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IBM PR: EIGHTY BONUS APPLICATIONS WITH OS/2 WARP 4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry C. Hamilton)
Fri Sep 13 19:07:59 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 13 Sep 1996 21:58:06 GMT
From: tch@ibm.net (Terry C. Hamilton)
Reply-To: tch@ibm.net (Terry Hamilton)
Reply-to: tch@ibm.net (Terry Hamilton)
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Application Sampler CD-ROM and BonusPak Provide Customer Solutions
Right Out of the Box
AUSTIN, Texas, September 3, 1996...IBM today announced plans to distribute
an Application Sampler CD-ROM and a BonusPak of applications with OS/2 Warp*
4. This comprehensive set of business, personal productivity, security,
utility, and educational and reference applications are designed to exploit
the features in OS/2, and give customers immediate software solutions.
"The inclusion of the Application Sampler CD-ROM and BonusPak with
OS/2 Warp 4 will give users full productivity tools right out of the box,"
said Jeff Howard, IBM worldwide OS/2 brand manager. "Users will be able to
experience OS/2 Warp's powerful new features that will make it the standard
for future operating system solutions."
Test Drive Popular Applications
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The Application Sampler CD-ROM will include trial or mini- versions of more
than 70 native OS/2 software applications. Included on the CD-ROM is a trial
version of StarDivision's StarOffice 3.1. StarOffice is a suite of office
productivity applications containing StarWriter word processor, StarCalc
spreadsheet, StarDraw graphics and presentation package, StarGallery
multimedia tool, StarImage image manipulation and StarChart chart and table
creator. StarOffice seamlessly integrates World Wide Web functionality such as
Web browsing, and effectively manages hyperlinks and Web publishing using the
latest HTML standard and HTTP and FTP protocols.
"StarOffice is a complete Internet-enabled office suite available for OS/2,"
said Marco Borries, president and CEO of StarDivision GmbH, Germany. "By
including StarOffice in the Application Sampler, users of OS/2 Warp 4 will
have an opportunity to experience an ideal business suite solution when
working in a network computing environment."
Also included on the Application Sampler CD-ROM is MGI PhotoSuite for OS/2, a
digital imaging and multimedia software package, which was ported to OS/2
using IBM's Open32 technology. PhotoSuite allows users to easily capture,
display, convert, edit, catalog and print photo images, video and sound in
almost any digital format, whether on a hard disk, CD-ROM, or the Internet.
"OS/2 users will find PhotoSuite for OS/2 an ideal companion for image editing
and management," said Anthony DeChristofaro, president and CEO of MGI
Software. "PhotoSuite can quickly produce thumbnails of any image on a hard
drive or the Internet. And, with our Smart Magic Wand, users can easily edit
and transform their favorite pictures for use in their applications."
A partial listing of the contents for the Application Sampler CD-ROM include:
Business and Personal Productivity Applications
-- Clearlook 1.7 from Sundial Systems Corp.
-- Contact Connection from Computer Interface - StarOffice Suite from
StarDivision
-- Lotus Word Pro* from Lotus Corporation
Utility Programs
-- Back Again/2 from Computer Data Strategies
-- ChipChat for OS/2 from ChipChat Technologies - Deskman/2 from
Development Technologies
Security Enabling Applications
-- Smart-Lock from Corporate Info Management - QSMS from QSD
-- Secure Workplace for OS/2 from Syntegration - Safe Guard Professional
from UtiMaco
The BonusPak Offers Powerful Tools
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The BonusPak, which was first available with OS/2 Warp Version 3, includes
nine complete native OS/2 applications. New to the BonusPak is Remote Support
for OS/2 Warp from International Software Solutions. Located in the Assistance
Center, the desktop icon that houses system management and support features,
it allows IBM service representatives to help users directly, much the way
onsite IT administrators do -- by conducting a virtual hands-on examination of
the system. In addition to assisting in problem determination and resolution,
administrators can also transfer files, and download or upload information
remotely, allowing the user to watch their system upgrade without ever
touching the keyboard.
"With the Remote Support for OS/2 Warp tool in the BonusPak, IBM Technical
Support can directly access customer machines to perform help desk and
diagnostic functions," said Tim Guptill, senior vice president, International
Software Solutions. "This is a revolutionary step in providing a level of
customer support as yet unavailable in the general software market."
In addition to Remote Support for OS/2 Warp, the BonusPak will come with new
and updated BonusPak applications. These include IBM Works, HyperACCESS Lite
for OS/2 from Hilgraeve, FaxWorks for OS/2 from Keller Group, CompuServe
Information Manager for OS/2, VideoIN for OS/2, AskPSP, HP JetAdmin from
Hewlett Packard and Markvision for OS/2 from Lexmark. OS/2 Warp 4
OS/2 Warp 4, previously referred to as Merlin, has gone to manufacturing and
will be generally available later this month. Users can look forward to the
battle-tested engine they are familiar with in OS/2 Warp Version 3, with an
improved user interface and better Internet access, including a free copy of
the new speech-enabled Netscape Navigator** for OS/2. As the ideal client
operating system solution in a networked world, OS/2 Warp 4 will be able to
run in heterogeneous environments with enhanced hardware and software
compatibility, offering users true cross-platform performance. It is the first
PC-based operating system solution to include Sun Microsystems' Java***
technology, as well as built-in speech navigation and dictation, using IBM's
latest VoiceType* technology.
*IBM, OS/2, VoiceType, Lotus and Word Pro are trademarks or registered
trademarks of IBM Corporation.
**Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks of the Netscape
Communications Corporation.
***Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All other product and service names may be trademarks and/or service marks
of their respective owners.
For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its
products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is
at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to find any information about
IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at
http://www.software.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information service allows you to
receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-FAX, or
415-855-4329 and enter "99" at the voice menu.
-0- 9/4/96
/CONTACT: Neisha Conyers of IBM Corp., 512-838-9639 or
conyers@austin.ibm.com, or Lisa Missman or Brodeur & Partners, 512-838-9349 or
lmissman@brodeur.com/
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