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27.07.2000 |
Moneydance vs. Moneyplex in future?! (from Joerg Sievers) |
Since 12/29/1999 is Moneydance available in version 2.0.4, a Java-based 'Quicken'-pendant (you can im-/export Quicken-files) but at the moment without a onlinebanking-modul. Moneydance is available in different languages and very useful to view your accounts 'offline'. Yes, it is a Java-application but it is fast enough running on my P166/64-machine and has some interesting features (also in development):
-> URL: http://moneydance.net/ -> comments: 17 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
TTC7-Highlights for Warpstock Europe 2000 (from Sascha Weber) |
For the 7th release of the "Team Trier Collection" (TTC) CD-ROM the team has two surprises: If you buy a TTC7 you will have to pay 50 DEM less for RSJ-Writer 3.x and also 50 DEM less for the registration of matrica's Moneyplex with HBCI-support! The TTC 7 will be available in the same time as the "Warpstock Europe 2000" will start in Karlsruhe, Germany, where you also can buy the CD-ROM for DEM 10. Further informations soon on the TTC homepage. -> URL: http://www.teamos2.ipcon.de/en-index.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
19.07.2000 |
Sun makes StarOffice code public under GPL (from Joerg Sievers) |
Now it is official: StarOffice will be opensource under the GPL. Today on the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Monterey, California (USA) Sun will announce it. It will be the code of the next generation of StarOffice 6.0 which is more structured in components and the modules like wordprocessor and spreadsheet will be optional startable as standalone applications without the StarOffice desktop. Additional German News from Heise Ticker. -> URL: http://mktnews.nasdaq.com/newsv2/pullstory.asp?textpath=d:\www\nasdaq\news\rf\2000\07\19\RF040359AT690.html&site=NASDAQ&sitesubtype=&usymbol=SUNW&logo=&companyname= -> comments: 2 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
18.07.2000 |
APC Magazine (Australia) with OS/2, SO 5.1, etc.. (from Clayton Lai) |
The July 2000 issue of Australian Personal Computer (APC) Magazine is distributed with 3 CDs containing a full version of OS/2 Warp 4.0, along with Red Hat Linux 6.2 and BeOS 5 Personal Edition. OS/2 is in Disc 2; also included are StarOffice 5.1a for OS/2, Netscape Communicator for OS/2 4.61, AntiViral Toolkit Pro for OS/2 3.0.133, Zip Control, The Graham Utilities for OS/2, FileStar/2 2.10d1 and Embellish 2.01. As stated in the documentation booklet included with the magazine, APC's version of OS/2 Warp 4 differs from the retail version in that it does not contain the disk images found in the retail installation CD; installation with the APC version is strictly by CD-ROM only; to quote the instructions: "It is technically possible (to install with floppy disks) by copying all files in the CD sub-directories to floppy disks, (but) we don't recommend it." Also absent are the drivers one can find from the DevicePak CD, and the demos of commercial applications. -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
13.07.2000 |
Sponsoring of Aurora for OS2.org (from WebTeam OS2.org) |
Webteam OS2.org would like to thank
EMEA Warp Team emeawarp@de.ibm.com for their sponsoring of OS/2 Warp Server for e-business to OS2.org. A big thank you also goes to the Coreteam-Members of EMEA Warp:
With the new hardware we installed some weeks ago and OS/2 Warp Server for e-business OS2.org is now based on very good system equipment, that will allow us to realize even more ideas. Wait and see what we (Webteam OS2.org) will make out of it. Have fun surfing OS2.org. Your Webteam OS2.org -> comments: 2 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
12.07.2000 |
Serenity eComStation, the new OS/2 Warp ? (from Andreas Linde) |
Serenity Systems announced their new product eComStation, which will be a "new OS/2 Warp Client" based on the version that IBM will release as Convenience Pak, in November.
The eComStation will also include some extra features:
There will be three versions of eComStation available:
The enhancements for stand alone usage compared to the Convenience Pak are very rare. There even isn't a big price difference to a Software Choice subscription (around $200 for 2 years), which gives everyone all the OS/2 updates from IBM (including Convenience Pak, TCP/IP 4.3, JAVA 1.3, ...). Business users will benefit much more if they intend to use the WiseManager architecture. And why is the JFS filesystem only included in the Pro version, since IBM released JFS to open source. Home users could benefit very much of JFS enhancements in speed and reliabilty compared to standard HPFS. -> URL: http://ecomstation.mensys.nl -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
10.07.2000 |
Sun Forte Java IDE on OS/2 (from Achim Hasenmueller) |
Even though IBM has made the sad decision to no longer support OS/2 with their VisualAge for Java product, there is an excellent (for many people even superior) replacement until Project Odin fully supports VAJ: Sun Forte.
You can download Forte Community Edition for free at the listed URL. It requires Java 1.3.0 on OS/2 which is available as a preview release on IBM Software Choice (reserved feature). However, Forte currently crashes during installation which is a bug in the pre release Java. So you have to install it on another platform and copy the Forte directory to your OS/2 machine. Also, the Java pre release is missing two files. Get jdk1.3\lib\tool.jar and jdk1.3\lib\dt.jar and copy it to your OS/2 java13\lib directory (might not exist). This problem has been reported to IBM like the crash before. Then create a forte4j.cmd in your forte4f\bin directory: SET _FORTE4J_HOME=y:\forte4jIf everything goes well, Forte for Java will now start (takes quite a while, huge application) and you can use it to develop Java software. A quick test did not show any problems once the installation and initial start has been mastered. -> URL: http://www.sun.com/forte/ffj/ce/download.html -> comments: 4 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
09.07.2000 |
New Support Forum for Papyrus & Papyrus OFFICE (from Carsten Müller) |
R.O.M. logicware announced these days a new support forum for their word processor "papyrus" and "papyrus OFFICE". This web-based forum contains discussion groups, where papyrus users can get support from and discuss with the developers.
The new papyrus forum is located at http://www.commTalk.de/rom and it's part of the commTalk.de community, where you can find large forums for OS/2, Linux, Java and a variety of other topics. The membership of commTalk.de and commTalk.de/rom is free. -> URL: http://www.commTalk.de/rom -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
06.07.2000 |
Visual Age for Java 3.5 not for OS/2 (from Per Johansson) |
IBM won't ship VisualAge for Java 3.5 for OS/2.
This clarification was sent to the newsgroup ibm.software.vajava.non-technical 2000-06-30. The OS/2 operating system is recommending that developers move to a platform neutral environment for the deployment of e-business applications by mid next year. Based on this decision, the VisualAge for Java team had very strong discussion about developing a 3.5 for OS/2 or not. I was part of the discussion. It seemed reasonable to not deliver a product that will be obsolete by mid next year. I am sure a lot of you will disagree. What we want is for you to be able to work on your platform of choice and to support you. If OS/2 decides you should migrate, why should our team say something else. I understand you do not agree with the OS/2 decision of asking you to migrate. What I do not understand is why are you blaming the decision of not providing a tool. Knowing that, I believe the OS/2 will help each of us successfully migrating to another platform. And once again I will be frank. If you decide to migrate to a non IBM development environment because of that, I will be sad, I will understand your decision and I will wish you good luck in the future. If you decide to use VisualAge for Java we will make sure we support everything you do. OS/2 is still supported as a deployment environment with remote debug and EMSRV. -> URL: http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/strategy -> comments: 14 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
03.07.2000 |
Easteregg in Flash/2 (from Joerg Sievers) |
A collegue in the Fidonet has written a hint to the Flas/2-PlugIn (turn your loudspeakers ON!):
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