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PR: Object Desktop Professional UPGRADE! (utilities)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Wardell)
Sat Jul 5 01:58:21 1997
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Date: 04 Jul 1997 23:07:00 -0400
From: wardell@ibm.net (Brad Wardell)
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Object Desktop Professional Available On Commerce Server!
Friday, July 4, 1997
Contact: Alexander Antoniades
Stardock Systems, Inc.
(313)453-0328
Canton MI -- Stardock Systems, a leading developer of software for IBM's OS/2
has made its flagship product, Object Desktop Professional available on the
commerce server in its upgrade form to existing customers of Object Desktop
1.5.
Object Desktop Professional contains all the features of the best-selling
Object Desktop plus corporate-centric features such as universal document
viewing, security, desktop standardization, backup, INI repair, internet help
integration, program-launch scheduling, and a lot more.
"The Object Viewing feature is extremely helpful to us," said Glenn Meadows of
Masterphonics. "Our users can now trade documents of any type and not worry
whether they have the application. We can just copy and paste the data from
the view window or print directly from the file with the correct formatting
preserved."
With Object Viewing, Stardock integrated most of the common file formats into
OS/2 itself making Object Desktop Professional very attractive for
corporations running a mixed set of applications. Object Viewing will
automatically detect the type of file it is which essentially eliminates the
file type query when you drag and drop to the printer. Moreover, it does not
have to look at the file extension to know what type of file it is. Object
Viewing can also assign your files to an icon that represents what type of
file it is (document, spread sheet, database, etc.). To give OS/2
users/administrators an idea of how good of a deal this is, the closest thing
to Object Viewing on Windows 95/NT is Quickview Plus which doesn't have all
the features of Object Viewing and costs $59.95 all by itself.
One of Object Desktop Professional's most impressive features is the Object
Advisor. Object Advisor integrates on-line help into the internet/intranet
world via HTML. When a user clicks on an icon with the Advisor trainer opened,
a window appears explaining what the icon does with link options to either
other HTML documents on the machine, the server, or on the internet. This
makes the Object Advisor a very powerful aid to corporations trying to reduce
the costs of maintaining a help desk or other internal technical support.
Commercial Developers can also look to greatly decrease support costs by
providing advisors that allow users to link to their websites to download
updates automatically.
Corporations or end users looking to standardize their desktop and manage
multiple desktops will also find the Desktop Backup Advisor to be essential.
Not only does it make managing desktops very easy, it also can completely
repair OS/2 INI files quickly and easily making OS/2 faster and more stable.
Other features include Object Backup which can back up systems to the network,
floppy, and external devices (such as ZIP drives, JAZZ drives, and ATAPI/IDE
tape drives). Object Inspector which makes it easy to create Workplace Shell
objects as well as modify the class table, an enhanced version of the Object
Navigator which can view any type of file format within its view pane, and a
host of other features that will delight both IS managers as well as OS/2
power users.
Object Desktop Professional lists for $179. Object Desktop Professional
UPGRADE version on the commerce server is only $69.95.
Object Desktop 1.5 FULL version is available on the commerce server for
$49.95. Because of the reduced cost of doing business on the Internet, users
can both buy Object Desktop 1.5 and upgrade to Object Desktop Professional on
the commerce server.
The CID enabled install allows users and administrators to pick and choose
which features they want to install.
Having Object Desktop Professional on the commerce server is a pilot program
to see how much sales impact having a product that you can order and download
immediately has.
Users who are interested in upgrading their OS/2 system to the most powerful
environment ever developed can visit http://www.stardock.com.
Site licensing is also available (contact pford@stardock.com for details).
Stardock Systems can be reached at (313)762-0687, website:
http://www.stardock.com, email: info@stardock.com.
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Object Desktop: Targeted for all OS/2 users.
Object Desktop Professionals: Power Users, Professionals, Corporations.
Feature Comparison Between Versions:
Features
1.0 1.5 1.5Pro Description
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Alt-Tab Task Switching x x x Easy switchingbetween Prgs
Browse Mode x x x Sub-flds update existing win
Control Center x x x Virtual Desktops, per mon.
Enhanced Folders x x x Status bar, visual enh
Enhanced Window List x x x Intuitive task list
HyperCache x x x Speeds up OS/2
HyperDrives x x x Speeds up WPS
Keyboard LaunchPad x x x Hot keys for programs
Object Archives x x x ZIP, LZH, etc. act like folders
Object Navigator x x x File manager
TabLaunch Pad x x x Launch programs easily
Window Close Button x x x One button close
Enh Master Setup Object x x Manages overall system
Object Package x x Distribute OS/2 objects/dtps
Performance Improvements x x OS/2 faster than OS/2 alone
Rollup Button x x "Window shades"
Stardock Internet Shell x x Hundreds of websites
Object Navigator 1.5 x x Multiple drive access
Internet integrated help x HTML enabled help system
System Backup x Backup to tape, floppy, zip
Object Inspection x Modify OS/2 objects
Security x Secures the workplace shell
Universal File Viewing x View/Print any type of file
Automatic INI Repair x Makes OS/2 faster, stabler
Class Table Editing x A "registry" editor
Object Scheduler x Have prgs run at set times
Multiple Desktop Management x Manage packaged desktops
Enh Object Navigator x File Viewing integrated
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