This month's article deals with the issue of product naming and numbering schemes, and recommends a new point release for OS/2 -- as well as an appropriate name for it.

Thanks for the note. Funny how these things work. James and I wrote the article for Network World and CNN picked it up. They put the voting stuff on their site... We've gotten a few requests for WSeB - we'll definitely consider it for the next showdown...

The new snippet comes from Doug Rickman (easily our most prolific contributor) and sets up generic routines for initialization and loading of ini files that can be plugged into your program with just a bit of tweaking. The title to look for once you are there is "Generic "Ini" Loading Routine".

We have also updated the "Get Boot Drive" routine to include the SysBootDrive call if it is present and fall back to alternatives if it is not present.

As an aside:
If you have written and I haven't answered with my usual speed and "savoir-faire" (OK, just joking) it is because the isp I have most of my email routed through is having a mail server problem that they hope to have fixed (or exorcized) in the next day or so. Please be patient and cross your fingers that it all gets here eventually. If the problem persists or you need to contact me, I have redirected the wswanson@pillarsoft.net temporarily to another isp that Iwill check periodically.

The article "OS/2 and the Real World" examines OS/2's superior technological attributes, as well as the cultural and commercial aspects of OS/2's marketplace position.

In addition, OS/2 Headquarters has been updated with the following changes:

• new taglines have been added to the Funnies Page
• new newspapers have been added to the Generic News Page
• the OS/2 FAQ Page has been updated.

There is one new section and 37 new links, for a total of over 250 links. My OS/2 programming links page is a VERY comprehensive list of OS/2 programming resources on the Internet. Every OS/2 programmer should have this URL among their bookmarks. You won't find such a complete list of programming references for any other operating system.

In addition to our new 24x7 Report, "The Keys to the Millennial E-Mailbox," we just posted Issue #7 of the IACT Quarterly Newsletter.
The focus in our new issue is clearly on operating systems -- especially OS/2!


"An Adventure with DEBUG.COM, or, How a Single XLS Spreadsheet Can Ruin Your Day"
When OS/2 user Tim O'Connor tried to get his foot through the door of a potential employer, he found himself vying against a Microsoft Excel compatibility problem. The XLS spreadsheet sent to him by the job recruiter refused to open in his favorite OS/2 apps-- and he didn't have MS-Windows 9x. Check out his commentary to see if he opened the file and if he got the job or just another MS-Headache.

"The Big Blue-Redmond Connection"
From Windows NT and OS/2, to VMS and FUD, this article traces the connections between different operating systems, including how they were developed and who deserves the credit or blame. Where does OS/2 fit into that picture of flaws and innovations? OS/2 is the better mousetrap that Microsoft needed to build Windows NT. So if today's users of OS/2, Windows 2000 and NT want the big picture with no corners cut, they need to look at how OS/2 and NT first connected, then diverged-- and why the companies of IBM and Microsoft did so as well.


...plus two more articles in our IACT Quarterly Newsletter.

PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA (January 17, 2000) - M. Bryce & Associates (MBA) today announced the release of the February issue of OS/2 CONNECT, a freeware newsletter distributed through the various computer networks and bulletin boards. OS/2 CONNECT is THE authoritative source for contact information in the universe of IBM's OS/2 32-bit operating system.

Its HTML files are also available for downloading and viewing locally.

The Newsletter is available as online HTML, downloadable HTML and downloadable OS/2 INF format.

In this month's issue you will find:

• The Editor of VOICE speaks out: Welcome to Year 2000
• Arco DupliDisk IDE RAID 1 Controller and OS/2. By: Richard Clark
• Freeware... a big deal? You bet!, By Wayne Swanson
• What is DSL?, By: Daniela Engert
• Moneydance 2.0.3, By: Ernie Fisch
• Followup to the 64-Bit OS/2, By: Don K. Eitner
• View from the End (User): The Year That Was and The Year That Could Be, By: Don K. Eitner
• And of course letters, addendums, Tips and the compiled monthly OS/2 news!

The VOICE Editors would like to thank everyone who made the January VOICE Newsletter possible.

If you need to find something in a back issue of the VOICE Newsletter, the Newsletter Master Index and Search Function is now online. You can directly access this at http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/vnlindex.html or from a link on the General Newsletter page - http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html.

For those who may be thinking about doing an article for the Newsletter, we have added a page with Guidelines for Article Submissions to the VOICE Newsletter.

SETTING UP A SOHO PEER NETWORK - Installation and Configuration of TCP/IP Services.
Setting up TCP/IP for multiple computers can be tricky. See how to do it right.

In addition to dozens of great features, Focus on OS/2 currently contains 1112 links.

I've written a brief guide including links to files needed to add Type1 and Truetype fonts to Xfree86/OS2. Addition of TrueType fonts is quite important if you want to use Gimp/2 and do any artwork with text as most free decorative fonts are only available in TrueType.

These were compiled from various Usenet news group postings, OS/2 Mailing List posts as well as reports sent directly to VOICE.

If you know of any issues not reported on this list, please send them to editor@os2voice.org with Y2K in the subject. Please include the full application name, version(s) affected, a description of the problem and any known fix or work-around, including a URL if possible.

If you know of any fixes, work-arounds or errors for issues already listed, please report them to editor@os2voice.org as well.

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