.

When asked during a morning pause how the show was doing for bringing in new business, Jim Williams of IBM replied "We've already made several good contacts. Warp Expo West is about the best show we've been to."

And so it went. Guests poured in from all over the U.S. and from overseas as well, taking in this massive gathering of OS/2 technology, products and information.

Lecturers held impromptu discussions in the hallways. The Warped Jeopardy! game show presentation from Sundial Systems was a combined multimedia extravaganza and stage show delight. Live video feeds were sent around the world over Internet connections. Webfoot, The Duck made an appearance.

Special exhibits lined the walls. Vendor100 was spectacular to watch as WiseManager from Serenity Systems instantly brought up icon after icon of Vendor100 software on every machine during the network bootup. Commercialgrade overhead projectors threw large images onto the auditorium screens. The OS/2 space game Stellar Frontier ran on a bank of machines.

"We've accomplished what we set out to do," continued Rollin White, "and we've again brought OS/2 knowledge and products to the community, to both current users and new users, so that OS/2 will continue to be recognized for what it is - the best desktop operating system in the world today."

Warp Expo West was held last Saturday, September 18, in
sunny Southern California.

Admission was free.

Special Credits:

• Rollin White, Chairman (he made it happen)
• Steve Schiffman, Facilities and Networks (he got the building, he got us connected)
• Carla Hanzlik, Web Mistress (she put us on the web)

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

• die Frage, die alles dominierte, war die nach einem neuen Warp Client, insbesondere nach den Mails von Stardocks Brad Wardell (siehe Mails "Judgement Day"). Steven erklärte er kenne diese Entscheidung nicht. Als Erklärung für die langen Verhandlungen um einen neuen Client sagte er das es in der IBM eine interne Richtlinie gibt, die besagt das neue Endbenutzerprodukte in min. 14 Sprachen übersetzt werden müssen.
  
  Der OS/2 Client wird aber zu 91% in nur 5 verschiedenen Sprachversionen verkauft. Die Übersetztungskosten für die osteuropäischen Sprachen und die DBCS Sprachen sind ernorm und ein großes Hindernis, insbesondere da für diese Sprachunterstützung zu der Aurora Codebase noch Programmänderungen erforderlich sind.
  
  Letzten Donnerstag sollte an der Ostküste ein Treffen von 7 IBM Mitarbeiter stattfinden, in dem über einen neuen OS/2 Client entschieden werden sollte. Dieses Treffen wurde aber aufgrund des Hurrikans Floyd abgesagt und soll nun innerhalb der nächsten zwei Wochen nachgeholt werden. Er konnte aber nicht sagen, wann das Ergebnis dieses Treffen veröffendlicht wird. Steven sieht gute Chancen für einen neuen Client, da die Erträge aus dem OS/2 Client im letzten Jahr gestiegen sind. Wenn IBM das Sprachenproblem mit Hilfe von OEM Lizensierung und Stardock umgehen kann, wird er für einen neuen OS/2 Client stimmen.
  
  Also, nicht die Koepfe haengen lassen.
• IBM in Austin hat eine Lösug erarbeitet, um WSOD Rechner auch ohne RIPL Chip und ohne RIPL fähige Netzwerkkarte über das Netz zu booten.
  Entwickelt wurde diese Lösung von Dennis Sposato, IBM Austin. Diese Lösung ist leider derzeit nur als IBM Solution (Dienstleistung) zu bekommen, nicht als Produkt. Einige Europäische Firmen (er nannte eine französische Bank) benutzen diese Software erfolgreich.
• bei der IBM berät man derzeit noch, ob es jemals einen Warp Server für die IA64 (Merced) Chips geben wird. Es schein bei der IBM eine Konkurrenz zum Monterey Unix Projekt zu geben. Aussage: "Aber wenn genug Kunden es wünschen...."
• IBM Austin pflegt derzeit mehrere CCL (Custom Code Lines) für Enterprise Kunden (spezifische OS/2 Warp Versionen), u.a. für die Deutsche Bank. Verträge für diese Versionen bestehen bis 2004.
• die OS/2 Programmierer in Austin arbeiten derzeit mit Iris/Lotus an einer für JFS optimierten Version des OS/2 Notes Servers, der auch die neuen File IO API unterstützt und dann die neuen Datei und Partitionsgrößen benutzen kann
• Mitte 2000 ist eine Linux Client Unterstützung für WSOD Server geplant
• im 3Q 2000 ist ein LDAP Server fuer OS/2 geplant, möglicherweise auf Java Basis
• es gibt Überlegnungen, die OS/2 Warp Server Domänendatenbank an einen Verzeichnisdienst zu koppeln oder mit einem Konnector zu versehen, um z. B. Anmeldedaten von einem Verzeichnisdienst wie NDS, Active Directory oder LDAP zu beziehen

OS/2 Sales Up By 125%!
News out of Warp Expo West: Sales of all types of OS/2 --including the Warp 4 client-- are up over last year by at least 125%. This information was provided by a real IBM official and it gives, at last, some credibility to Esther's recent article on IBM's surprise at how well OS/2 is doing.

Lotus To Release Update v1.5!
An IBM insider says Lotus will release SmartSuite version 1.5 by the end of this year. Its main improvement will be in Lotus 123 which is currently at the same level of its Windows product. Version 1.5 will put OS/2's Lotus 123 above their Windows product. This is another sign that proves OS/2 is very much alive and kicking butt.

What's The Truth Behind 'The Meeting'?
Today is the first day of Warp Expo West and our reporters are sending in a great many news stories. First, let's start with the very much publicized meeting Brad Wardell claims to have taken place yesterday which is getting much airplay today.

According to an IBM official attending Warp Expo West, no meeting took place yesterday on the future status of OS/2. He should know, he sits on the committee itself. On top of this he said IBM has ruled no third party entity out of the running to offer a third party release of Warp 5.

Top Secret: FP12 Is OS/2 Most Stable Update
Although FP12 has not been released publicly (yet) those who have been able to get/install it say it makes their systems the most stable OS/2 systems to date. FP12 corrects some 50 long-standing bugs (APARS). FP12 is expected for public release by October 1.

In 1998, Stardock took the position that if IBM had no current or projected plans for a new fat OS/2 client, that it was in the interests of OS/2 users and the computing community in general that a third-party should work with IBM to license OS/2 technology on an OEM basis and make a new client available.

To that end, late last year, Stardock prepared a business plan and opened negotiations with IBM. The wheels of bureacracy grind slowly, but eventually it was up to IBM (executive level) to make the ultimate call on proceeding.

For the past 6 months, Stardock and IBM have been working closely together in hammering out the details of an OS/2 client. Everything from potential names down to which minute components would or would not be included. These meetings included multiple in-person meetings with IBM staff and executives here at Stardock's office complex in Livonia Michigan.

With an agreement in principle in place, the last major hurdle was this week in which the IBMers in favor of our proposal (mostly in Austin) presented their case to IBM as a whole.

The call has been made -- there will be no new client from Stardock and IBM has indicated that they have no plans for an OS/2-based client of their own.

Though IBM indicated Stardock had the strongest proposal, they have decided that it is currently not in IBM's or their customer's interests to license any current OS/2 technology on an OEM-basis.

There was never any discord between IBM and Stardock over financials, technical viability, target market, or the like. IBM has simply finally made the decision that a new OS/2 client would be in conflict with their strategic directions.

Stardock would like to extend a special thanks to all the IBMers (and in particular Ken Christopher and Timothy Sipples) who went above and beyond the call in working with us and going to bat inside IBM. Remember when you meet folks like them, who are and have been intimately involved with OS/2, that their hands may be just as tied as yours when the IBM Corporation as a whole sets policy.

Everything that could be done was done.

Brad

---
Brad Wardell
Product Manager: Object Desktop & The Corporate Machine

One hundred OS/2 vendors, products and specialists are now a part of Warp Expo West.

"Guests will see a lot of OS/2 products," says Chairman Rollin White. "We topped 100 last week and we're still adding new ones."

There's something new this year. A network of machines will constantly make the software available for guests to try. Two servers and a number of clients will give every guest a chance to try all the software they want, see how it works, how it feels, and what it can do. Every Vendor100 program will be available on every machine. There will even be online ordering.

"Vendor100 is clearly a better way to demonstrate
software," continues White. "Instead of wandering the show aisles and searching for the software you need, it's all on one machine in front of you. You can try each application, switch back and forth between them to compare features, even check the vendor web sites to see what extra information is online."

The network itself runs OS/2 WiseManager, from Serenity Systems. "You can buy that too," smiles Kim Cheung, Executive Director for Serenity. Cheung personally supervised the installation of all software. WiseManager allows software to reside on one server and be used anywhere on the network, with individual profiles for each user. The user machines don't even need hard drives; they can boot directly from the network and all files are kept on the server.

For the software you need and the systems that run it, come to Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West is free, free, free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

SciTech is currently looking to fill a fulltime OS/2 developer position within the company. The responsibilities of the position would include development of SciTech Display Doctor for OS/2, wxWindows for OS/2 (a core component of the SDD 7.0 user interface) and SciTech MGL for OS/2. The position will require relocation to our offices in Chico, California (about 1.5 hours north of Sacramento).

If you are interested in this position, please mail/fax your resume to SciTech at:

Attn: Kendall Bennett
SciTech Software, Inc.
505 Wall Street
Chico, CA 95928
Fax: (530) 894 9069

If you wish to email me resumes, make sure they are either word documents or adobe acrobat files so that I can print them and add them to our files. I won't accept text file resumes.

For more information about SciTech Software and the products we developer, see our web site.

IBM Deutschland
Direktvertrieb GmbH
Kennwort: WarpNet (DE8MI)
Am Fichtenberg 1
71083 Herrenberg, Germany

Fax.: 07032/15-3300
e-Mail: warpnet@de.ibm.com

Warp Expo West announces something very special - a live video feed over the Internet from the show floor.

You'll be able to watch the video on your Netscape browser.

The continuous broadcasts will begin when Warp Expo West opens it doors on Saturday.

At this time we aren't exactly sure how many channels of video we will deliver. The system itself can supply four different channels and we hope to have all four up and running. There are multiple T1 lines in place to deliver these four video channels to the Internet backbone.

There are some technical issues that still need to be worked out. The audio feed is one we're still working on, and fine tuning the HTML code for your Netscape browser is another.

Still, the video system worked fine in tests on both Saturday and Sunday and we're confident we can deliver live video to you on "show day" this coming Saturday. There will be a special link on the Warp Expo West web pages and you won't need anything but your Netscape browser.

This is not a "webcam". This is full-motion video, just like you see on your television.

Even with the multiple T1 lines there are some bandwidth issues and we may have to reduce the image size, increase the compression level or restrict the number of simultaneous users depending on how many people choose to "tune in". A lot depends on the average bandwidth of viewers like yourself, since cable modems and DSL lines will load our video system more than 56K modems. Consider this a part of OS/2 history, as we take a "first shot" at sending full-motion video to your computer screen.

The idea for the live video feed belongs to Tim Katz of Demand Systems. (Demand Systems is an OS/2 preinstaller and an exhibitor at Warp Expo West.)

Tim Katz did the engineering design work, lined up the equipment and first tested the fully completed system on the Demand Systems network last Saturday. He and Steve Schiffman, the Network and Facilities Director for Warp Expo West, then tested the system at the show site on Sunday.

There was plenty of preparation for the final test. "I had to ensure that our supplier network was capable of supplying the bandwidth required," said Schiffman, "and that meant checking on each segment of the uplink. We'll have cameras in the lecture rooms and in the exhibitor area, and we'll supply a combination of live video feeds and repeat broadcasts of the most popular lectures."

Tim Katz had to work out some last-minute connections and spent part of the testing time working on the HTML. "Netscape supports live video, but Internet Explorer requires a special add-on which we won't support," said Katz. "The Netscape HTML is coded in a certain way and it took a bit of experimentation to get it right."

And Tim McCoy, owner of Demand Systems and present during the tests, was very pleased. "We like to come up with a solution no matter what the problem, and live video on the Internet is in everyone's future for seminars, trade shows, even family events such as weddings and any gathering of people. It's cost effective."

Rollin White, Chairman of Warp Expo West, said that "watching live video over the Internet is a great demonstration of why OS/2 is a leading technology platform."

And Terry Warren, President of The Southern California OS/2 User Group (SCOUG), the show's sponsoring organization, said "This is the technology of the future and we're pleased that SCOUG can bring this new benefit to OS/2 users via Warp Expo West."

Warp Expo West is free, free, free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

We should have some news around September 18. Hopefully good news. ;)

Brad

You'll learn how to set up your own OS/2-based video editing system, so you can splice together movies, tv shows and anything else, when you're a part of Warp Expo West.Multimedia expert Jerry Rash will have his own video editing system on-site for you to inspect. And in an extended multi-period session of lectures and interactive demonstrations, you will learn how to easily and inexpensively add video editing capabilities to your own OS/2 machine.Jerry will show movies and other video clips, and will explain the proper techniques for video capture using OS/2's native VideoIN and the alternate program Main Actor. You'll watch as he goes through the editing process, connecting different video scenes together using Main Actor's splicing functions. You'll learn how to do this on your own business and home OS/2 machines.Jerry's lecture will cover the video cards you can use for capturing from camera or vcr including the extensive testing he's done on many cards, the chipsets that VideoIN supports and the one video capture chipset that seems to work best, the tricks for avoiding dropped frames, and the methods of successfully converting between the many various video formats including AVI, Indio, Ultimotion and the proprietary Microsoft ASF format. You'll watch Jerry as he does video editing on-screen, connecting scenes together in true Hollywood fashion. You'll find out which Fixpaks to apply for best performance and which new Fixpaks to avoid.And during the additional interactive time period you'll get a chance to actually try Jerry's video editing system yourself.Video editing on your own machine is now possible and it's inexpensive. You'll learn how to do this when you attend Warp Expo West!Warp Expo West is free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

You'll see OS/2 and Linux running seamlessly together, connected on the same network and using each other's files when you join us at Warp Expo West.

When you need to add to your network and don't want to dedicate an entire OS/2 machine, Linux can come in handy. "It's a decent file and printer server for OS/2 and other desktop systems," says Hugh Daschbach, one of the two OS/2-Linux lecturers, "and it provides a rock solid server platform for mail, news, or web service."

In this extensive seminar you'll be shown how to install Linux as a second operating system on an OS/2 machine, how to access HPFS partitions with Linux and the new HPFS functionality expected in Linux 2.4, running Samba to provide LAN Manager networking services for file and printer sharing, accessing Linux files from the OS/2 client, using Linux as the server, the Linux configuration screens for setting up your networking capabilities, disk partitioning considerations when using Linux and Linux with OS/2, dual booting with LILO, implementing the X Window system, and the X Window software packages available.

Hugh Daschbach and Michael Elliott are both seasoned OS/2 users, and both are also members of the Unix Users Association of Southern California. Together they will showcase the methods involved in combining these two very different operating systems into one robust network.

Daschbach is a software engineer at Cisco Systems, and Elliott develops on JavaOS at Sun Microsystems. Their combined knowledge will enhance any network and will add functionality to your future networks.

You _will_ learn how to connect these two platforms when you attend Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West is free and will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

You can "talk" on-line with the folks that are making it happen. This is your chance to get the inside scoop on how the Expo is being put together and what it will include.

For information about connecting to the SpeakUp, check out the comprehensive guide that VOICE has put together. If you are using either GTIRC or EZIRC as your chat client, VOICE has scripts that will auto-connect you to the SpeakUp.

For those attending Warp Expo West on September 18th, be sure to stop by the VOICE table in the Exhibit Hall. They like talking to people in person as well as on-line!

As you may know OS/2 Netlabs is working on the OS/2 port of the well known Opera webbrowser (http://www.operasoftware.com). Currently we have two people in the team but we need a third one.
We will do the port with support of Odin32, the new Win32-API implementation for OS/2 (http://www.netlabs.org/odin/).

You should have know how in:

• OS/2 PM Programming
• OS/2 TCP/IP Stack
• Win32-API (not really necessary but it helps)
• you should be able to work over the internet (also together with the Odin Team)

We get a percent ammount of money per sold OS/2 license, so you will get money, but don't expect thousands of dollars :-)

If you think you are the right person for this job, please send an email with a short description of your know how to me (Adrian Gschwend).

"IBM: The New Strategy To Control The Worldwide Desktop" is now scheduled for a 10:15 a.m. start. Roundtable guests Peter Coffee, Esther Schindler and Alan Zeichick will heat the auditorium walls with their own thoughts and insights - guaranteed to reflect on the future of OS/2 - and the audience can heat up these three journalists' chairs when questions are taken from the floor.

Peter Coffee is the Technology Editor at giant PC Week, a journalist, book author, OS/2 user and first recipient of OS/2 Professional magazine's annual Media Excellence award.

Esther Schindler is Technology Editor at Sm@rt Reseller, a journalist and book author as well, an OS/2 user, and Program Chair for POSSI, the world's largest OS/2 user group.

Alan Zeichick brainstormed OS/2 Magazine into existence at Miller Freeman and was Editor-In-Chief there for four years, a writer of more than 575 published articles, and a trade show speaker at Comdex, PC Expo and The OS/2 World Conference and Exhibition.

These three industry experts will discuss IBM's new corporate presence, a presence based on new products centered squarely on OS/2, and the ramifications if IBM's strategy wins -- or loses.

_You_ will be part of this historic session when you attend Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

I am working on a project for Warpstock '99 to have more vendors and shareware authors represented, even if they can not come to the show in person.

The vendor response to my project is much better than I expected, and I need help. I need a few good men and women who are coming to Warpstock ( and who isn't? ) and are willing to spend a couple hours each day at one of our demonstration booths showing the products from four vendors.

In exchange for their time, the demonstrators will receive, direct from the vendors themselves, full licenses for the applications they demonstrate. Some of the vendors and applications we are representing and demonstrating are The Graham Utilities, PMFax, Priority Master II, PMview (V2.0!) and a host of others.

No experience is necessary, only a willingness to meet a lot of great friends and play with some cool software.

You need not apply in person, simply send an email to: Tom Stevic and indicate your desire to be part of this project.

The project is not officially connected with Warpstock, Inc., or the Warpstock Event team. It is simply an effort by a regular guy ( me ) to have a lot more applications I can drool over next October.

MULTIMEDIA AND GRAPHICS: An entire OS/2-based home entertainment center -- video capture and playback, audio, editing, CD audio transfers to your hard drive and back again, format conversions -- on stage with multimedia expert Jerry Rash, and he'll show you the utilities to use (including the free ones), the drivers you'll need, and how to set up the OS/2-based multimedia system of your dreams! And Don Baker, the expert on inkjet printing, will show you how to get images that look like photographs (we've seen him do it!) from your inkjet printer.

ROUNDTABLE: The roundtable discussion titled "IBM: The New Strategy To Control The Worldwide Desktop" with Peter Coffee of PC Week, Esther Schindler of Sm@rt Reseller and Alan Zeichick of Camden Associates (and OS/2 Magazine's former Editor-In-Chief) is guaranteed to give you an eye-opening insight into the good things and bad that lie ahead for OS/2. These three careers filled with experience and insight will fill the auditorium with crucial information you'll need for planning your OS/2 future.

NETWORKING: Networking guru Steve Schiffman will present "Designing Your Home Network", including connecting your machines together, installing the drivers, the available software (some of it free), and using just one internet connection to service all of your networked machines. Then Hugh Dashbach and Michael Elliott will showcase Linux And OS/2, a demonstration of how to make these two very different operating systems work seamlessly together.

WEB SITES: Two XML sessions by Bill Schindler, Editor of OS/2 Extended Attributes, will bring you quickly up to speed on this new language of the internet and get you started on writing your own XML pages. Plus Web Site Management and Netscape Composer Development seminars from Dr. Virginia Hetrick cover the problems that web site administrators face, the solutions, management of growth, and the fast-track approach to creating great looking web pages using the free Netscape Composer.

DATABASES: Relational databases from the basics to the exotic are thoroughly covered by Randell Flint, President of Sundial Systems. Use the knowledge you gain at this seminar to design your own relational database systems and expand the ones you work with now.

IBM: Flying in from Austin, Texas is Steven King, IBM's Development Manager for Network Computing, plus other IBMers including Dennis Sposato of the Rapid Deployment Team. Steven will show IBM's new Warp Server for e-Business, TCP/IP enhancements, Domino and Java server improvements, WorkSpace On-Demand server-managed clients plus the Windows32 feature for WorkSpace On-Demand, and Warp Server features like the Journaling File System, the Logical Volume Manager, WebSphere, NT Server management, and products from IBM's Network Computing Software Division covering XML, Java, SecureWay, Year2000 and a wide variety of other important subjects. Dennis will present the new Pre-Execution Services features including dynamic MAC addressing, remotely controlled boot manager, and booting to the LAN without a boot chip on the network card.

BIG GAMES: Warped Jeopardy! Matching wits with the OS/2 elite on a stage of dreams, this real-life show will be hosted by the talented President of a major OS/2 software house. Reserved seating is free, and it's first-come first-served.

SERVERS: Web Server Performance and Scalability by Robert Chapman of the Institute of Advanced Development Strategies covers what you need to know about response times, file I/O and communication bottlenecks, the constraints of the operating system, platform issues, the effect on performance of various programs including Active Server Pages and Dynamic HTML, and the new Application Server architectures.

JAVA: Ron Lamb, a Software Developer for Cisco Systems, teaches two Java classes covering the JDK, language concepts, the tools and resources you can use, the differences between the Java versions, new Java2 features, performance, design decisions, development of server-based Java applications, and this year's JavaOne Conference.

ADVOCACY: Come listen to Lynn Maxson, whose Warpicity project (complete with specialized smart tools like his Developer's Assistant) replaces the current development cycle and drives ideas straight to machine code. Kernels, drivers and application programs all flow from his methodolgy, and you'll learn the current project status at this most important lecture.

COMMUNICATIONS: Dave Watson covers visual internet-based communications like CUSeeMe down through instant messaging, chat, newsgroups and mail lists, all OS/2 based and all used today in business, government, education and home office.

MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING: Researchers like Ben Archer and Michael "Rocky" Rakijas need powerful tools when they work, and they use Octave for signal analysis, curve fitting and the rest of their daily number crunching. Fast solutions and tricks of the trade are covered in this vital seminar.

PROGRAMMING: Plenty of programming topics await you, including Melanie Chernoy's REXX Programming Potpourri covering everything from REXX basics through stem variables, parsing, and using VREXX2 to add windows, dialogs and menus to your REXX programs. Developer Stan Shantar then shows you how to push the limit with his two sessions on Using REXX And C Together, carefully explaining the exact methods (many undocumented) you can use to allow each language to do what it does best. And international consultant Steven Levine presents "How To Write a Workplace Shell Class" including how to subclass existing desktop objects so you can leverage the Workplace Shell's functionality into your own programs, how to build your own Workplace Shell objects, and a full plate of development and debugging techniques.

Every one of these seminars is free, and you don't want to miss this all-inclusive day. We have the presentations you want - at Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West admission is free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

1. Sybase stopped their selling of Watcom C/C++ in North America.
   In Europa u.a. noch verfuegbar bis 31. Oktober.
2. Source Code for Watcom C/C++ Libraries available.

These six free Internet seminars have been carefully scheduled so none are at the same time. If your interest, your job or your business revolves around the Internet, you'll get the knowledge you need at Warp Expo West.

Web Server Performance and Scalability

Presented by Robert Chapman, Institute of Advanced Development Strategies and SCOUG Member.

Mr. Chapman will lecture on intranet and internet response times, file I/O bottlenecks, communication bottlenecks, operating system constraints, platform issues and the use of programs, Active Server Pages and Dynamic HTML and the effect they have on performance, and the new Application Server architectures and their current and future ramifications. Be prepared with your own questions about your current or planned Internet servers, because Mr. Chapman will take questions from the floor.

Quick Start for Netscape Composer

Presented by Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D., Senior Consultant for CIBER Custom Solutions Group and SCOUG Member.

Dr. Hetrick will demonstrate how to design award-winning web pages using the Composer portion of Netscape Communicator, including all of its tools and capabilities, the tricks that add "the look" to your pages, how to properly organize your page information for maximum impact, color selection, designing for the multiple resolutions that visitors may use, layout styles, and headlining. Bring printouts of your favorite web pages and learn how their look and impact can be further improved.

Technology Overview: Why XML Is Important

Presented by Bill Schindler, Editor In Chief of Extended Attributes, the award-winning OS/2 magazine published by POSSI.

Mr. Schindler will present the reasons that XML is important to web businesses, web designers and web users, the history of web languages, the relationship between XML and the alternatives, the purpose of XML in web page design, and the business and casual considerations that must be analyzed when deciding on its usage. All persons who manage or design web pages should attend this seminar.

Managing Your Website

Presented by Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D., Senior Consultant for CIBER Custom Solutions Group and SCOUG Member.

Dr. Hetrick's background in managing web sites for UCLA and other organizations has led to a successful overall strategy for designing and running any web site, from avoiding the "web wall" to planning your expansion, handling traffic, tracking usage, what to look for when analyzing server logs, reorganizing the web site, budgeting the resources, and handling each of the certain problems as they occur. Web site administrators and future administrators need the training and insights included in this lecture.

Internet Communication Methods

Presented by Dave Watson, SCOUG Member and Internet SIG Leader.

Mr. Watson will cover the full complement of Internet communication methods, from traditional asynchronous protocols to live interactive sessions, email, mail lists, newsgroups, Internet relay chat, instant messaging, CUSeeMe, sending to many individuals simultaneously, the programs which supply these functionalities, the current OS/2 resources, the importance these capabilities will have in our everyday lives as bandwidth and processing power increase, and a changed future as connectivity becomes truly universal. Most web users have heard of these capabilities but are unaware of many of the business and personal uses, and this presentation will give all attendees the major new insights into how these technologies are just beginning to affect our lives and our pocketbooks.

An Introduction to XML Basics

Presented by Bill Schindler, Editor In Chief of Extended Attributes, the award-winning OS/2 magazine published by POSSI.

Mr. Schindler will present a somewhat technical introduction to XML (eXtensible Markup Language), including how XML is different from HTML, how to create a well-formed XML document, parsing and validating an XML document, creating your own "tags", using DTDs, vector graphics, data transformations, fast XML design, and design considerations. XML is the new future language of the web and those who control web sites need this information to stay ahead of the competition.


You'll learn a _lot_ about the Internet when you attend Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West is free. The show will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

Edmond, Oklahoma, August 30, 1999 - GammaTech, Inc., software developer, announced today that "The Surprise" will be revealed at Warp Expo West on September 18, 1999.

GammaTech, Inc., has been developing OS/2 software since 1991 and although unable to attend SCOUG's annual event, has registered as one of the Vendor100's. By doing so, GammaTech's products will be demonstrated to the Warp Expo West attendees.

GammaTech's OS/2 product line includes GammaTech Utilities v. 4.0 and GammaTech IRC, GTIRC.

GammaTech Utilities is a package of utilities which adds enhanced data optimization, manipulation and recovery capabilities to your mission critical OS/2 work station or OS/2 server.

GTIRC v. 3.0 is a multichannel chat program which allows users to engage in real time conversations with people all over the world using the Internet.

GammaTech, Inc., has provided printed literature which will be available in the Vendor100 area. "The Surprise" and details will be included in that literature.

For those not attending Warp Expo West, "The Surprise" will be posted on September 18, 1999 at http://www.gt-online.com/html/news.html.

Vendor100 has grown to "Full Enterprise" size and Warp Expo West is upgrading the entire Vendor100 exhibitor space to a new technology managed client network.

"You'll be able to walk up to any client system on the network and run any Vendor100 application," said Rollin White, Chairman of Warp Expo West. "No guest will have to wait in line for a chance to use a single dedicated system running a single vendor's software. Everything will run everywhere."

The entire Vendor100 suite of software from dozens of developers will be hosted on the newly engineered network, and guests will have the unique experience of not being restricted to a particular vendor's machine in order to try their software. The network servers will use WiseManager from Serenity Systems to manage all the clients.

"WiseManager doesn't use the hard disk in your system," explained Kim Cheung, Executive Director for Serenity. "You install each application once at the server, and every client system then uses that copy. And it's totally configurable for each user. You still have your own configuration files, your own data files. But it's all stored on the server."

"There's a big savings here. Most of an application's files never change, so we only need one server copy. The few small files that do, such as configuration files, are stored in the user's personal file space. WiseManager uses the personal file if it exists, or uses the common file otherwise."

Every network administrator should carefully go over the Vendor100 network that will run continuously during Warp Expo West. The network build team will be available for questions.

"It's great for us because, if a client machine breaks, we just replace it, turn on the new one, and boot from the network. We don't have to install anything, and we're up and running again instantly," commented White.

Cheung himself supervised the installation of the dozens of different software applications on the servers. "It went fast, not much different from a single client install, and when one vendor sent an upgrade we only had to upgrade one machine - the server - not every client," said Cheung. "Suppose we had 50 machines! We'd have to install the upgrade 50 times if we didn't have a managed client network. WiseManager handles any size network -- up to 64,000 clients."

"We're also going to show how to install this new type of network, and discuss the cost and security benefits of using diskless workstations," Cheung said.

Managed client networks are a bold new technology for OS/2 network administrators, and every businessman and every OS/2 user with an interest in networking should make a point of studying and discussing the Vendor100 network - at Warp Expo West!

Warp Expo West is free. It will be held on September 18 near Disneyland in sunny Southern California.

Sponsored by The Southern California OS/2 User Group.

OS/2 StarOffice users should abandon all fear. In a News.com story, Marco Boerries, founder and former owner of Star Division, speaks on the future of StarOffice.

The main announcement is that the current native code, and future thin-client java editions of the software will be given away for free to all users, not just the educational and home users (as has been the previous policy).

In addition to giving the software away for free, Sun will make the original programming instructions, or "source code," available under the Sun Community Source License.

Sun plans to make money selling services such as installation and technical support for the software.

A new "thin" version, StarPortal, due by the end of the year, is handled by a central server (like the current StarOffice for Java version). Coming from Sun, and being 100% java, I think we have NO reason to fear if StarPortal will run in OS/2 :).

Sun is expected to announce the Star Division acquisition today in New York, where the company will demonstrate the use of StarPortal on a Java-enabled PalmPilot, which is connected to a server.

• Die Foren sind nicht länger in verschiedene Sprachversionen aufgeteilt - beinhalten aber eine Flagge für die Sprache
  http://de.OS2.org/forum/
  Die Übersicht wurde neu gestaltet und ist nun leicht und schneller zu lesen.
• Kalender! Dieser Kalender für OS/2 bezogene Ereignisse ist NEU:
  Wir hoffen, daß dieser Euren Gefallen findet und Ihr auch neue Termine hinzufügen werdet.
  Macht daraus den perfekten Platz, wo Ihr selbst und alle OS/2 Benutzer in der Welt nach neuen OS/2 Ereignissen Ausschau halten können.