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UG: Giangarra shows Warp 4 at Phoenix OS/2 Society
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Esther Schindler)
Mon Oct 7 06:58:04 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 4 Oct 1996 13:21:42 GMT
From: esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)
Reply-To: esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)
Reply-to: esther@primenet.com (Esther Schindler)
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Paul Giangarra to show OS/2 Warp 4 at Phoenix OS/2 Society
Monday --note MONDAY-- October 7, 7 PM
At our next general meeting, on Monday, October 7, IBM's Paul Giangarra, System
Architect for Merlin, will show off OS/2 Warp Version 4.
Note the special day! The general meeting has been moved to Monday for this
month only because of scheduling conflicts. We'll be back to our usual "second
Tuesday" for the November meeting.
Paul will show us all the cool stuff in the new software -- speech recognition,
user interface enhancements, Netscape for OS/2, and who knows what else?
So who is this guy?
Paul Giangarra is currently the System Architect for Merlin, the next version
of OS/2 Warp Connect on Intel hardware. Paul led the architecture phase for
OS/2 for the PowerPC. His experience and accomplishments are in the fields of
Operating Systems, Communications Software for Series/1, and small systems.
Paul was the Chief Designer for OS/2 during OS/2 1.2, 1.3, and 2.0. He has
represented IBM on various standards committees including the DPMI, the PCMCIA
Card/Socket Services, and TIS (Tools Interface Standards) committees. Paul is a
member of the IBM Senior Technical Staff. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer
Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He's also known as a cool guy that can fill a room at a conference and go 40
minutes after the scheduled time -- with absolutely nobody leaving before he
quits speaking.
The usual logistics
The general meeting starts at 7 PM but a Q&A session gets underway at 6:30.
If you want to ask other OS/2 users for advice about video cards, the best OS/2
application choices, or nearly anything else, come early to hear what other
users have to say. (But remember, again, to come this time on Monday. If you
show up on Tuesday, you'll find a bunch of volunteer firefighters at a beer and
taco party.)
The meeting is held at the Mountain Preserve Reception Center at 1431 East
Dunlap. Also, don't forget our "after meeting meeting," when enthusiastic (or
at least talkative) POSSI members reconvene at the Coyote Springs brew pub at
20th Street and Camelback.
Upcoming meetings at the Phoenix OS/2 Society include:
Rogue Wave, showing visual Java development tools (in November)
SofTouch, showing their utilities -- and perhaps a sneak preview at an
upcoming product (in November)
TrueSpectra, showing Photo>Graphics (in December)
For more information about the Phoenix OS/2 Society, head over to
http://www.possi.org. Your life will be dull, dry, dismal, and not at all
worth the effort unless you do.
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